Chasing a Bird • Chasing a Train

The Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 17 descends the 2% grade from Soldier Summit while navigating the Soldier Creek fill at Gilluly on June 19, 1976. Note the first F9B has its access doors open in an... (more)

With a pair of CNW C44-9W motors for power, Union Pacific's Los Angeles to Denver expedited intermodal makes a rare appearance on the former Denver & Rio Grande Western through Spanish Fork Canyon... (more)

While waiting for traffic along the Evanston Sub, this interesting train rambled by. Union Pacific's ICSOAR is a repositioning move between intermodal terminals in Chicago, Illinois (Canal Street)... (more)

Here's one of my favorite Kodachrome slides taken when I chased trains via my Azuki 10-speed bike I named 'White Lightning'. Union Pacific's Provo Switcher departs Provo yard for Geneva Works with... (more)

It seemed appropriate to catch Union Pacific's Rio Grande heritage SD70ACe crossing the former D&RGW art deco bridge over South Main in downtown Springville, Utah.

A well powered Roseville to Kansas City manifest freight speeds through Gilluly with 66 cars on Sept. 29, 1996. The yard goats were likely en route to Grand Junction or to Pueblo to work.

A trio of Utah Railway RSD-15s and a single RSD-12 lead the Martin Turn through Springville on Feb. 12, 1977.

Soft lighting at dawn and dusk have a wonderful quality all their own. Here UP's Salt Lake to Denver (MRONY) manifest departs Helper for the 175 mile journey across the Green River Desert to Grand... (more)

A fun mix of EMD and GE, four and six axle units pull a Burlington Northern mixed freight east out of Bozeman, Montana on May 25, 1986. The two girder bridges in the background once carried the ra... (more)

A rare caboose hop returns from the Bonneville Concentrator to Copperton on Kennecott Copper's High Line. This southeastern perspective near Bacchus offers a good view of the Wasatch Mountains inc... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western's rerouting of its mainline bypassing the big Thistle landslide is well underway on June 15, 1983. The 3009 ft. tunnel under Billy's Mountain is nearing completion with... (more)

After making a brief stop at Echo, Union Pacific's 150th Anniversary Special is back on the move at Henefer.

Happiness is finding a new Western Pacific GP40-2 in your hometown! The 3554 was built new by EMD for the WP in April 1980, from the carrier's final batch of new locomotives prior to merging with ... (more)

A Utah Railway coal train with Union Pacific power loads at the Willow Creek mine at Castle Gate on July 7, 2000. Cyprus Plateau Mining began operations at Willow Creek in 1998. On August 1, 2000,... (more)