Union Pacific's Salt Lake Cities North Yard Dead line. In a sea of SD70M's are at least four Gensets UPY 2734, 2757, 2753, and another I can't see the number. Kind of ironic they are in Salt Lake ... (more)

The early day's of stack trains. Union Pacific has assigned six SD40-2's to this American Presidents Line stack train. The first three are rocking America's Salvation? Energy Conservation Bill Boa... (more)

Union Pacific's Chevron local has shed it regular combination of A GP15 and GP38. For a pure lash-up of GP15-1's 661 and 573.

It's as beautiful evening in Salt Lake City. The temperature is nice, even thought the Wasatch mountain range is still showing it's winter beauty. It's suddenly peaceful as the Utah Railway RUT311... (more)

I am feeling pretty lucky today. In 2004 The Salt Lake Cities Chevron refinery, got a couple pretty cool GP's. The problem is these GP's spend pretty much all there time in the secured facility, a... (more)

Amtrak #6 is just arriving at Salt Lake Central Station. Central Station is a hub for several modes of transit in the Salt Lake Valley; Utah Transit Authority bus lines, Amtrak, UTA TRAX light rai... (more)

Heading for the barn. The Chevron local has completed it work, and had got the clear to run back to Roper yard.

A day after much of the Salt Lake Valley got hit with a foot of snow. The Chevron local nears Roper yard, after doing it's work at the Salt Lake refineries.

The SPSF paint scheme sure looked good when it was fresh. Southern Pacific 8530 has just departed Salt Lake Cities, Roper yard, and is heading north toward Ogden, Utah. Tom Ellis photo.

New toys for Utah Railway. After parting ways with their Alco's. Utah Railway leased Union Pacific power. Until they got these four ex Burlington Northern F45's. I believe they were technically le... (more)

I don't know the back story of why these these two beast were in town. SDP45's 3207 and 3201 are at the Salt Lake City, Union Pacific depot, hooked to Amtrak 314. If you were standing in this spot... (more)

The Chevron local just finished at the refineries. They are about to reenter the main, for the run back to Roper yard.

Union Pacific's Chevron local punches it, as they pull out of the Chevron refinery.

A Roper to Ogden Southern Pacific train, skirts Union Pacific's North Yard, on the Rio Grande runner. It's sad that normal sights like this, are all part of history.

Salt Lake City normally sees nocturnal arrivals and departures of Amtrak's California Zephyr, but when the Zephyrs are rerouted across UP's Overland route through Wyoming, the westbound Zephyr can... (more)