Before she was famous, and the last operating Rio Grande tunnel motor, 5371 earns her keep as she leads a freight across the Utah desert in the setting sun. Sure do miss taking trips to photograph... (more)

For a while after the UP merger it was possible to catch solid Rio Grande power on the manifests between Roper and North Yard. I made the trip out to photograph these trains as often as I could. H... (more)

An interesting mix of motive power leads a Rio Grande westbound through the Utah desert.

The weekly Potash local rolls through the Utah desert on the Ex DRGW with a trio of aging SD40-2's.