A trio of Rio Grande SD40T-2s pull the LJP45 dirt train local toward a mainline connection with the Green River Subdivision and a westbound trip home to Helper at Mounds, Utah, on the afternoon of... (more)

Led by Rio Grande SD40T-2 No. 5390, Union Pacific’s LJP45 dirt train rolls through the desert between Wash and Mounds, Utah, on April 5, 2005.

By mid-2002, there were still 47 former Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2s running on the Union Pacific system, but only seven were not patched or painted yellow. At this time, a quartet called Helper, Utah,... (more)

It’s a mostly cloudy early afternoon in the desert country of Utah on February 4, 2003, as a fortuitous sliver of sun illuminates a quartet of Rio Grande Tunnel Motors on Union Pacific’s LJP45... (more)

It's early morning, as Amtrak number 6 is heading out across the high desert of Utah.

On a cold November 30, 2004, Amtrak train 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, approaches Mounds, Utah, powered by GE P42DC No. 93 and GE P32BWH No. 505.

Passing through quintessential desert scenery beneath the Book Cliffs, Union Pacific LJP45 “dirt train” local approaches the junction to the Green River Subdivision main line at Mounds, Utah, ... (more)

On a frigid November 30, 2004, Amtrak train 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, reflects the warm light of a setting sun as it marches across the desert approaching Mounds, Utah.

Lots of picture potential out in the east desert. The problem is finding trains to do it with. If your lucky you might see 3 to 4 train go a across these rail during daylight hours.

As early summer thunderstorms rumble over the Book Cliffs, a trio of Rio Grande SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors, Nos. 5349, 5390 and 5371, head westbound out of Mounds, Utah, with Union Pacific’s LJP45 �... (more)

Four Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors bring the westbound Union Pacific LJP45 “dirt train” local into Mounds, Utah, on the sunny afternoon of January 30, 2003. The train is about to enter ... (more)

An empty "Dirt Train" returns from the disposal site in East Carbon, UT. The train is making good time heading west back to Helper, UT on UP's Green River Sub behind a matched set of th... (more)

A welder cleans up a field weld with a grinder after a large gang of Union Pacific maintenance-of-way workers replaced the frog at the west switch of Mounds, Utah, on the morning of May 11, 2006.

Five EMDs pull a large Union Pacific LJP45 “dirt train” local onto the Sunnyside Branch at Mounds, Utah, on the morning of November 20, 2003. Rio Grande SD40T-2s Nos. 5349, 5371 and 5390 brack... (more)

Swinging through the “S” curve at Mounds, Utah, is Union Pacific’s LJP45 local nearing the approach signal for the junction with the main line a trip back Helper on February 5, 2004. Rio Gra... (more)