A brand new GE ES44DC leads BNSF Railway's Provo, UT to Denver, CO manifest through Narrows in Utah's Spanish Fork Canyon.

A new GE ES44DC leads BNSF's Provo, UT to Denver, CO manifest through the confines of the Red Narrows on the former D&RGW Denver-Salt Lake mainline.

UP's Somerset, CO to Long Beach, CA export coal train descends the former D&RGW mainline approaching Castilla, Utah.

Here's a good example of cooperation between railroads: After the passage of a westbound coal train, the power switches at CP RG685 Castilla would not line back to normal. At the prompting of UP d... (more)

A sparkling new GE ES44DC leads BNSF's Provo, UT to Denver, CO manifest out of the Thistle Tunnels along the former D&RGW Denver-Salt Lake mainline.

At the end of a very rainy day, Union Pacific's '57 local' breezes east down the Sharp Subdivision at the derelict old UP depot at Spanish Fork, Utah. Today's train has 50 cars of local business f... (more)

On a cool and cloudy Summer morning, Union Pacific's Skyline, UT to Trona, CA coal load descends Spanish Fork Canyon a couple of miles west of Rio, Utah. The original D&RGW grade (before the big f... (more)

While heavy rain drops from the heavens, a BNSF railway trackage rights train rolls west along the Spanish Fork River at Castilla, Utah.

Captured a few minutes after sunrise, Union Pacific's Salt Lake City, UT to Denver, CO manifest emerges from the Thistle Tunnels along the 1983 Thistle line change. This 42 car freight has three v... (more)

The Rio Grande Heritage SD70ACe #1989 works a Provo, Utah to Grand Junction, Colorado Operation Lifesaver Special along on the former D&RGW just west of Rio, Utah.

With 65 cars and more than enough power to make the hill, Union Pacific's Salt Lake to Denver manifest climbs the former D&RGW 2% grade at Detour, Utah. In the power consist are two SD70ACe units,... (more)

Union Pacific's Salt Lake to Denver manifest climbs the former D&RGW mainline at Detour, Utah.

Very little snow remains on the ground in Spanish Fork Canyon, but it's quite another story on the slopes of 10,687 ft. Mt. Loafer. Meanwhile, a Utah Railway coal empty blasts through Rio on it's ... (more)

On a spectacular President's Day afternoon, Union Pacific's Skyline, UT to Barstow, CA coal load emerges from 3009 ft. Thistle Tunnel through Billy's Mountain in Spanish Fork Canyon.

A Union Pacific coal train zigs and zags through the 1983 realignment of the former D&RGW mainline just west of Rio, Utah. This Skyline, UT to Barstow, CA coal train had a nicely matched set of 80... (more)