Time to go to work. The local has pulled off the Shafter Subdivision main, and onto the Ellerbeck Industrial Lead. The salt evaporation ponds are providing a nice reflection shot for these two SD4... (more)

With three units up front and one DPU. This east bound is really struggling to move this monster manifest through the eastern region of Echo canyon.

With the fall colors at their height. Union Pacific 4943 and 4055 wind through Pebble, Idaho.

UP 8050 is making is way up the mouth of Weber Canyon through the tunnel on the eastbound main. It's MP 982 it's between Uintah and Strawberry on today's time table. I was told in the past this ar... (more)

UP 1989 passes threw southwest reaches of The Great Salt Lake. The water here is being used for commercial evaporation ponds. Morton Salt has a plant near by, with a giant mountain of salt.

With UP Precision (PSR) railroading it makes for some odd trains. I never thought I would see tank cars, sandwiched between stack cars, and autoracks. UP 8972, 6058 8524 are in charge of this east... (more)

Utah Railway with it's empty Intermountain Power coal train starts it's climb up Gilluly.

Nearing the Wyoming boarder the train snakes it way through Wahsatch.

The Denver to Salt Lake hot shot makes it way through Echo Canyon in the late evening.

It's pretty rare these days to see a SD40-2 outside of yard limits in the Salt Lake City area. Fortunately one is still currently working on the LUE43 local, UP 1851. It's a local that works the w... (more)

How it used to be. SD60 6071, leads two SD40-2's and a C30-7, out of the tunnels that set up the Curvo crossover.

Union Pacific has delivered a monstrous train to the Eastern Idaho Railroad in Rupert. To give you an idea, UP brought the cars in with six locomotives from the main line at Minidoka, Idaho down t... (more)

Doesn't hurt to ask. I saw this Eastern Idaho GP35 sitting inside this industry, all fence in with lots of no trespassing signs. It was nicely positioned with the sun, with all it's lights on. I r... (more)

Union Pacific SD70AH's 8923 and 9086 rumble across the American Falls bridge.

A BNSF Denver to Stockton manifest makes it journey across the old Rio Grange mainline.