Captured a few weeks before semi-retirement from regular service, Rio Grande 5371 leads the Helper to East Carbon "Dirt Train" through a cut west of Wellington, Utah. The famous T-2 has spent the ... (more)
Dirt Train heading west to Helper.
A late westbound Amtrak meets the Dirt Train at Wellington.
UP's daily Salt Lake to Denver manifest heads east at track speed after making a setout in the yard at Wash. The 42 car freight has about 160 miles of desert to cross prior to arrival at Grand Jun... (more)
Framed by both the Book Cliffs and Wellington Canyon, Amtrak's California Zephyr accelerates to 70 mph, approaching Mounds. This train was running about 90 minutes behind the advertised on Friday ... (more)
A long haul coal train (West Elk, Colorado to Moapa, Nevada) charges west through the Green River Desert on a spectacular late fall afternoon in 2007. This trackage was once part of the D&RGW syst... (more)
Leap Year Day 2008 finds Rio Grande 5371 and company charging east through the desolate but scenic Green River Desert near Mounds.
On a cold afternoon with UP locomotives 3139 and 3574.
Fresh snow seems to cling to everything, including this early morning eastbound.
Eastbound TOFC sprints along what must be one of longest stretches of straight track on the D&RGW. Kodachrome 64, Minolta XG-m, Sigma 80-200mm f3.9
This is the so-called "Dirt Train" headed from Helper to Sunnyside, UT, seen here on the mainline between Wash and Mounds
