A Utah Railway crude oil train meets a Union Pacific ore train at 'the wiggle' west of Kyune on March 14, 2015.

A Utah Railway crude oil train rambles east through Price Canyon on March 14, 2015.

A Utah Railway crude oil train climbs through Spanish Fork Canyon in the early morning light on March 14, 2015.

Utah Railway train HUTAHJ-14 arrives at its destination - Martin Yard in Helper, Utah - on March 14th, 2015. The train, led by MK50-3 5003, followed by a pair of EMD/Clyde SD50S locomotives (6064... (more)

Utah Railway train HUTAHJ-14 threads its way through the "gate" at Castle Gate, Utah, on march 14, 2015. (There used to be a similar cliff on the left, until it was blown apart to make way for US... (more)

Photographed at "pi" time on Pi Day - Shot on 3/14/15 at 9:26 (3.1415926) ... Well, close enough, anyway, as my camera said it was 9:27 and James Belmont's said 9:26 ... And as I never doub... (more)

Utah Railway MK50-3 5003 leads train HUTAHJ-14 (a buffer hopper car and 22 empty tank cars) eastward from Provo to Helper on March 14th, 2015. The train is led by an interesting consist of uncommo... (more)

A Utah Railway train of loaded oil and sulfuric acid tank cars heads west from the road's Martin Yard, in Helper, Utah, to Provo. The train is powered by MK50-3 5005, MK50-3 5006, SD50S 6060, SD5... (more)

Oh Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande. Utah Railway MK50-3 5003 leads a train of 22 tank cars (and a hopper car acting as a buffer car) eastward from Provo to Helper on March 14th, 2015. ... (more)

A Utah Railway crude oil train glides east through Narrows on Feb. 13, 2015.

A Utah Railway crude oil train meets a Union Pacific coal train at Detour on Feb. 13, 2015.

I watched this Utah Ry. coal train load at the Wildcat loadout near Helper and then after it finished loading and cut in mid train helpers at Martin Yard I followed it up Price River Canyon toward... (more)

MK-50-3 # 5006 and # 5003 of the Utah Railway, built by Morrison Knudsen in Boise, Idaho in 1993/1994 as MK5000C with 5000 HP Caterpillar V12 3612, but rebuilt with EMD 3500 HP 16-645F3B prime mov... (more)

With a fresh crew on board, a Utah Railway westward coal train slowly accelerates taking the train over the summit and down the western side of the pass.

Empty tank car train of the Utah Railway rolling down Soldier pass on the heavy 2.4 % grade below the Nolan tunnels, with MK50-3 (built by MK Rail in Boise, Idaho as MK5000C in 1994) # 5001, # 500... (more)