I’ve never regretted any train ride that I’ve taken, although I usually am thinking about the photos that I’m missing while on board the train, and I don’t make a priority of riding for th... (more)

A Rio Grande GP40-2, displaying the larger billboard speed lettering, leads two GP40’s with the older, smaller lettering as they power an eastbound intermodal train down the grade from Soldier S... (more)

A pair of tunnel motors have been cut in at Helper, and are now assisting a westbound grain train as it climbs to Soldier Summit. It looks like the caboose has seen more tunnels than the SD40T-2's... (more)

A westbound Rio Grande merchandise train continues its assault on Soldier summit from Helper. Two examples of the D&RGW's newest power are joined by a tunnel motor on the head end.

7 unit swing helper of Utah 5001 West....... Note the "Grey Ghost" straight SD40....

The Utah Railroad on this day used 41,500 Horsepower to lift an Intermountain Power coal train up the legendary Soldier Summit.... 12 Total locomotives...an incredible sight and sound!

UP6864 struggles west at 11mph. The Moffat Road was washed out in September 2013 by a historic storm. For about a month the line over Soldier Summit became a very busy place.

A westbound escapes the narrows of the Price River Canyon.

A BNSF freight heads upgrade towards Soldier Summit, running alongside the Price River in the rugged Price River Canyon.

Former C&NW 8813 - now UP 6715 - leads a ex-SP GE through Spanish Fork Canyon near Helper, Utah. The lead unit has been completely rebuilt in the last few years; it was involved in a serious acci... (more)

Orange you glad you got up early? A pair of G&W-orange Utah Railway units lead a loaded IPPX coal train out of Helper bound for Provo at first light. Utah 5005 is the only MK50-3 in orange, alo... (more)

A colorful lashup of GE power lead BNSF Railway's Denver, CO to Provo, UT manifest west through Utah's Price Canyon at Castle Gate.

Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway's Stockton, CA to Denver, CO rambles east along former D&RGW rails at Castle Gate, Utah.

After shoving a long coal train west to Soldier Summit, a Utah Railway light helper heads east toward Martin yard to tie up for the day. Spectacular Castle Gate looms large above the mainline, the... (more)

Under a beautiful sky, the Martin Helper returns light after assisting a train over Soldier Summit.