Union Pacific really liked to use their GP40X's on passenger specials. GP40X 90, 91, and 93 come flying up Weber Canyon in the afternoon. (Tom Ellis photo)

A pretty rare one, from my dad photo's. For a short period of time. Utah Railway lease three ex Southern Pacific SD39's 5319, 5322, 5325, form Nation Railway Equipment. From what I understand Utah... (more)

Big country! At lease two entire trains can be seen in the photo front to back. CNW C44-9W's 8640, 8621, and two SD40-2's 6809 on the back, have their train stretched out in the powder river basin... (more)

Union Pacific's Park City local, with it customary three GP30's is off the branch, and back on the main. Seen here near the mouth of Weber Canyon on the Evanston Subdivision. (Tom Ellis photo)

These trips I made with my dad down on the Santa Fe to catch the return of the red and silver warbonnets was absolutely incredible. Catching these beautiful B truck high speed hot rods, was about ... (more)

Don't know for sure the date on this one. But I'm pretty sure it got to be Labor day weekend 1976. Back when it truly was the Heber Creeper. UP 618 and Pacific Lumber Company No. 35 double headed ... (more)

What a beautiful sight to see the rebirth of the red and silver paint scheme. Was so fun to be track-side during this era. Four B40-8W and a B40-8 rolling through West Flagstaff. (Tom Ellis photo)

Oh what a consist. DD40X 6935 leads a Western Pacific GP35 3001, and UP SD40-2. With a funereal train of the Union Pacific Sulzer's, with UP 64 up front. Sulzer's was a failed experiment, to put a... (more)

Burlington Northern 8096, with an MPI leaser. Also with two more SD40-2's in the consist make their way across the high line at East Glacier, Montana. (Tom Ellis photo)

You can feel winters chill, from just looking at this picture of the Zephyr. It's the early morning at Colton, Utah 1978 in the Price River Canyon (Tom Ellis photo)

A coal train loaded at the Hiawatha loadout. Passes a new coal tower being built at Wattis. The combo of F45's would only last the rest of this month, as a pure set. Ex SP SD45's would come on the... (more)

My dad captured a rare occurrence here. A hotshot Southern Pacific train is running on the Union Pacific, ex Western Pacific (Shafter Subdivision). My assumption is the Southern Pacific Causeway i... (more)

I can only imagine how fast they were going here. The stretch between Stockton and Faust on the Lynndyl Subdivision is flat and strait, a real race track. Not sure if the passenger speed in the la... (more)

SP 4449 leads the American Freedom train, through Woods Cross, Utah in 1975. Tom Ellis photo.

Utah Railway's Alco's 402, 401, 403 doing what Alco's do best. Tom Ellis photo.