It's as beautiful evening in Salt Lake City. The temperature is nice, even thought the Wasatch mountain range is still showing it's winter beauty. It's suddenly peaceful as the Utah Railway RUT311... (more)

I am feeling pretty lucky today. In 2004 The Salt Lake Cities Chevron refinery, got a couple pretty cool GP's. The problem is these GP's spend pretty much all there time in the secured facility, a... (more)

The sun is getting low, as the Grand Canyon Railway returns to Williams, on scheduled.

UP 8757 and 5361, roll westward through the Tooele Valley. The west side of the Oquirrh Mountains provides a beautiful backdrop.

UP 8757 and 5361 round the sweeping curve at Lakepoint, Utah. The Great Salt Lake, provides the back drop, along with Antelope Island.

We had a nice snow storm early Sunday Morning. I was able to make it out Sunday night to try and get a shot. Unfortunately the snow was already melting away at the lower elevations. The mountains ... (more)

I can say I could really ask for much better. Beautiful new snow, sun out, and a nice looking eastbound.

I'll refrain from calling UP 6471 ugly, let's just say it has character. So I'm going with the assumption that this has to be the lowest priority train on the system. I would guess it's a MOGWC or... (more)

A DC powered GEVO leads a matching set of Heritage 3's, at East Seligman, Arizona.

Mother nature is the star of the show here. It's late evening, with a beautiful cloud layer. The sun is going in and out of the clouds. Luckily I was able to have a train come with the sun popping... (more)

Heading for the barn. The Chevron local has completed it work, and had got the clear to run back to Roper yard.

A fine tuned machine is what ran thought my mind, as I looked out over this trackage. Beautiful ballasted rails, with cement ties and smooth looking rails. I saw this train and had to sprint over ... (more)

A day after much of the Salt Lake Valley got hit with a foot of snow. The Chevron local nears Roper yard, after doing it's work at the Salt Lake refineries.

A pleasant surprise. We drove onto Route 66, and were immediately greeted by a Warbonnet leading a train. Granted she is not the beauty she once was. But it is nice to know there are a few dash 9'... (more)

I raced up line to intercept the return trip of the Grand Canyon train. I made it with about 5 minutes to spare. They sure operate a beautiful train.