Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' arrives at the tail end of the 35 mile Cane Creek Subdivision through the small yard at Potash, Utah. This location just happens to be the lowest point on the entire ... (more)

With the towering red cliffs of the Colorado River offering a dramatic backdrop, Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' enters the small yard at Potash, Utah. A long train of loads (at right) awaits transp... (more)

Since Union Pacific took over operations of the Cane Creek Sub, little of the former Rio Grande remains with the exception of small details. UP SD60M 2429, decked out in shiny Armour yellow paint ... (more)

A pair of SD60M's drag Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' up a 1.2 percent grade and through a pair of five degree curves at the southern entrance to Bootlegger Canyon. Today's outbound train has 20 lo... (more)

Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' rolls down a long fill at milepost 31.2, just south of Bootlegger Canyon and four miles north of the Intrepid Potash, Inc. yard and loading facility.

Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' rambles downstream along the rugged sandstone cliffs that line the Colorado River about three miles north of the end of track at Potash, Utah.

Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' kicks up a healthy cloud of dust from newly laid ballast on the Cane Creek Subdivision. Don't be fooled by the red dirt ballast, this trackage is undergoing an major ... (more)

Union Pacific's Potash Turn climbs northward along the Colorado River with 24 loads. The rumble and roar of the EMD prime movers echos off the nearby sandstone cliffs of the Colorado. This is a wo... (more)

One of the more interesting segments of the upper Cane Creek Subdivision is the 'zig zag' trackage between mileposts 9 and 7, just north of the now abandoned Arch passing track. Union Pacific's 'P... (more)

Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' emerges from a long and deep trench just south of Seven Mile, Utah. This amazing cut is part of Morrison Knudsen's engineering and construction expertise along the lo... (more)

Union Pacific's Friday only 'Potash Turn' curves westward at the Hwy. 193 overpass between abandoned Arch siding and Seven Mile. Deep red sandstone formations along the outskirts of the Fiery Furn... (more)

Union Pacific's Cane Creek Subdivision is a modern day engineering marvel. The lower 10 miles of the 35 mile route are by far the most dramatic. This is where Morrison Knudsen Corp. brought the D&... (more)

A duo of Union Pacific SD60M's lead the Friday only 'Potash Turn' along sandstone cliffs near Utah's Bootlegger Canyon. The lower 10 miles of the Cane Creek Sub skirt Arches National Park to the e... (more)

It's not very often that a branchline from nowhere to nowhere receives a complete rebuilding, but 30 miles of UP's Cane Creek Subdivision have become the exception. The Fridays only 'Potash Turn' ... (more)

UP 4945 leads a work train with 9 cars of ballast south on the Cane Creek Branch near Moab as they work to improve the line for a increase in trains expected in April 2009