A matching set of Utah Railway SD40's make there way up the canyon. It was so exciting when Utah Railway got locomotives again in there own paint scheme. Utah Railway 9011, 9002, 9007, and 9001.

I was able to catch this eastbound with one of the new paint jobs. Unfortunately it was running second unit UP 6942. Actually there were two on the train, UP 6460 was in the mid train DPU's.

Utah Railways one ALCO RSD5 306 sits in poor condition In Salt Lake city in the fall of 1993. this is the unit that was sold to Doyle McCormack and painted Nickel Platte road in Portland Ore/ ... (more)

UP 7254 and 6844 roll around a big sweeping curve at Lake point, Utah. With a IPP coal train in tow.

UP 7254 and 6844 roll through Stockton, Utah with a Black Thunder to Intermountain Power coal train.

New to me. My first time catching GP38N 578 leading. UP 578 is of Southern Pacific heritage, and looks very sharp after it's rebuild. Generally the Chevron local usually always runs with two units... (more)

Open spaces, all stretched out. KCSM 4665 and KCS 4139 lead a Brownton, MN to Keyes, CA grain train. On the left of the image you can see all the way back to the Wasatch Mountain range (Salt Lake ... (more)

UP 7254 and 6844 lead an IPP coal train through Tooele, Utah. Coal trains are a rare sight on these rails.

I got a heads up tonight that a coal train was coming my way. It's a Black Thunder to IPP train. IPP trains pretty much always go down the Provo Sub, then onto Sharp Subdivision. So it was a very ... (more)

A little bit of a jaunt to get this shot. But the lead unit was decent looking, and 1989 was second. So I decided to go out for the shot. The train must of been heavy, because it was quite the aud... (more)

My favorite shot of the chase, was my final one of the evening. The train is on the grade between Marblehead and Low. They are coming around the big sweeping curve into the straightaway.

I ran across a train today with UP 1989 in the consist. It was changing crews at Garfield when I discovered it. Ironically it was delayed a bit because they couldn't get 1989 to start. They finall... (more)

Trucking right along. After awhile the crew realized they were celebrities. They were having a good time watching all us crazy railfans giving chase.

What a threat it was to get two KCS units hauling a Union Pacific grain train. Here is the dual out on the EX Western Pacific causeway,

Second shot of the day. I really had my doubts this shot would happen. UP likes to park trains in the Garfield-Smelter area, tie them down, and pull the crews off. But not so, he came flying right... (more)