Deseret Ry's morning coal train is seen here crossing under Utah Highway 45 through the dull, gray claystone badlands on it’s way back to the Deserado Mine in western Colorado for yet another lo... (more)

Deseret Ry’s morning empty coal train is running east in this shot and is about half way back to the Deserado Mine loadout. This location is at Mormon Gap, Colorado. It is just about 2 miles eas... (more)

Deseret Ry's loaded coal train has just gone under Colorado Highway 64 and is headed towards Mormon Gap about 2 miles ahead. The Utah state line is just a couple of miles past Mormon Gap.

Deseret Ry's eastbound empty train has nearly reached the end of its trip at the Deserado Mine's loadout. Only one more mile to go then spot the train under the flood loader for loading tomorrow.

E60 #DPR-1 leads the Deseret Ry,s westbound loaded coal train as it is about to duck under Utah Hwy 45 just a couple of miles from its destination. It was bitter cold out here on the Utah uplands ... (more)

Like most railroads the Deseret Ry runs its coal trains in all weather; hot, or cold, snowing or raining, several days a week. Did I mention cold? This picture was taken at 12:30PM and the tempera... (more)

The far eastern end of the Deseret Ry in Colorado is further from my home in Utah than the western end near the Bonanza Power Plant. Consequently, I don’t get to see or photograph it as often. L... (more)

The morning coal train on the Deseret Ry. ran a little earlier than usual today. The result of it’s early departure from the plant allowed a shot of its E60 in a full nose lit position. So here ... (more)

The morning coal train on the Deseret Ry. ran a little earlier than usual today. This resulted in an empty departure that allowed a shot of its E60 in a full nose lit position. So here it is less ... (more)

Golden sunlight breaks through scattered clouds on a summer morning at Deserado Mine in the northwest corner of Colorado. The Deseret Power Railway yard and mine loadout are quiet for the moment,... (more)

E60 #DPR-1 with a westbound loaded coal train on the Deseret Ry. is about a mile from the Utah/Colorado state line in this shot taken at Mormon Gap, Colorado. Mormon Gap is a narrow cleft in a hog... (more)

Deseret Ry’s E60 6000 hp electric #DPR-1 leads 2 more E60’s and a 44 car empty coal train through the colorful badlands of eastern Utah’s Coyote Basin. The colorful rocks exposed here are T... (more)

Deseret Ry’s E60 #DPR 1 is just leaving the unloading loop at the Bonanza Power Plant in far eastern Utah on a perfect summer day. Those small mounds on both sides of the track are stabilized sa... (more)

It gets very cold on the uplands of eastern Utah. This early March shot shows a fair amount of snow still on the ground as the Deseret Ry's morning train pulls slowly out of the unloading loop at ... (more)

This shot is the very east end of the Deseret Ry in western Colorado at the coal loadout for the Deserado mine. Here, DPR-1 and two other E60’s are slowly pulling 44 empty coal gondolas through ... (more)