This Union Pacific coal train is easing down the 2% grade on the west side of Soldier Summit. Just ahead of the train, about 1/2 mile, the tracks finally reach creek level in the bottom of Spanish... (more)

Union Pacific’s #8513 is in charge of the daily Roper, Utah to North Yard, Colorado manifest freight today. The train is slugging it out on the 2% grade at Gilluly on the ascent to Soldier Summi... (more)

Amtrak’s Train #5, the California Zephyr rolls downgrade alongside the Colorado River. The location is on the Union Pacific's Glenwood Springs Sub. near the hamlet of Burns, Colorado. Ahead a fe... (more)

Union Pacific’s Potash Local seems to be bursting straight out of a solid wall of red rock in this view. The location is at the bottom of a steep, narrow cut on the downgrade that ends at the Co... (more)

Union Pacific #5787 has just arrived at the Skyline loadout and is now pulling its empty train through the flood loader. It will cut off and run back to the former rear end on an adjacent run-arou... (more)

UP 7751 is easing this long double stacker down the 1% grade of Silver Zone Pass at Cliffside Siding. Arnolds Loop is a couple of miles behind the train and the upper level of trackage is seen sli... (more)

Union Pacific’s daily Salt Lake City to Roseville manifest train is seen here rounding Arnolds Loop in eastern Nevada. The train is on a high fill here and my slightly higher perch allows the no... (more)

Amtrak #6 is just arriving at Salt Lake Central Station. Central Station is a hub for several modes of transit in the Salt Lake Valley; Utah Transit Authority bus lines, Amtrak, UTA TRAX light rai... (more)

Winter at 8000’elevation in Utah’s Wasatch mountains. In spite of the BNSF leader, this is a Union Pacific coal train. The #4501 has pulled nearly all of its empty train entirely through the l... (more)

BNSF SD70MAC’s are not often seen here in Utah. Normally they are used for coal train power in the Powder River Basin. But here is the 9646 rolling downgrade in Price River Canyon with the dail... (more)

A rare DC powered MRONY is approaching the west switch of Kyune, Utah on UP’s Provo Sub. Just around the corner the descending grade increases to a max. of 2.4%.

Just a couple of more miles to go and this westbound Utah Ry. coal train will reach the crossovers at Colton and come to a stop. With the steepest part of the climb to Soldier Summit behind them, ... (more)

I chased this westbound Union Pacific coal train from Helper to Soldier Summit this day. The weather in Helper was fine; the weather further west and at higher elevation was not fine! Above Price ... (more)

The only trains you can really count on seeing in daylight on the Union Pacific Glenwood Springs Sub are the twice a day Amtrak’s, #’s 5 and 6. Because of this I decided to go east on the road... (more)

This days eastbound Union Pacific manifest train, the MRONY, is just about to hit the 2.4% downgrade along the Price River. Location is Kyune on the Provo Sub.