When most railfans think of the Utah Railway they usually think of coal trains. But this is a picture of a Utah Railway crude oil train. The transloading of Utah waxy crude to rail is fairly new i... (more)

A nearly on time Amtrak #5 approaches Newcastle, Colorado on ex D&RGW trackage. Storm King Mountain, site of a 1994 fire that killed 14 firefighters rises in the background

The Deseret Power Ry's empty train returning from the Bonanza Power Plant was 2 or 3 hours late today. This plus the sun angle this time of year limited my shot location for favorable lighting to... (more)

The Deseret Ry's morning coal loads have finished unloading at the Bonanza Power Plant and are snaking their way through the S curve at MP32. The train is on its way back to the Deserado Mine in C... (more)

Led by 2 brand new C45AH "heavies" this premium intermodal train is rolling downhill just east of Moor Summit, Nevada. This is about as green as it ever gets in eastern Nevada. Ahead a few miles t... (more)

A Utah Transit Authority Blue Line TRAX train arrives at the Salt Lake Central Intermodal Hub. It’s passengers can transfer here to UTA buses, FrontRunner commuter rail to Ogden or Provo, Amtra... (more)

The very last one is pulling it's next to the last one! So, in case you don’t understand that; the D&RGW 5371 was the very last unpatched and unrenumbered D&RGW unit on the Union Pacific. It is ... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry’s E60 electric # DPR1 is seen here sitting at the very end of the coal loading loop. Just out of sight at the lower right corner is the spring switch at the main line. Engin... (more)

The morning coal train on the Deseret Ry. ran a little earlier than usual today. This resulted in an empty departure that allowed a shot of its E60 in a full nose lit position. So here it is less ... (more)

UP 8753 west with the MNPRVB-15 coming off of the 5 mile long Rambo Fill in the Great Salt Lake onto dry land at Lakeside, Utah.

This is Arnold’s Loop on Union Pacific’s Shafter sub.in eastern Nevada. The route was originally built by the Western Pacific Ry. in order to keep their maximum grade to 1%. Arnold’s Loop i... (more)

The Union Pacific Shafter Sub. and I80 both cross the Toano Range in eastern Nevada at a low spot called Silver Zone Pass. This is the ex. Western Pacific 7th Sub. The highway elevation is 5900â€... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry.'s loaded afternoon train usually leaves the loadout, around 4:30PM shortly after the swing shift arrives for work. This time of year, here in eastern Utah and western Colorad... (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)

Deseret Ry's afternoon loaded coal train is slowly grinding up the grade at mp 4.5 toward the railroad's high point, Holum Pass who's summit is only about 1/2 mile ahead.The 3 E60 motors are pulli... (more)