Utah Railway's RUT611 local is preparing to leave the Provo yard and head back to Ogden where it originated yesterday.

An AC4400CW, an ET44AC, and an ES44AC lead a westbound coal empty as it snakes its way around Big Ten and toward a clear signal at the east end of Eisele (formerly Clay). The lead unit, UP 6321, c... (more)

A very rare occurrence on UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub as a Spartan Cab SD40-2 leads a westbound coal empty, assaulting the roughly 2% grade on the approach to Tunnel 1. It was expected the SD40-2 would... (more)

A lot of the bushes have lost their leaves at this point as a unit tank train moves south along Palmer Lake. The train is powered by three C44-9CWs in Heritage-II paint, and a single Oakway SD60.

While the demand for coal has certainly gone down some, you can still find plenty of coal trains running on the Moffat. One such example was this Energy-bound empty, headed west on a simply beauti... (more)

The westbound Zephyr has a lot of time to make up as it departs Denver westbound. Guessing a failure in one of the P42DCs was a contributing factor to the delay as a BNSF ES44DC has been added to ... (more)

Just north of Fort Lupton, the ZLADV one of the engines on the train made for a nice treat! While it unfortunately was not leading, UP 2002, wearing special paint for the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lak... (more)

After meeting each other at Rocky, the MNYGJ continues west on the main at Clay while an empty ballast train passes by the intermediate signal at MP 16.1. The distance between the trains has expan... (more)

A southbound BNSF manifest passes by the big red barn in Greenland. The train is on Main 1, the southbound main for the Joint Line. Main 2, the northbound main, passes the barn on the photographer... (more)

In the early morning light, this coal empty is wrapping around the curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon on the accent toward tunnel 1.

You can't go wrong with the Flat Irons shot from Plainview. An SD70MAC, an SD70ACe and an ES44DC lead BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest down the main at the grade crossing near the east end of the Hous... (more)

A somewhat interesting consist was on the head end of this coal empty on a snowy March afternoon. Sandwiched smack in the middle of the five units is a BNSF C44-9W! Sure, railroads pool power...bu... (more)

On a frigid December morning, an eastbound BNSF manifest winds its way through the S-curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. You can see the back half of the train, descending from Tunnel One in ... (more)

Even with all of the new (largely GE) power that BNSF has purchased in the last 15 years, SD70MACs still run hard and can often be found on coal trains headed to or coming from the Powder River Ba... (more)

If I had to choose one place to spend a day on UP's Limon Sub, it would probably be Cedar Point. The curves in the track offer good views of eastbounds and westbounds for the first half of the day... (more)