Utah Ry. 6060 west is bringing an empty coal train over Soldier Summit and in the process is overtaking a BNSF trackage rights manifest train stopped on track #1. The BNSF train followed the Utah ... (more)

There’s an interesting back story to this shot of UP 8490 with a westbound grain train about to enter Arnolds Loop in eastern Nevada. Earlier in this misty, sometimes rainy day the train ahead of ... (more)

This is the shortest coal train I have ever seen on Soldier Summit; 20 cars loaded at the Savage coal loadout near Wellington, Utah. After I posted this shot on a railfan site in 2010 I learned th... (more)

Utah Ry. 5004 and 3 more big 6 axle units are bringing this unit coal train up the lower reaches of Price River Canyon near the crossovers at Lynn. Further back in the train is a 5 unit manned hel... (more)

Lakeside, Utah is one ugly place. It is where the Union Pacific Lakeside sub reaches dry land after crossing the Great Salt Lake causeway to the west shore. Not a tree in sight; no permanent popul... (more)

Just north of East Belle Ayr Jct. on the BNSF Orin Sub. in eastern Wyoming is Whitetail Hill. It is steep enough to require loaded trains to get an assist from the Belle Ayr helpers which are seen... (more)

This loaded BNSF coal train is sitting crewless on the south leg of the Bell Ayr wye in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Often coal trains, such as this one, are loaded by a separate loading crew and... (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 loade... (more)

This eastbound, empty, Utah Ry. coal train has finished it’s trip down the east side of the Soldier Summit grade and has finally reached the mouth of the Price River Canyon. This location is Utah ... (more)

The iconic sandstone buttress called Castle Gate rises above this westbound Utah Ry coal train as it does battle with the 2.4% grades of the Price River Canyon on this gray winter day. There are 5... (more)

If you haven’t seen the Iowa Traction RR. in person you might not believe it really exists. This Iowa shortline is the operating remnant of a genuine beside the road electric interurban right out ... (more)

Light engines returning to Wylie yard

A local commuter train from the bustling districts to the north of Vietnam's capital Hanoi (possibly Kep or Thai Nguyen) trundles across the famous Long Bien or Paul-Doumer Bridge over the Red Riv... (more)

After I arrived at the overlook where you can see the loading area of the Deseret Power Railway I realized I only had a short time to find a suitable spot for a shot. The sun angle at my first cho... (more)

SLG&W's DS 9 is seen here switching the Cascade Windows facility in the Salt Lake International Center just west of the Salt Lake International Airport. This large business park contains many dist... (more)