Two of the big names in modern transportation and shipping head east through Echo Canyon along UP's historic Overland Route.

The muted chant of a GE/EMD combo quickly interrupts a quiet morning along UP's Evanston Sub through Echo Canyon.

A Union Pacific Global One, IL to Lathrop, CA stacker glides down the Echo Canyon grade at Castle Rock, Utah. The lower grade alignment for eastbound trains is visible across the valley, carved al... (more)

A Union Pacific Global One, IL to Lathrop, CA stacker glides down the Echo Canyon grade at Castle Rock, Utah. UP 5496 has been assigned to keep the train speed under control down the hill to Ogden... (more)

A Union Pacific Global One, IL to Lathrop, CA stacker glides west along the sandstone cliffs of Echo Canyon, Utah.

Rolling through patches of sunshine and shade, a second section of UP's Global One, IL to Lathrop, CA stacker curves west along the beautiful sandstone cliffs of Echo, Utah. At left, running paral... (more)

One of my personal favorite container trains is the colorful K-Line stacker. UP ES44AC 7694 and SD70ACe 8563 pull the KWBG2-03 in brilliant morning sunshine at West Emory, Utah.

A new GE ES44AC shoves hard on Union Pacific's KLTG1-05 stack train along Utah's scenic Echo Canyon. On the point, an EMD SD9043MAC teams up with the GE to keep this stack train moving along at tr... (more)

An EMD SD9043MAC leads Union Pacific's KLTG1-05 stack train through scenic Echo Canyon just east of Emory, Utah. A single UP ES44AC is shoving hard at the rear end of the train...a good example of... (more)

An EMD SD9043MAC leads Union Pacific's KLTG1-05 stack train east along the sandstone cliffs of Echo Canyon, Utah. A single UP ES44AC is shoving hard at the rear end of the train...a good example o... (more)

Union Pacific's beautiful observation car 'Cheyenne" trails the Western Heritage Tour east through a deep cut near the summit of the Echo Creek grade at Wahsatch, Utah.

Union Pacific's iconic 4-8-4 #844 (built in 1944) leads the Western Heritage Tour east, approaching the summit of the Echo Creek grade at Wahsatch, Utah.

Union Pacific's iconic 4-8-4 #844 (built in 1944) leads the Western Heritage Tour east, approaching the summit of the Echo Creek grade at Wahsatch, Utah about one mile away.

Union Pacific 844 leads the Western Heritage Tour along colorful sandstone cliffs near the small community of Castle Rock, Utah. UP's high stepping 4-8-4 made easy work of the Echo Canyon grade ea... (more)

Union Pacific 844 leads the Western Heritage Tour eastbound along the red sandstone cliffs of Echo, Utah. UP's high stepping 4-8-4 made easy work of the Echo Canyon grade to the summit at Wahsatch... (more)