DPR-1 leads all 4 of the active E60 electrics out of the loading loop and onto the railroad’s main track through a forest of catenary support poles. All of the many poles necessary to carry the ... (more)

Normally the Deseret Power Ry.'s swing shift finds a loaded train waiting for them when they come on duty at 4PM. Not today though. They did not start the loading process until nearly 6PM. This wa... (more)

The dark storm clouds just kept getting worse and worse as I waited for the Deseret Power Ry’s afternoon loaded train. Waiting for the next train and hopefully better light just isn’t an opti... (more)

This image was taken from the right hand seat of the Deseret Power Ry.'s E60 electric # DPR1. The location is around Milepost 3 on this western Colorado and eastern Utah coal hauler. The train had... (more)

This beautiful 4 unit set of all of the Deseret Power Ry’s active E60 electric’s is stopped on the line waiting for orders near MP22. MP22 is practically on the Utah/Colorado state line. Engin... (more)

Deseret Power Railway’s E60 electric unit #DPR1 leads the afternoon loaded train westbound at the very summit of Holum Pass. This is the high point of this isolated railroad. The units are just... (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)

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)

Deseret Ry’s morning empty coal train is running east in this shot and is about half way back to the Deserado Mine loadout. This location is at Mormon Gap, Colorado. It is just about 2 miles eas... (more)

Deseret Ry's loaded coal train has just gone under Colorado Highway 64 and is headed towards Mormon Gap about 2 miles ahead. The Utah state line is just a couple of miles past Mormon Gap.

The Deseret Ry has but one siding, the aptly named Midway Siding, located about halfway between the Deserado Mine and the Bonanza Power Plant. Oddly enough, it is not electrified. In over 25 years... (more)

E60 #DPR-1 with a westbound loaded coal train on the Deseret Ry. is about a mile from the Utah/Colorado state line in this shot taken at Mormon Gap, Colorado. Mormon Gap is a narrow cleft in a hog... (more)