After making a pickup off the siding at Wash, Union Pacific's 'Dirt Train' local departs east for the ECDC landfill at Columbia Junction. The city of Wellington is visible at upper right with the ... (more)

Union Pacific's LUH45 'Dirt Train' local powers up for the final three mile climb to the ECDC landfill at Columbia Junction. You might not realize this obscure branch in the desert is actually on ... (more)

A trio of Jenks Rebuilt SD40Ns lead Union Pacific's LUH45 'Dirt Train' local east along the Green River Sub approaching Wellington, Utah. I personally have always associated this train with Rio Gr... (more)

Captured soon after the passage of Amtrak's California Zephyr, Union Pacific's 'Dirt Train' local departs the siding at Wash for ECDC's landfill at Columbia Junction, Utah.

With a perfectly matched trio of Jenks Rebuild SD40Ns for power, the 'Dirt Train' glides east through Price, Utah. The train's 29 cars of contaminated soil from the San Francisco Peninsula will be... (more)