The yard tracks at Castle Gate, Utah once served the Castle Gate Coal Company. The town and mine that once bustled with activity here are now gone. The silent rail yard deep in the Price River Can... (more)

Southern Pacific's Utah Statehood Centennial train winds its way through Price Canyon on January 3, 1996.

Returning from the Utah Railway yard at Martin, a westbound oil train heads back toward Provo as evening shadows begin to take over the right of way near Castle Gate.

A westbound coal has just departed Helper and digs in on the grade at Castle Gate, a 3 unit swing helper is 2/3 back assisting for the climb up the Price River Canyon.

Union Pacific's Helper-Salt Lake City Roper Yard mixed freight heads west through Castle Gate with what appears to be a min-unit train of crude oil.

So, a loaded coal train on Main 1 derails while at the same time a coal empty passes by on Main 2 and derails as well. What are the chances? Yes, this did happen in Price Canyon on Sept. 26, 2007 ... (more)

Rio Grande GP40 No. 3085 leads a 105 car ROGJM over the Price River and through Castle Gate on April 2, 1994. This photograph happens to be my 6000th contribution to the Railpictures.net database ... (more)

While a cloud shadow darkens imposing Castle Gate, a Utah Railway coal train heads downgrade through Price River Canyon on September 7, 1995. Three rebuilt EMD SD40s bracket a F45 as power on the ... (more)

Utah Railway train HUTAHJ-14 threads its way through the "gate" at Castle Gate, Utah, on march 14, 2015. (There used to be a similar cliff on the left, until it was blown apart to make way for US... (more)

On a warm July morning in 1986, a quartet of ex-Southern Pacific SD45s pull a Utah Railway coal empty east through Castle Gate.

The Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 18 is a few minutes from its regular station stop at Helper as it passes Castle Gate on Dec. 17, 1978.

Rio Grande's Helper Local has been assigned to haul a pair of bad ordered Amtrak passenger cars through Price Canyon, bound for Salt Lake City on Feb. 11, 1989.

Empty tank car train rolling down Soldier pass with the towering Castel Gate rock in the background. Pulling are Morrison Knudsen built MK5000C from 1994/1995, now rebuilt and reclassed as MK50-3,... (more)

Southern Pacific's KCBAT climbs through Price Canyon with a quartet of SP speed lettered SD45T-2s for power (SP 9400, SP 9392, SP 9331, SP 9328). The 83 car train was a sweet symphony of sights, s... (more)

A Utah Railway coal empty meets a Pueblo CF&I rail train at Castle Gate on Sept. 7, 1996.