Light engines returning to Wylie yard

UP 4527 is speeding east on the Shafter Sub. at Delle, Utah. Stack trains such as this IOAG2 are not often seen on the ex Western Pacific Shafter Sub, but rather usually operate on the faster Lake... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western RR, The Action Road

There is still plenty of snow on the ground here at the fairly moderate elevation of Kyune, Utah, even though it’s early Spring. The MRONY is just hitting the 2% downgrade at the upper end of Pr... (more)

UP 5357 is just about finished dragging this very long stack train up to the summit of Peru Hill. The grade begins at the Green River Bridge at the west end of the Green River Yard and ends 8 mile... (more)

This Union Pacific empty coal train is just about to enter tiny (population 22) Scofield, Utah. It’s destination is the Skyline loadout about 4 miles or so past Scofield at an elevation of 8000â... (more)

This loaded Union Pacific coal train has just left the Skyline loadout and is now entering the tiny town of Scofield, Utah; elevation 7739’ and population 23. The train will skirt Scofield Reser... (more)

BNSF’s trackage rights train over the D&RGW is seen here rolling down the 2% grade on the west side of Soldier Summit. The location is the center siding at Gilluly, Utah.

This Union Pacific empty coal train is rolling downgrade near the lower end of the Price River Canyon, right at Utah Railway Jct. The train will roll right through Helper yard in 2 or 3 miles and... (more)

Glenwood Canyon is a deep gash through the White River Uplift just east of the town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Interstate 70 and the Union Pacific’s Glenwood Springs Sub follow the Colorado ... (more)

To reach this spot in Nevada from Little Mountain, Utah, west of Ogden on the shore of the Great Salt Lake, UP 9522 has had to cross 30 miles of the Great Salt Lake, using the Bagley, Saline and R... (more)

BNSF’s near daily westbound trackage rights train has reached the more gentle grades above Kyune along the Price River in Utah. Soldier Summit is around 5 or 6 miles ahead. This shot was taken o... (more)

Searching through my old photo files sometimes results in an overlooked image such as this shot of the Deseret Railway's morning empty train. Location is the RR underpass of the Old Bonanza Road i... (more)

This Union Pacific empty coal train passing Grassy siding in Utah is on it’s way back east for a coal re-load at Bowie, Colorado. When loaded it will head back west to the large IPP power plant ... (more)

What is this? A Canadian National locomotive leading a coal train from a mine in Colorado on Union Pacific tracks in Utah! Taken at Mounds, Utah.