Empty tank car train rolling down Soldier pass with the towering Castel Gate rock in the background. Pulling are Morrison Knudsen built MK5000C from 1994/1995, now rebuilt and reclassed as MK50-3,... (more)

Empty tank car train of Utah Railway bound for Martin between Colton Xover and Kyune. Pulling are MK5000C # 5001 and 5002, SD50S # 6062, SD50S # 6064 in the orange G&W paint scheme and MK5000C # 5... (more)

No problem for the five sixaxle Utah Railways (part of Genesee and Wyoming Co) locomotives with the empty tank car train on the ascent to Soldier summit near the Tie Fork Rest area below Tucker. P... (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)

Utah 5006 screams up the 2.4% grade exiting the Gooseneck Curves. The 2.4%+ sustained climb will ease in about a 1/2 mile before entering the Kyune Tunnels. At that point it will be an easy 1% c... (more)

Utah Railway muscle claws at the 2.4% plank of Soldier Summit near Lynn. Scenery, Grade and Curvature make this an awesome show. 6 more big motors shoulder into the load 2/3rds back.... Price Riv... (more)

Utah Railway MK50-3 5006 is seen leading a westbound loaded coal train at Soldier Summit - 06/10/2014

Utah Railway MK50-3 5006 is seen leading the IPPX loaded coal from CV Spur at Kyune having just reached the top of the 2.4% grade on the climb up to Soldier Summit - 06/10/2014

Twenty years ago, Motive Power Industries in Boise, Idaho had ambitious plans to enter the locomotive market. On their maiden voyage from Boise to Southern Pacific rails in Ogden, MPI MK5000C unit... (more)

An eastbound Utah Railway empty coal train climbs through Gilluly.

A busy moment is captured at Gilluly, Utah. An empty coal train is passing a westbound BNSF manifest train Denver - Provo.

Utah Railway 5002 leads a colorful consist thru Price River Canyon. The train uses 10 DC locomotives totaling 34500 horsepower to lift this monster over the Wasatch Plateau.

Utah Railway switches out the coal and the oil Load-out at WildCat, UT. The two units switching the crude will return to Martin first and then become part of a helper set that will cut in and sho... (more)

Utah 5004 makes track speed as it almost silently descends Soldier Summit. . It was near this point that a DRGW branch line once climbed East next to Kyune Pass Road. A short side trip will reward... (more)

Utah 5006 and 4, 3500 horsepower sisters head another load of Carbon County Coal westward up Price River Canyon. The train is just above Lynn and is digging into some of best mountain railroading... (more)