UP 4943 leads an eastbound manifest, through the volcanic terrain just west of McCammon in south eastern Idaho.

Second shot of the day. I really had my doubts this shot would happen. UP likes to park trains in the Garfield-Smelter area, tie them down, and pull the crews off. But not so, he came flying right... (more)

The small town of Uintah, Utah is at the mouth of Weber Canyon. It's a great town for train activity. The Union Pacific main is split with and up track and a down track. UP 7926 rolls westward thr... (more)

I raced up line to intercept the return trip of the Grand Canyon train. I made it with about 5 minutes to spare. They sure operate a beautiful train.

A bonus train. I had been out photographing a couple of trains out at Stockton, Utah. I was driving towards home thinking I was done for the night. I happened to get lucky and catch this one last ... (more)

Rail fanning the Wyoming coal fields can be exhausting on along summer day. After going all day with the mass amount of trains to photography. We stayed unit sunset to capture this Silhouette shot... (more)

Looking rough around the edges. UP 6574 and 9047 are the sole power for this manifest. And it is showing as the train is grinding it out at about 10 miles an hour.

Getting the day started off with Amtrak number 6. The train was running 2 1/2 hours late this morning. So I was able to get some shots that aren't usually possible.

Open snow covered landscape on the Ex Western Pacific main as this westbound passes Delle, Utah.

As UP 8060 pulls through the cut at Lakepoint, Utah. She carries a souvenir for Wyoming above her plow. The snowed packed above the plow will begin to melt as the train heads southwest towards nic... (more)

With nice clouds, and evening light. Union Pacific 7976 and 7048, make their way through Lakepoint.

PPVMF2 04 was following the Big Boy until the 4014 stopped to check something out. At that point the PPVMF2 04 was given't the run around because the crew was short on time. The UP 6840 suddenly b... (more)

Union Pacific 8849 comes flying through Garfield, Utah. At least one train is moving. The grain train on the left has been parked for over 24 hours with a unit on both ends facing inot the train. ... (more)

Union Pacific 6046 leads two GE tier 4's in southeastern Idaho.

SD70ACe-T4 3081 leads a MOGWC this morning. Must of been a heavy one, as the three units up front and the DPU were all working hard.