Union Pacific’s “Dirt Train” local is just now reaching the lower, west, end of the East Carbon Development’s (ECDC) small yard at East Carbon City, Utah. Today’s train has big power. An... (more)

19 loads in; 6 empties out. That is today's work for the Dirt Train Local at the East Carbon Development Corp.’s (ECDC) big contaminated waste disposal facility. It is located at the end of Unio... (more)

UP 2380 is starting up from a stop after waiting while the Conductor removed the derail at the west end of the yard at East Carbon Development Co’s hazardous waste disposal facility. The locatio... (more)

The dirt train conductor and brakeman pause to observe the curious behavior of a railfan in his natural habitat. Columbia Junction • Dec. 27, 1999

Rio Grande SD40T-2s No. 5400, 5347, and 5365 lead a 70 car 'Dirt Train' local at milepost 6 on the Sunnyside Sub on a warm Oct. 11, 1999 afternoon.

After shooting this Union Pacific Dirt Train at Wellington, Utah, I raced ahead of it to Mounds, then up the Sunnyside Sub, forded Grassy Trail Creek and finally to the lower end of East Carbon De... (more)

Union Pacific’s Dirt Train Local has already dropped its inbound loads at the East Carbon Development’s hazardous waste landfill. It is now backing up the steep west end of the small yard here... (more)

The well known "Dirt Train Local" has spotted its inbound loads out of sight in the background and is now putting together its outbound train of empties. The SD40N #1595 is seen here backing up th... (more)

After throwing the derail switch at milepost 9, Union Pacific's 'Dirt Train' resumes climbing the 1.76% grade of the Sunnyside Sub with 27 loads for ECDC at Columbia Junction.

With three clean SD40-2s on the point, Union Pacific's 'Dirt Train' local climbs the 1.76% grade of the Sunnyside Sub with 27 loads for the East Carbon Development Company landfill at Columbia Jun... (more)

A three pack of Rio Grande SD40T-2s lead the Dirt Train local across the Grassy Trail Creek bridge on the way to Columbia Junction near East Carbon City.

Sperry Rail Service car 137 performs rail defect testing along UP's remote Sunnyside Subdivision in eastern Utah. The car was built by St. Louis Car for the Soo Line in 1925. Sperry acquired it an... (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)

Rio Grande 5390, 5349, and 5371 lead the LJP45 Dirt Train east along the Sunnyside Subdivision near Banning.

A trio of Rio Grande SD40T-2s lead the LJP45 'Dirt Train' local north along the Sunnyside Subdivision near Mounds. D&RGW 5390, 5349, & 5371 have 21 loads for the East Carbon Development Company la... (more)