1980 found me in eastern Nevada doing my usual geologic work. Equipment problems on the drilling rig gave me a couple of days of free time, so I spent some of it checking out the Nevada Northern R... (more)

Location of this shot of a loaded westbound coal trainis the upper level of trackage on Silver Zone near MP 777. I was able to get the entire train in the shot showing the 2x2 DPU arrangement. Tra... (more)

UP5499 is leading the daily Union Pacific manifest train MRVRO at the site of the former Hogan, Nevada. Never a real town, Hogan was just a construction camp for the nearby Hogan Tunnel, also know... (more)

DRGW 5371, the last "pure" Rio Grande unit on the UP brings it's next to last Dirt Train up the Sunnyside Sub. Just ahead is the East Carbon Development Co's hazardous waste disposal site, the des... (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)

The Deseret Power Ry.’s afternoon loaded train is rolling downgrade over Moffat County Road #134, also known as the Blue Mountain Road. This type of a culvert overpass is common on this railroad... (more)

Taken just a little further west and a few moments after my image 482077, this is as panoramic a shot as my 24mm lens can make. The view shows the expanse of the Pilot Valley stretching to the nor... (more)

UP 5703 is assisted by 3 more AC units as they bring this long and heavy Valmy coal train up Silver Zone Pass and around Arnold's Loop. UP 7190 is the second unit and UP 5262 and 6231 are shoving ... (more)

It has just stopped snowing at the Skyline loadout in Carbon County, Utah. In spite of the BNSF leader, this is a Union Pacific coal train. The #4501 will pull the train entirely through the loade... (more)

This is the well known Union Pacific LDP45 local, otherwise known as the "dirt train" Todays dirt train was without dirt however; just a run to East Carbon Development to pick up emptys. Lead unit... (more)

This train had by far the best head end power of any of the three trains I saw this afternoon on Silver Zone Pass. It's not common to see CSX power on the Shafter Sub. This train was the last in l... (more)

Deseret Power Ry’s afternoon train is seen here about a quarter of the way through the process of loading its 44 car train. It is creeping around the loading loop at less than walking speed. Whe... (more)

A ground blizzard was blowing this day on the upper reaches of Union Pacific’s ascent of the Soldier Summit grade in Utah. Winds were very light at Helper Yard at the eastern base of the pass wh... (more)

A rare sight indeed these days is a Union Pacific train powered solely by 2 ex. SP units still in their original paint. Here is the Union Pacific MNYRO swinging out of the Kyune horseshoe curve in... (more)

The daily Union Pacific manifest from Roseville to Salt Lake City is less than 1/2 mile from Arnolds Loop. It is running through the several deep rock cuts on a 1% descending grade on the east slo... (more)