Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' arrives at the tail end of the 35 mile Cane Creek Subdivision through the small yard at Potash, Utah. This location just happens to be the lowest point on the entire ... (more)

With the towering red cliffs of the Colorado River offering a dramatic backdrop, Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' enters the small yard at Potash, Utah. A long train of loads (at right) awaits transp... (more)

With the Book Cliffs slowly receding into the distance, Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' heads south at milepost 9, about one mile shy of the summit at Arch. Today's 12 car train has just under 27 mi... (more)

Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' rolls north through Utah's Klondike Flat with 24 loads for Grand Junction, Colorado. The snowy LaSalle Mountains (found northeast of Moab) offer a spectacular backdro... (more)

Since Union Pacific took over operations of the Cane Creek Sub, little of the former Rio Grande remains with the exception of small details. UP SD60M 2429, decked out in shiny Armour yellow paint ... (more)

A pair of SD60M's drag Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' up a 1.2 percent grade and through a pair of five degree curves at the southern entrance to Bootlegger Canyon. Today's outbound train has 20 lo... (more)

Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' rolls down a long fill at milepost 31.2, just south of Bootlegger Canyon and four miles north of the Intrepid Potash, Inc. yard and loading facility.

Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' rambles downstream along the rugged sandstone cliffs that line the Colorado River about three miles north of the end of track at Potash, Utah.

Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' kicks up a healthy cloud of dust from newly laid ballast on the Cane Creek Subdivision. Don't be fooled by the red dirt ballast, this trackage is undergoing an major ... (more)

Union Pacific's Potash Turn climbs northward along the Colorado River with 24 loads. The rumble and roar of the EMD prime movers echos off the nearby sandstone cliffs of the Colorado. This is a wo... (more)

One of the more interesting segments of the upper Cane Creek Subdivision is the 'zig zag' trackage between mileposts 9 and 7, just north of the now abandoned Arch passing track. Union Pacific's 'P... (more)

Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' emerges from a long and deep trench just south of Seven Mile, Utah. This amazing cut is part of Morrison Knudsen's engineering and construction expertise along the lo... (more)

Union Pacific's Friday morning 'Potash Turn' curves west along the Book Cliffs at Vista curve, a couple of miles east of the siding at Thompson, Utah. The 12 car local was called out of East Yard ... (more)

Union Pacific's Friday only 'Potash Turn' curves westward at the Hwy. 193 overpass between abandoned Arch siding and Seven Mile. Deep red sandstone formations along the outskirts of the Fiery Furn... (more)

Union Pacific's Friday only 'Potash Turn' departs the Green River Subdivision mainline at Brendel for a 35 mile journey southward down the Cane Creek Subdivision. Evidence of track upgrading are v... (more)