Seven locomotives are in charge of this evening's MPVHK train. That's one unit per three cars of train! Note that the lead six motors are all facing forward.
UP's daily MPVHK train heads down Riverton hill with 36 cars.
Five big six axle UP motors have 34 cars of freight in tow out of Provo yard bound for Hinckle, Oregon.
A Utah Railway crew pilots a BNSF Denver-Stockton manifest toward a crew change at Roper Yard (SLC). A fresh UP crew will forward this train to Elko, Nevada and ultimately to BNSF rails at Stockto... (more)
A trio of big GE AC4400's lead 85 cars of Carbon County coal westbound. At Grant Tower in Salt Lake City this train will continue it's journey eastbound, across UP's Overland Route.
In sweet evening light, the MPVHK heads west down Riverton hill with 36 cars for Hinckle.
After making a "drag and drop" run east to Riverton siding to set out and tie down a train, a pair of classic UP SD40-2's return to Roper yard to assume other duties.
An well matched quad of UP SD70M's lead the MPVHK down Riverton hill.
An well powered Denver-Stockton manifest heads west with 18 cars just west of Riverton, Utah.
Utah Railway's RUT310 local has seen better days as a six car Provo Turn heads east on UP's mainline at Riverton.
A shiny and new GE ES44AC leads a 12 car Provo-Hinkle manifest westbound at Riverton, Utah.
A trio of old school EMD power leads BNSF's Denver-Stockton trackage rights train MDVSTJ on the Union Pacific at Riverton, Utah.
A 27 car MRONY is 12 miles out of Salt Lake City's Roper yard with 560 remaining to reach Denver's North Yard.
A 40 car Denver-Stockton manifest rolls through the west end of Riverton siding.
UP's daily MHKPV heads through some of the Salt Lake Valley's few remaining alfalfa fields. Kennecott Copper Corporation's open pit mine is visible in the distance.
