After picking up some tanks at Brendel, the Potash Local highballs on the UP Green River Sub for Grand Junction Colorado.

A friendly wave is given from the engineer of the Eastbound California Zephyr. The train is descending Thompson hill and engineer Daryl Pugh is at the controls for his last Eastbound trip before r... (more)

Amtrak No. 6 speeds through the curve at Thompson Springs on its way to Denver.

Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, rolls across the barren desert at the foot of the Book Cliffs in Utah. At this spot a bit of the original narrow gauge D&RG alignment can be seen bre... (more)

The UP Potash Local is returning to Grand Junction past the splendor of rugged Utah.

The eastbound California Zephyr is cruising along the former Rio Grande east of Thompson Springs, Utah early on a glorious spring day.

One of the last remaining Rio Grande depots between Helper and Grand Junction was demolished during the week of Feb. 16, 2016. The station was constructed along Rio Grande's Subdivision 5 mainline... (more)

UP's Potash Local heads for home at Grand Junction, CO as it traverses the former Rio Grande maineline across eastern Utah, dwarfed by the geography and emptiness of the surrounding area.

A loaded oil train from the Unitah Basin heads east toward market across the former Rio Grande main.

Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr curves through Thompson Springs, UT on its way to Chicago with two brand new Siemens ACS-64 electric motors in tow. A pleasant surprise while waiting for the ... (more)

After a day of chasing the Potash Local down the Cane Creek Sub, we were rewarded with an empty oil train heading back to the loadout near Wellington, UT, seen here passing through Thompson Spring... (more)

UP's Potash Local heads west toward Brendel passing the unqie Book Cliffs where it will switch out tank cars before heading south on the scenic Cane Creek Sub. The local made good time coming fro... (more)

Deep black coal is transported west along the Book Cliffs in eastern Utah. The tracks here are the former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's that now parallel I-70 for the most part between ... (more)

While showers drench the Book Cliffs, a train of empty trailer flats rolls through desert mud mounds near Thompson, Utah.

A pair of Rio Grande SD40T-2s lead a mixed freight just east of Thompson, Utah.