Rolling downgrade at Thistle, Utah 5004 West rolls towards Provo, UT.

UTAH 5004 West snakes along the Price River just a few miles east of Soldier Summit.

Westbound Utah Railway coal drag nears the top of Solider Summit. In just a couple miles they will stop to cut out the helpers before heading down the other side and into Provo.

Westbound Utah Railway from the loadout at CV Spur near Price charges up the bottom of Solider Summit with five up front and six manned mid-train.

Westbound Utah Railway from the loadout at CV Spur near Price charges up the bottom of Solider Summit with five up front and six manned mid-train. This is one of the last signal bridges standing a... (more)

With a pair of rare MK50-3s for power, Utah Railway's Provo-Ogden turn glides west through the Jordan Narrows on June 1, 2014.

Utah Railway's Provo to Ogden turn blasts through Riverton with 41 cars on Father's Day, 2013.

A Utah Railway IPP coal empty roars east past a Loram L-Series Specialty Rail Grinder on the house track at Narrows in Spanish Fork Canyon. The L-Series model is gauge convertible and is designed ... (more)

A Utah Railway IPP coal empty roars east through Rio on UP's Provo Subdivision. The 104 car train will load in Carbon County at Wildcat. In the background, the rapidly depleting snowpack on 10,551... (more)

A Utah Railway IPP coal empty emerges from the 3009 ft. Thistle Tunnel on UP's Provo Subdivision. The 104 car train will load in Carbon County at Wildcat.

A Utah Railway IPP coal empty roars through Spanish Fork Canyon at Diamond Fork crossing east of Castilla. The 104 car train will load in Carbon County at Wildcat.

A pair of Utah Railway MK50-3s and a single GP38-2 lead a 12 car Provo-Ogden turn west through Riverton.

Post UP-SP merger, the Utah Railway has become by far a trackage-right railroad. In fact, this shot, taken maybe 10 miles off UP rails is as far into UTAH territory as one can get now adays. Aside... (more)

Wildcat loadout on the Utah Ry. in eastern Utah has resumed operations after a several month shutdown. Shown here is UTAH #5004 shortly after beginning the loading process. #5004 is a very rare M... (more)

UTAH 5004 exits Spanish Fork Canyon in early morning light, just east of Castilla, and west of the old town of Thistle, which was destroyed in the mud slide in 1983 and forced a reroute of the rai... (more)