A Rio Grande freight works upgrade along the Price River approaching the Nolan Tunnels. Verne Jeffers Photo © James Belmont Collection.

A Utah Railway CUWIPJ (Wildcat, UT - IPP, UT) coal load claws into the 2.46% grade at the site of the old Nolan center passing siding in Price Canyon.

One of the more unusual Amtrak California Zephyr power consists I have witnessed leads train #5 west up the 2.4% grade through Price Canyon at Lynn. I was chasing trains with my dad on this day, a... (more)

UP's MRONY rolls downgrade along the Price River east of Kyune.

Utah Railway's CUWIPJ-09 climbs westward along the Price River and the Kyune center siding.

A Utah Railway Wildcat to IPP load load meets a set of Union Pacific swing helpers near old Nolan in Price Canyon.

Swing helpers for Utah Railway's CUWIPJ coal load emerge from the Kyune Gooseneck with five Australian SD50S motors and one EMD/MK50-3 assisting on the tough 2.4% ruling grade. The entire consist ... (more)

Utah Railway's CUWIPJ coal load emerges from the Kyune Gooseneck with five gray and red MK50-3s on the point.

Lucky shot: all five of Utah Railway's gray and red painted MK50-3s lead a Wildcat to IPP coal load through Price Canyon at Castle Gate. The Utah currently loads two trains per month at Wildcat (t... (more)

With a Rio Grande GP40-2 in the lead, Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 curves eastward through Price Canyon at Castle Gate, Utah.

A nicely matched trio of EMD F40PH motors lead Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 along D&RGW rails through Utah's Price River Canyon.

A Union Pacific engineering passenger special emerges from the Kyune Tunnels on former D&RGW rails in Utah's Price Canyon.

A Union Pacific engineering special running from Salt Lake City to Denver heads east by one of the more iconic landmarks along the D&RGW. The Rio Grande Heritage engine is on hand to keep the memo... (more)

A loaded Savage, UT to Moapa, NV coal train meets a Helper bound work train in the gooseneck just east of Kyune in Price Canyon. The UP 6318 was built new as the SP 280 in June of 1995.

A bright red and silver warbonnet C44-9W (and two pumpkin painted siblings) invade the Union Pacific Provo Subdivision in Price Canyon at Lynn.