A trio of displaced UTAH MK50-3s now working on the Kyle Railroad roll across the high plains of eastern Colorado. The train is seen just west of Stratton slowly working its way to Limon which wil... (more)

After a couple hours of switching at Stratton, a westbound Kyle for Limon departs Stratton with a trio of displaced Utah Railway MK50-3s.

Unit Oil Train to Martin UT with UTAH 5001 (MK50-3), UTAH 5002 (MK50-3), UTAH 6062 (SD50S), UTAH 6064 (SD50S), UTAH 5004 (MK50-3).

Four unique Utah Railway MK50-3 locomotives, along with EMD GP40 No. 3001 power a short 30-car coal empty down the eastern grade of Soldier Summit at Kyune, Utah, on the afternoon of May 9, 2006.

This is the shortest coal train I have ever seen on Soldier Summit; 20 cars loaded at the Savage coal loadout near Wellington, Utah. After I posted this shot on a railfan site in 2010 I learned th... (more)

Utah Ry. 5004 and 3 more big 6 axle units are bringing this unit coal train up the lower reaches of Price River Canyon near the crossovers at Lynn. Further back in the train is a 5 unit manned hel... (more)

The HUTAHJ is the Provo to Martin turn, a local train that supplemented Utah Railway's coal traffic over Soldier Summit with oil traffic in the form of loads and empties of oil, natural gas and fr... (more)

This eastbound, empty, Utah Ry. coal train has finished it’s trip down the east side of the Soldier Summit grade and has finally reached the mouth of the Price River Canyon. This location is Uta... (more)

The iconic sandstone buttress called Castle Gate rises above this westbound Utah Ry coal train as it does battle with the 2.4% grades of the Price River Canyon on this gray winter day. There are 5... (more)

Utah Ry. loads another trainload of coal for the Intermountain Power Project plant near Delta, Utah in this late winter shot. That square white object with a window just to the right of the loadin... (more)

MK50-3's and SD50S's maneuver the curve of the Price River canyon with a loaded coal train. Sadly Utah Railway is now out of the coal business, and the MK50-3 are gone.

Four Utah Railway MK50-3s storm out of Helper, Utah, with a westbound coal train in for a climb up through the Price River Canyon and over Soldier Summit on the afternoon of June 22, 2004.

A unique visitor to the BNSF engine servicing facility was UTAH 5003, a MK-50-3 engine that was originally built in 1994 for the Southern Pacific.

Due to a downturn in traffic, G&W decided that Utah Railway no longer needs the MK50-3s and will transfer them to the Kyle Railroad. After all six units were rounded up in Provo, two of them were ... (more)

A pair of Orange units lead the RUT611 out of Provo and get up to speed and smoke it up as their rear care has cleared the yard.