Utah Railway train tied down on a cold morning in Salt Lake City.

Union Pacific's Cane Creek Branch is a stunningly beautiful section of railroad. Today's train ran late morning, making the lighting in Bootlegger Canyon spectacular. Here the train is seen just b... (more)

UCRY 1010 with a short train in the joint UCRY/Utah Railway yard.

UCRY 201 at Ogden, UT.

UP 4176 at Milford, UT.

Union Pacific's Cane Creek Branch is a stunningly beautiful section of railroad. Today's train ran late morning, making the lighting in Bootlegger Canyon spectacular. Here the train has just exite... (more)

The Chevron local is just out side Roper Yard, trying to get in on a busy evening. The crew is anxious to end their day.

A Kennecott train between Garfield and the Smelter. Works up the canyon on a morning run.

Ex UP SW10 at Circle Four Farms, Milford, UT.

The Rio Grande has the Wasatch Mountains to cross and the top is called Soldier Summit. The base of the grade where it starts is Helper, Utah. Hence the name where helpers are added to trains to m... (more)

The world's largest diesel locomotive. It's hard to imagine that not only were they the largest, but also one of the fastest. Here it is in Salt Lake City near the end of it's service life. UP got... (more)

What a beautiful sound. A GP9 and a GP15 working a train up the hill. Kind of blows my mind when I find a 65 year old locomotive still work for real, day in and day out.

I had the morning off work, so I was able to catch the Kennecott heading up the hill. I was able to catch the RSSX 116 leading. 116 is a old GP9 with kind of a homely chop nose. But kind of cool a... (more)

UP 2199 and 9611 roll eastbound through Echo canyon in the A.M. hours on a winter day.

The coal load out at Castle Gate is now gone, along with the MK50-3 on the Utah Railway. Thank goodness for pictures.