After a 25 mile eastward descent from Soldier Summit, with grades up to 2.4%, the Union Pacific MRONY is just now rolling into Helper Yard, Utah. It will have an easier time on the 175 mile trip f... (more)

UP 5641 and a second unit have brought this westbound grain train part way around Arnold’s Loop. The location is the east side of Silver Zone Pass on the Union Pacific Shafter sub in far easter... (more)

UP5678 leads a westbound unit coal train compass south at Juab siding, Utah. The location is on UP’s Sharp Subdivision near the town of Levan, Utah. Visible just to the left of the 5678 is the c... (more)

This shot of a Utah Ry. loaded coal train is the fourth in a series of this same train I’ve posted here on Railpictures. I started by following the empty train as it rolled eastward down Utah’... (more)

The Northshore Mining Railroad runs 47 miles from the open pit mine at Babbitt, Minnesota to the huge mill and plant facility on the shore of Lake Superior at Silver Bay. Raw ore is hauled down th... (more)

This 4-pack of Utah Ry. 6 axle units is slugging it out on the 2.4% grade in Price River Canyon, Utah. The train was loaded at the Savage loadout between Price and Wellington, Utah. Soldier Summit... (more)

I had to wait a couple of hours for this train to show up at Pequop, Nevada. Pequop is between Wells and Montello in eastern Nevada. The Lakeside Sub was very slow this day. Normally this train, t... (more)

Utah Ry’s #5006 is kicking up some fresh snow cruising down the east side of the Soldier Summit grade at Colton, Utah. It’s train of empty rapid discharge hoppers owned by the IPP Power Plant ... (more)

Westbound UP passenger special at Garnet, Nevada with cars Feather River, 110, 105, 101. Scanned from a color print.

KCS 4702 west adds a splash of color to Price River Canyon, Utah as it brings BNSF’s daily Denver to Provo trackage rights train west. Pictured here west of the crossovers at Lynn and approachin... (more)

Deseret Power Railway's morning, loaded, train ran around 4 hours early this morning so as to open a window for the maintenance crew to replace a rail at around MP 1.5. After unloading at the Bona... (more)

Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr makes a rare daylight visit to Arnolds Loop in eastern Nevada. Pilot Peak dominates the scene from across the barren Pilot Valley

The call of the wide open spaces was pretty strong today so I went east from my home about 65 miles to the Bonanza Power Plant in eastern Utah. I can not begin to describe how crystal clear the wi... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry. in western Colorado and eastern Utah has exactly one at grade crossing of a public road in it’s entire 35 mile length. This level crossing is of unpaved Moffat County Road... (more)

Early February means cold in eastern Utah and 2011 was no exception. It was around 5 degrees below zero when I took this shot. This is the morning, loaded train headed for the Bonanza Power Plant.