This great looking set of 5 Utah Ry. 6 axle units in the traditional red & grey colors is just entering the Union Pacific Helper Yard. They will roll right through the yard and continue on east th... (more)

If only a train…
Sometimes—just about everything comes together with a photo—only the subject doesn’t show up. During recent years on a much quieter Rio Grande main line through Colorad... (more)

38500 Horsepower! Eleven big DC traction locomotives lift 13000 tons of Carbon County coal up the 2.4% grade of the Price River Canyon. 5 motors up front and 6 more manned helpers 2/3 dee... (more)

This slightly overpowered Deseret Power Ry. work train is dumping ballast right at the Colorado/Utah state line. The topography between Mormon Gap, Colorado and Coyote Basin, Utah is this elevat... (more)

2 Cheeseburgers to go! Lunch on the run is being hand delivered to the head end crew of this Utah Railway coal train as it backs out of the Martin, Utah yard. As a result of the Union Pacific/Sout... (more)

Rio Grande GP30 3008 and GP30 3010.

The Union Pacific ran a Passenger Special from Salt Lake City to Helper and return this day. The D&RGW heritage unit was on the rear for the eastbound leg, as shown here, but lead on the return tr... (more)

Utah Ry #5001 brings this loaded coal train downgrade and across the Spring Canyon trestle. Martin Yard is a couple of miles ahead where a 4 unit, mid train, helper set will be added.This train l... (more)

Union Pacific’s daily through manifest train the MRONY has just hit the steepest part of the eastward climb to Soldier Summit. This location in Spanish Fork Canyon is called Detour, named for a 19... (more)

Two of Alco's finest, eastbound on the 1.14% Wasatch Grade at Castle Rock.

Crude oil loading was still in its early stage in Utah when I took this shot. The location is Gilluly, on the west side of Soldier Summit. This is an easy spot to access as it is right next to US ... (more)

UP 8173 leads a double stack train down Weber canyon as the sun rises and a morning fog lifts.

BNSF 4688 leads this crude oil train eastward through the snow covered Utah desert. The train loaded at the Price River Terminal near Wellington, Utah and is probably destined for Cushing, Oklahom... (more)

BigBoy 4014 wows the crowd as it heads for Ogden.

One of the "true" 6,000-h.p. GE units heads up a westbound TOFC train with a different GE model in the late afternoon. The train has just come around the sweeoing curve from Echo Canyon.