As I was working at my job in the eastern Utah gas fields I was keeping an eye out for any activity on the nearby Deseret Power Ry. but did not see anything. I should have seen a train after a cou... (more)

A short time after I took this shot the snow began to fall here on the desolate uplands of eastern Utah. The picture doesn’t convey the discomfort caused by the wind chill. In the background is ... (more)

Almost a calendar shot. The Deseret Power Ry.'s morning train is just now getting up to track speed as it leaves the Bonanza Power Plant. These barren uplands of eastern Utah are covered with abou... (more)

Anyone who has ventured out to eastern Utah to photograph the Deseret Power Ry. knows that it runs through a very sparsely populated area. It doesn't run through a single town. There are no at gra... (more)

After the Deseret Power Ry finished painting 3 of their 4 E60’s they did not paint their 4th operational E60 due to costs. For a few weeks they ran the 3 newly painted units as a set. Then reduc... (more)

It's early afternoon and Deseret Power Ry's first run of the day is a little late getting finished unloading and heading back to Colorado. The train is heading upgrade here, following an unamed, d... (more)

Deseret Power Ry motor #DPR-1 leads the afternoon loaded train downgrade at about MP 31.5. It is following an unnamed dry tributary of Kennedy Wash and will shortly duck under Utah Highway 45 for ... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry in eastern Utah and western Colorado is in the middle of a project to repaint their entire fleet of 4 active E60C’s. So far they have completed two of them; DPR #1 and DPR #... (more)

This view is a nearly daily occurrence on eastern Utah's Deseret Ry. This is the railroads empty train about 3 or 4 miles after it has left the unloading loop at the Bonanza Power Plant. It is fol... (more)

Deseret Ry.'s E60 #DPR-1 rolls east with the morning empty train about 3 miles east of the Bonanza Power Plant. Today's train rates all 4 of the railroad's operational E60's

Deseret Ry’s E60 #DPR-1 rolls out from under the Old Bonanza Highway underpass with it’s normal 44 car train of empties. It has just climbed out of the dry wash it follows away from the Bonanz... (more)

Deseret Ry's morning coal train is seen here crossing under Utah Highway 45 through the dull, gray claystone badlands on it’s way back to the Deserado Mine in western Colorado for yet another lo... (more)

E60 #DPR-1 leads the Deseret Ry,s westbound loaded coal train as it is about to duck under Utah Hwy 45 just a couple of miles from its destination. It was bitter cold out here on the Utah uplands ... (more)

Like most railroads the Deseret Ry runs its coal trains in all weather; hot, or cold, snowing or raining, several days a week. Did I mention cold? This picture was taken at 12:30PM and the tempera... (more)

The morning coal train on the Deseret Ry. ran a little earlier than usual today. The result of it’s early departure from the plant allowed a shot of its E60 in a full nose lit position. So here ... (more)