In May of 1995, a former Santa Fe F45 (blt. June 1968) was rebuilt by MK in Boise and leased to the Utah Railway Company for six years. Here the 9013 basks in the warm morning sunlight at Martin, ... (more)

A westbound coal train led by GE AC4400CW No. 7277 awaits a new crew at Helper, Utah, on the icy night of December 2, 2004. Exhaust from an idling AC6000CW swirls over the front of the train from ... (more)

A crew has finished cutting in a three-locomotive manned helper set into a westbound coal train bound for the grades of Soldier Summit at Helper, Utah, on the frigid night of December 2, 2004. Wit... (more)

A pair of Motive Power Industries MK5000Cs bracket two Australian SD50s on a Utah Railway Moapa (Nevada Power) to Wildcat coal empty emerging from tunnel #2.

It is already three years after the UP-SP merger, and catching a matched set of SP AC4400CWs leading a train was challenging, to say the least. On August 22, 1999, a trio of 'ACs' lead a Utah Rail... (more)

Utah Railway's Valmy, NV to Wildcat, UT coal empty loads its ninth cross hopper at the Andalex Resources, Inc. loading facility about five miles southwest of Helper, Utah. This terminal opened for... (more)

Here's a great example of being at the right place at the right time: a four way meet is taking place along the former D&RGW at Utah Railway Junction. At left, the SSW 6890 is stopped on the GJWSM... (more)

Three MPI MK5000Cs and a single SD40 lead a Utah Railway coal train through Spring Canyon on January 6, 2001. Beginning late in Oct. 2000, the Utah Railway began testing three MK5000C locomotives,... (more)

The arrival of 11 rebuilt and repainted SD40s from MPI late in 1991 brought new excitement to photographing the Utah Railway. Here a clean four pack lead an export coal train through Spring Canyon... (more)

Union Pacific's MRONY (Salt Lake City, UT - Denver, CO) manifest glides east under the newly repainted D&RGW era signal bridge (with searchlights) at West Helper, Utah. Utah Railway's Martin Yard ... (more)

BNSF 6057 rolls through Castle Gate and into Helper, Utah.

At the Helper depot, Conductor Dustin Sabey, Engineer Mel Baughman and Machinist Tony Bueno start the morning off with some strong coffee and healthy discussions on April 7, 2005. Dustin and Mel w... (more)

On a warm June 24, 2002, Machinist Gordon Olson does some routine mechanical work on Rio Grande Tunnel Motor No. 5371 at Helper, Utah.

Utah Railway employees talk shop (literally) at the historic shop building in Martin Yard.

I was inspired from a photo by Richard H Kindig. His photo showed a Challenger leading a long manifest with (2) 2-8-8-2 L-107 s shoving hard behind the caboose. While this may not be steam, it is... (more)