Generally the helpers are taken off at Colten or Summit. But in the Winter months they can be left on for the decent down the canyon. Seen here on Gilluly the helpers are on the upper leg, and the... (more)

A Utah Railway coal train descends the Gilluly loop with a four unit set of MPI leasers. You can see the lower leg of the loop to the right.

UP 1988 leads at the time three brand new SD70ACE's 8673, 8671 and 8672, for an all EMD consist. They are pulling 175 cars 10,857 feet long K-line train. The body of water to the left is the Great... (more)

Savage 8620 8619 are stage with there train for the nocturnal run onto the Garfield and Bingham Branches on the Salt Lake Valleys west side.

Showing wear from working at the cement plant. HRSX 3001 3002 wears a nice coating of cement dust.

How often in 1996 are you going to find a GP30 leading on a class one railroad out on the main. To our pleasant surprise such is the case on the Santa Fe with 2714 sporting nice paint also. Techni... (more)

I ran across a train today with UP 1989 in the consist. It was changing crews at Garfield when I discovered it. Ironically it was delayed a bit because they couldn't get 1989 to start. They finall... (more)

She's alive. Nevada Northern 81 is all steamed up for the send off of number 40. When I visited the Nevada Northern for the first time in the summer of 2006, I never dreamed. That this little engi... (more)

Not too often you get unblemished pristine Snow. This was a challenging train chase for me. This was my second shot. This one I had to not get my truck stuck on the access road. I drove as far as ... (more)

Oh how I miss these days. My favorite railroad, and my favorite locomotive type. "Santa Fe all the way!"

Out for a test drive. Utah Railway is trying out MK's 5000 hp Caterpillar power plants in the model called a MK5000C. After being tried out and rejected by UP, SP, and BCR. MPI/MK finally found a ... (more)

CNW 8677 and 8729 are sandwiching 8549 the Wyoming Centennial unit, a C40-8. A friendly engineer hangs out the cab, anxious to get his picture take. As his train hauls another load of coal out of ... (more)

Utah Central GP15's leased from Larry's truck 1496 and 1401 sit in the Utah Central yard.

On a beautiful August morning. Amtrak 5 and 117 pull California Zephyr train number 6 thought the west end of Soldier Summit.

So Amtrak should be crossing the Great Salt Lake around 12:30 a.m. Saturday I was able to get a shot of Amtrak number 5 I never have. It's 6:20 p.m. and I was able to get the Zephyr at one of thos... (more)