UP 5159 got to be the warm up train for the Big Boy Friday morning. He was heavy on the horn and for good reason. I would hate to be the crew on one of these trains. They are rolling through the f... (more)

Union Pacific's Sharp, Utah to Los Angeles, California export coal train climbs the 1% grade through the fruit orchards of Santaquin on Aug. 15, 1995. The power includes Conrail SD60I No. 5648, Ch... (more)

Sometimes, quite by accident, you discover something truly extraordinary. On July 24, 2000, I found a Union Pacific coal train departing Provo, traveling west down the Sharp Subdivision on its way... (more)

The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus train crests 5032 ft. York Summit near Santaquin on June 14, 2016. The 59 car special was traveling between Colorado Springs, Colorado and Las Vega... (more)

Pairs of SP AC4400CWs and UP SD40-2s pull an 84 car Skyline to Los Angeles export coal train approaching 5033 ft. Santaquin Summit on May 31, 1997.

A Valmy to Sharp coal train squeals around the Barry Curve west of Payson on a chilly March 12, 1995 morning.

A perfectly matched quartet of Utah Railway SD40s lead a Wattis to Intermountain Power coal train through the fruit orchards of Santaquin on July 20, 1993.

Union Pacific's LUL57 local squeals around the Barry Curve just west of Payson on the Sharp Subdivision. In the lead is GP60 No. 2069 wearing the rare 'Baby Wings' logo. The UP applied the shorter... (more)

UP's Provo based LUL57 local squeals around the Barry Curve with three cars for Lynndyl.

Union Pacific ran a passenger special for local management between Salt Lake City and Las Vegas on May 24, 2013. The little train is captured climbing the Sharp Subdivision at the Barry Curve west... (more)

Union Pacific ran a passenger special for local management between Salt Lake City and Las Vegas on May 24, 2013. The little train is captured climbing the Sharp Subdivision at the Barry Curve west... (more)

Union Pacific's Wattis Plateau to Intermountain Power coal load grinds its way west on the 1% climb to 5033 ft. York Summit. Summit Creek Number 2 Reservoir (at right) is privately owned and utili... (more)

Two GE C40-8s sandwich an EMD SD60M on UP's Skyline to Intermountain Power coal load grinding its way west through the W. M. Ercanbrack Co. fruit orchards of Santaquin.

A trio of new EMD SD60Ms lead UP's Skyline to Intermountain Power coal train approaching York Summit east of Starr on the Provo Subdivision.

Did you ever think UP coal train power could look this nice? Five month old UP 9450, a GE C41-8, leads a CDSBS coal load west along the Provo Subdivision approaching the US Highway 6 overpass in S... (more)