After the Deseret Power Ry finished painting 3 of their 4 E60’s they did not paint their 4th operational E60 due to costs. For a few weeks they ran the 3 newly painted units as a set. Then reduc... (more)

Whats not to like about the Deseret Power Ry. It has clean, freshly painted, and very uncommon power; it connects with no other railroad; it runs through nearly uninhabited western scenery; and is... (more)

It's early afternoon and Deseret Power Ry's first run of the day is a little late getting finished unloading and heading back to Colorado. The train is heading upgrade here, following an unamed, d... (more)

Late on a stormy summer afternoon, Deseret Power Railway Units 1, 2 and 3 sweep past acres of sage brush and exposed outcrops at 27 Mile, about halfway between the Utah border and Bonanza Power Pl... (more)

Deseret Power Ry motor #DPR-1 leads the afternoon loaded train downgrade at about MP 31.5. It is following an unnamed dry tributary of Kennedy Wash and will shortly duck under Utah Highway 45 for ... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry in eastern Utah and western Colorado is in the middle of a project to repaint their entire fleet of 4 active E60C’s. So far they have completed two of them; DPR #1 and DPR #... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry in eastern Utah and western Colorado is in the middle of a project to repaint their entire fleet of 4 active E60C’s. So far they have completed two of them; DPR #1 and DPR ... (more)

Deseret Power Ry Motor #2 is shown grinding up the grade near MP2 with the afternoon loaded train. The location is in far western Colorado and the train has just left the loadout for the Deserado ... (more)

The setting sun casts long shadows as a loaded Deseret Power Railway train sweeps past the unusual rock formations of Coyote Basin.

Deseret Power Railway Units 1, 2 and 3 sweep past acres of sage brush and exposed outcrops at 27 Mile, about halfway between the Utah border and Deseret Power Plant.

One of the few level ar... (more)

The northwest corner of Colorado is easily characterized as rugged; it's a tough place for anything to survive, and as the scrub brush adorning the rocky ridges attests, precipitation is a scarce ... (more)

It took two years of waiting for the opportunity to get back to the summit of Holum Pass, but when I finally was able to set up there once again I couldn't have arranged for better light. Storms ... (more)

I made the 80 mile trip east from my home in eastern Utah to the Deseret Power Railway’s loader in western Colorado yesterday. I was hoping to catch their freshly painted, ex NdeM unit, but it w... (more)

The Deseret Power Railway's Pettibone crane drags freshly-painted DPR 4 into daylight for the first time. Unit 4 sports essentially the same paint scheme as Units 1 & 2, delivered new to the Dese... (more)

My first visit to the Deseret Railway exceeded my every expectation. From the amazing scenery to the curiosity of shooting one of two 50kV railroads in the country, with some of the most lovingly ... (more)