Deseret Power Railway’s E60 electric unit #DPR1 leads the afternoon loaded train westbound at the very summit of Holum Pass. This is the high point of this isolated railroad. The units are just... (more)

After the Deseret Power Ry finished painting 3 of their 4 E60’s they did not paint their 4th operational E60 due to costs. For a few weeks they ran the 3 newly painted units as a set. Then reduc... (more)

Whats not to like about the Deseret Power Ry. It has clean, freshly painted, and very uncommon power; it connects with no other railroad; it runs through nearly uninhabited western scenery; and is... (more)

It's early afternoon and Deseret Power Ry's first run of the day is a little late getting finished unloading and heading back to Colorado. The train is heading upgrade here, following an unamed, d... (more)

Late on a stormy summer afternoon, Deseret Power Railway Units 1, 2 and 3 sweep past acres of sage brush and exposed outcrops at 27 Mile, about halfway between the Utah border and Bonanza Power Pl... (more)

Deseret Power Ry motor #DPR-1 leads the afternoon loaded train downgrade at about MP 31.5. It is following an unnamed dry tributary of Kennedy Wash and will shortly duck under Utah Highway 45 for ... (more)

The setting sun casts long shadows as a loaded Deseret Power Railway train sweeps past the unusual rock formations of Coyote Basin.

Deseret Power Railway Units 1, 2 and 3 sweep past acres of sage brush and exposed outcrops at 27 Mile, about halfway between the Utah border and Deseret Power Plant.

One of the few level ar... (more)

The northwest corner of Colorado is easily characterized as rugged; it's a tough place for anything to survive, and as the scrub brush adorning the rocky ridges attests, precipitation is a scarce ... (more)

It took two years of waiting for the opportunity to get back to the summit of Holum Pass, but when I finally was able to set up there once again I couldn't have arranged for better light. Storms ... (more)

My first visit to the Deseret Railway exceeded my every expectation. From the amazing scenery to the curiosity of shooting one of two 50kV railroads in the country, with some of the most lovingly ... (more)

Deseret Ry's afternoon loaded coal train is slowly grinding up the grade at mp 4.5 toward the railroad's high point, Holum Pass who's summit is only about 1/2 mile ahead.The 3 E60 motors are pulli... (more)

This view is a nearly daily occurrence on eastern Utah's Deseret Ry. This is the railroads empty train about 3 or 4 miles after it has left the unloading loop at the Bonanza Power Plant. It is fol... (more)

Deseret Ry.'s E60 #DPR-1 rolls east with the morning empty train about 3 miles east of the Bonanza Power Plant. Today's train rates all 4 of the railroad's operational E60's

Deseret Ry’s E60 #DPR-1 rolls out from under the Old Bonanza Highway underpass with it’s normal 44 car train of empties. It has just climbed out of the dry wash it follows away from the Bonanz... (more)