UP 1988 leads brand new batch SD70ACe's 8673, 8671, 8672 and a nice K-line train through the Tooele Valley.
Another addition of Amtrak 6, the Zephyr climbs Spanish Fork Canyon, early in the morning. Amtrak 335 and 322 are today's power.
Silverzone pass / Arnold's loop, just west of of Wendover, Nevada. Makes for some spectacular railroading. Nothing is pretty about this consist, Union Pacific 7667, 5779 and DPU 5420 all are cover... (more)
GP9's 125, 127 pull a Montana Rail Link local, past a semaphore in Saint Regis, Montana.
UP 7926 head westbound in the afternoon through Emery. One of my favorite places to wait for a train.
ATSF 537 rolls across the open spaces of New Mexico, with a verity pack of locomotives paint schemes. On the rear is a SF30C still earning her keep on former home rails, but now as a leased locomo... (more)
Front and back, the whole train. UP 5973 flies up the Gilluly loop with it's empty Long Beach to West Elk coal train.
In my opinion K-line stack trains are one of the best looking trains on the rails.
A group of GP's pull a drag freight up Cajon Pass.
Echo Canyon on Labor Day. This particular location is known as hanging rock. UP 8915 and 5203 lead a manifest heading for North Plate, Nebraska.
Near the mouth of Weber Canyon the MNPRO-30 is pictured on the down track. A RNERL salt train is seen on the up track.
UP 7446 thunders by with the towering Echo Canyon cliff for a backdrop. The second unit is a ugly one but at least they washed the flag.
Our first sighting of the day of UP 1996 was at Castle Rock, Utah. Just a few miles from the Wyoming boarder.
UP 8816 and 5152 are nearing the town of Lava Hot Spings, Idaho with a eastbound manifest. On a very wintry January 2nd.
After starting life as a Rio Grande GP35 3032. D&RGW 3032 was able to avoid the scrapers torch and now 55 year after it's build date. Is still earning it's keep on the Utah Railway as a GP38-3 Uta... (more)
