A UP Long Beach, CA to Savage, UT coal empty emerges from a 3009 ft. tunnel on main #1 through the ghost town of Thistle, Utah. Second out in the power consist is SP 343, one of a handful of origi... (more)

Union Pacific's Salt Lake City to Denver manifest climbs the former D&RGW mainline through the tiny ghost town of Mill Fork, Utah.

Emerging from the shadows into brilliant morning sunlight, Union Pacific's Salt Lake City to Denver manifest climbs eastward on former D&RGW rails at Rio, Utah. Having received it's first coat of ... (more)

It's a beautiful late autumn morning in Utah's Spanish Fork Canyon. UP's daily Denver, CO to Salt Lake City, UT manifest proceeds west preparing to come to a stop and cut off it's manned helper at... (more)

There is something truly satisfying about catching two (or more) moving trains in one photograph. Pictured climbing former D&RGW rails, two eastbound UP trains head through CP RG685 Castilla in Sp... (more)

A pair of GE AC4400CW's trail Union Pacific's Denver to Salt Lake City manifest through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon. During the cooler months of the year, the UP runs manned helpers for... (more)

Union Pacific's Valmy, NV to Skyline, UT coal empty squeals around the lower horseshoe curve on former D&RGW rails at Gilluly, Utah. UP 6004 and 7063 are distributed power units shoving on this 91... (more)

Union Pacific's Valmy, NV to Skyline, UT coal empty squeals around the lower horseshoe curve while ducking under US Highway 6 at Gilluly, Utah.

Union Pacific's Valmy, NV to Skyline, UT coal empty rattles the crossover switches at Rio in Spanish Fork Canyon. In the background is 10,685 ft. Loafer Mountain.

A clean BNSF Railway C44-9W in classic 'warbonnet' livery leads a Union Pacific Savage coal train through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon approaching Rio, Utah.

On a spectacular late winter morning in Spanish Fork Canyon, Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr makes an eastward trek along the former D&RGW at Rio, Utah.

Fall colors are just beginning to appear as Union Pacific's Denver to Salt Lake City manifest descends the former D&RGW at Diamond Fork crossing in Spanish Fork Canyon.

The scrub oak leaves along the hillsides of Spanish Fork Canyon have begun to turn, so the cooler temperatures of the autumn season are eminent. UP's Valmy, Nevada to Skyline, Utah coal empty head... (more)

A red and silver BNSF 'warbonnet' C44-9W emerges from the deep shadows of the Red Narrows in Spanish Fork Canyon. This particular angle and subject had been on my 'to do' list for several years. T... (more)

A 10,000 ton Salt Lake City to Denver manifest charges east through CP RG677 Rio, while 10,685 ft. Mt. Loafer looms in the background. A particularly smoky Norfolk Southern SD70 was along for the ... (more)