Yes, the Deseret Power Ry occasionally does something other than haul coal. This day they ran a work train. The short train is seen here just after they finished dumping 3 of these side dump cars.... (more)

SP 4310 pulls out of Canyon Siding onto the SP main line to head west. Scanned from a color print.

The Union Pacific steam special is seen here about 5 miles south of Point of Rocks after passing the Black Butte Mine in the far distance. This is one of the few North/South oriented stretches of ... (more)

The very last unpatched and unrenumbered DRGW unit on the UP roster, DRGW 5371, rolls downgrade thru Kyune, Utah. 5371 and the trailing SD 40-2 had been dispatched earlier from Helper to go west o... (more)

After a 75 mile trip from my home to Helper my first stop was the Utah Railway's Martin Yard. I found one of their engineers just walking out of the yard office and stopped to talk to him. He told... (more)

Just as this Jordan Spreader, running east on the Craig Branch, approached the east switch of Dorsey Siding and the US40 highway crossing where I was standing, the operator raised the two lower pl... (more)

The crude oil business seems to have become nearly as important to the Utah Ry. as the coal business. According to a URY engineer I talked to, they are shipping out around 80 cars of crude oil a w... (more)

About 45 miles west of Salt Lake City on the south side of the Great Salt Lake, is the siding and junction point of Delle. This is on the former Western Pacific 7th Sub, now known as the Union Pa... (more)

A Kennecott Copper southbound empty ore train is nearing the end of it's run to Copperton. This "High Cab" GP39-2 was a special order from EMD and was intended to give the engineer improved visibi... (more)

Time was fast running out for #5371. It was the very last un-renumbered, unpatched Rio Grande unit left on the Union Pacific RR. Fittingly it ran it’s last miles out of Helper, Utah on the “Di... (more)

This photo was taken about as close to the Bonanza Plant as you can be and not attract attention from plant personnel. The morning train on the Deseret Power Railway has finished unloading and is ... (more)

I took this image of this empty coal train as it rolled down the east slope of the Toano Range in eastern Nevada. It is about to cross under Interstate 80. The photo location is about 3 highway mi... (more)

The dark storm clouds just kept getting worse and worse as I waited for the Deseret Power Ry’s afternoon loaded train. Waiting for the next train and hopefully better light just isn’t an opti... (more)

Whats not to like about the Deseret Power Ry. It has clean, freshly painted, and very uncommon power; it connects with no other railroad; it runs through nearly uninhabited western scenery; and is... (more)

The Union Pacific Steam Special getting underway after a short servicing stop on the main line at Point of Rocks, Wyoming. I saw some inspection and lubrication being done on the fireman’s side ... (more)