Running from mounting afternoon storms, a westbound automotive train charges across the Utah desert near Floy.

Rolling through the desert moonscape at Floy, Utah, a late-afternoon Rio Grande manifest rolls east toward Colorado.

Dusk on the Moon

In his book Never on Wednesday, photographer Mel Patrick called this area of the Utah desert a “moonscape”, and I can’t imagine anywhere on earth that... (more)

Short, Fast Freights

Saddled with two rugged mountain crossings, of the Rockies in Colorado and the Wasatch in Utah, the Rio Grande developed an operational philosophy to be compet... (more)

I finally shot my first picture at Floy. Floy is out in Utah's eastern desert on the former D&RGW main.

California Zephyr passes the wonderful looking scenery at Floy.

Desert Solitaire

On March 5, 2012, an eastbound BNSF freight traverses the scenic Utah desert between Solitude and Floy, Utah, on Union Pacific’s Green River Subdivision. A pair of GE ES44DCs bracket a newer ES4... (more)

Skirting the scenic Bookcliffs, Union Pacific’s MRONY manifest freight is between Solitude and Floy, Utah, on March 16, 2009. Motive power on the eastbound train is EMD SD70M No. 4876 leading tw... (more)

Union Pacific’s MRONY manifest freight is skirting the Bookcliffs between Solitude and Floy, Utah, on March 16, 2009. Motive power on the eastbound train is EMD SD70M No. 4876 leading two newer ... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train passes through striking desert landscape just west of Floy, Utah, on March 16, 2009. In the foreground, small desert plants struggle to survive in such a low-... (more)

Union Pacific was in the middle of changing out the old Rio Grande signals in early 2012, just west of Floy, Utah, on the Green River Subdivision. The signals at 542.7 are literary overshadowed by... (more)

Not an easy shot to get to, but well worth it.

Curving through a lunar-like landscape approaching Floy, Utah, on August 4, 1996, is Amtrak’s California Zephyr. On the point of No. 6 this day is General Electric P40DC No. 822, with an EMD F40... (more)

An eastbound coal train led by three Rio Grande Tunnel Motors curves through the stark, lunar-like landscape approaching Floy, Utah, on August 4, 1996. This is a view from a peak in the Bookcliffs... (more)