Utah Railway #5005 is bringing its loaded coal train to a stop at the exact top of the grade at Soldier Summit, Utah; elevation just short of 7500 feet. Head end power on this train is 4 of the ... (more)

A Utah Railway crude oil train meets a Union Pacific ore train at 'the wiggle' west of Kyune on March 14, 2015.

A Utah Railway crude oil train rambles east through Price Canyon on March 14, 2015.

A Utah Railway crude oil train climbs through Spanish Fork Canyon in the early morning light on March 14, 2015.

Utah Railway train HUTAHJ-14 arrives at its destination - Martin Yard in Helper, Utah - on March 14th, 2015. The train, led by MK50-3 5003, followed by a pair of EMD/Clyde SD50S locomotives (6064... (more)

Utah Railway train HUTAHJ-14 threads its way through the "gate" at Castle Gate, Utah, on march 14, 2015. (There used to be a similar cliff on the left, until it was blown apart to make way for US... (more)

Photographed at "pi" time on Pi Day - Shot on 3/14/15 at 9:26 (3.1415926) ... Well, close enough, anyway, as my camera said it was 9:27 and James Belmont's said 9:26 ... And as I never doub... (more)

Utah Railway MK50-3 5003 leads train HUTAHJ-14 (a buffer hopper car and 22 empty tank cars) eastward from Provo to Helper on March 14th, 2015. The train is led by an interesting consist of uncommo... (more)

A Utah Railway train of loaded oil and sulfuric acid tank cars heads west from the road's Martin Yard, in Helper, Utah, to Provo. The train is powered by MK50-3 5005, MK50-3 5006, SD50S 6060, SD5... (more)

Oh Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande. Utah Railway MK50-3 5003 leads a train of 22 tank cars (and a hopper car acting as a buffer car) eastward from Provo to Helper on March 14th, 2015. ... (more)

A Utah Railway crude oil train glides east through Narrows on Feb. 13, 2015.

A Utah Railway crude oil train meets a Union Pacific coal train at Detour on Feb. 13, 2015.

I watched this Utah Ry. coal train load at the Wildcat loadout near Helper and then after it finished loading and cut in mid train helpers at Martin Yard I followed it up Price River Canyon toward... (more)

MK-50-3 # 5006 and # 5003 of the Utah Railway, built by Morrison Knudsen in Boise, Idaho in 1993/1994 as MK5000C with 5000 HP Caterpillar V12 3612, but rebuilt with EMD 3500 HP 16-645F3B prime mov... (more)

With a fresh crew on board, a Utah Railway westward coal train slowly accelerates taking the train over the summit and down the western side of the pass.