A Rio Grande GP40 gives an assist to Amtrak F40 299 on the eastbound California Zephyr.

The low winter light and snow cover make for a very different picture of the Utah desert. Union Pacific's Local 45, the "Dirt Train", is carrying on a long tradition of this local dating back to ... (more)

The Deseret Power Railroad: Definitely a highlight of the "Spike 150" trip in early May 2019, we were able to find ourselves seeing the isolated and little-seen railroad that is the Dese... (more)

A Busy Morning at Brigham City Yard: While many railfans were over viewing UP's "Big Boy" #4014 in Ogden, UT, we decided to take a spin down the road from our hotel to UP's Brigham City,... (more)

Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 leads UP 844 toward Ogden, UT, exiting a pair of mainline tunnels just east of Morgan, Utah.

One of the Kennecott Copper high cab GP39-2, that now wears the paint scheme of contractor railway Omaha track 3901. Pulls out of the Garfield yard after interchanging cars with the Union Pacific.... (more)

After the storm. After a morning blizzard that hit northern Utah. The weather subsided and the sun popped out for this westbound.

A new arrival to the state of Utah in November of 2019. Salt Lake & Garfield has acquired a former Kennecott Copper GP39-2. Built with elevated cabs for use in the Copper mine. These unit are trul... (more)

Not sure what the train Id is on this train. But I'm going to guess it got pretty high priority, with all the Fed Ex vans on the second half of the train. There are also a few UPS trailers mixed i... (more)

This Union Pacific coal train is easing down the 2% grade on the west side of Soldier Summit. Just ahead of the train, about 1/2 mile, the tracks finally reach creek level in the bottom of Spanish... (more)

Here is one of Utah Ry’s Australian SD50’s switching a short train of CO2 tank cars at Wildcat siding, Utah. These heavily insulated cars contain liquid CO2 for use in oil and gas wells and are st... (more)

Union Pacific #5787 has just arrived at the Skyline loadout and is now pulling its empty train through the flood loader. It will cut off and run back to the former rear end on an adjacent run-arou... (more)

This Union Pacific empty coal train is just about to enter tiny (population 22) Scofield, Utah. It’s destination is the Skyline loadout about 4 miles or so past Scofield at an elevation of 8000’.

UP 8961 has finally got its feet dry on solid land at Lakeside, Utah. The past 32 miles from Little Mountain have been “at sea” crossing the Great Salt Lake. Except for 3 miles of dry land at Prom... (more)

This Utah Ry. loaded coal train has finally reached Soldier Summit. It’s all downhill from here for 50 miles to Provo, Utah where the train will be interchanged to Union Pacific for the final lap ... (more)