By mid-2002, there were still 47 former Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2s running on the Union Pacific system, but only seven were not patched or painted yellow. At this time, a quartet called Helper, Utah,... (more)

With the down grade, this eastbound moves swiftly across the Erda Valley.

With the Salt Lake City skyline for a back drop. The Utah Railway RUT312 moves through an empty Salt Lake City North Yard. The Utah crew has a pigeon keeping them company outside there cab window.... (more)

Waiting for duty, a trio of Rio Grande SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors bask in the summer sun in the engine facility at Helper, Utah, on August 7, 1996.

It’s a mostly cloudy early afternoon in the desert country of Utah on February 4, 2003, as a fortuitous sliver of sun illuminates a quartet of Rio Grande Tunnel Motors on Union Pacific’s LJP45... (more)

GP15-1 UPY 575, and 637 ramp it up for a second, allowing me the opportunity to hear their 645 prim movers coming to life. A beautiful sound, stirs up good memories.

By February 2006, Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5371 was the last Denver & Rio Grande Western locomotive on the Union Pacific system in its original unpatched paint and road number. Slumbering next t... (more)

Utah Railway 2004 GP38-3 (SP GP35), and GP40-3 3002 (WP GP40-2). Make their way along Utah's majestic Wasatch Mountain Range.

With one of Utah Railway's three GP40-3's out front. The RUT312 heads north up Utah's Wasatch Front.

Grinding it out on the hill. UP 7519 and company work up hill in Erda, Utah.

I happened to be in Moab, UT when a friend reminded me that the once a week UP potash local runs on a Friday, wait thats today! All of my previous plans for the day were now pushed to the side as ... (more)

UP 7519 splits the sun flowers at Lakepoint, Utah. The sun flowers are really out these days.

Looking like it's been in a grade crossing incident or two. UP 6723 leads the Roper to Helper, Utah run up Spanish Fork Canyon.

UP 7519 rounds the curve at Smelter, Utah. Norfolk and Southern 7708 is in the consist.

Coal empties fly across the Utah desert having just highballed the east siding switch at Whitehouse on their way east to Grand Junction. Just 20 minutes after sunrise, the low sun is casting intri... (more)