The first day of Spring was drop dead gorgeous out here on the lonely uplands of eastern Utah. What a great day to photograph this colorful and clean set of 3 E60 electrics as they pull away from ... (more)

Deseret Power Ry’s afternoon train is seen here about a quarter of the way through the process of loading its 44 car train. It is creeping around the loading loop at less than walking speed. Whe... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry. is about half way done with painting it's entire fleet of 4 E60 electrics. The paint job comes with a new road name; Deseret Power Ry. Today's empty morning train has 2 of th... (more)

Deseret Power’s empty train is tiptoeing at 5 mph here over a newly replaced rail under the watchful eyes of a couple of the MOW crew who are behind the train and down the embankment out of sigh... (more)

Deseret Power Railway's morning, loaded, train ran around 4 hours early this morning so as to open a window for the maintenance crew to replace a rail at around MP 1.5. After unloading at the Bona... (more)

Deseret Power’s morning, loaded, train ran around 4 hours early this morning so as to open a window for the maintenance crew to replace a rail at around MP 1.5. The now empty morning train rolle... (more)

Deseret Power’s morning, loaded, train ran around 4 hours early this morning so as to open a window for the maintenance crew to replace a rail at around MP 1.5. The now empty returning morning t... (more)

In the sparsely-populated high desert area of eastern Utah, an eastbound Deseret Power Railway unit train passes milepost 31 a few miles east of the Bonanza Power Plant on a beautiful October 21, ... (more)

Climbing out of Mormon Gap
With 44 cars of coal for the Bonanza Power Plant, the westbound afternoon run of Deseret Power Railway climbs out of Mormon Gap, Colorado, on October 21, 2015... (more)

As thunderstorms boil in the background on the afternoon of October 20, 2015, a westbound Deseret Power Railway unit coal train hums past milepost 20 at Mormon Gap, Colorado.

This stretch of nearly north/south trackage on Deseret Power Ry. is one of the only places you can shoot a morning, loaded train in good light. Wouldn’t you know there was a layer of thin clouds... (more)

Deseret Power Ry's morning train has finished unloading at the Bonanza Power Plant and is now accelerating up to track speed. The coal loadout is 35 miles ahead in western Colorado. This wide angl... (more)

This shot shows the late afternoon, loaded, coal train of the Deseret Power Ry. rolling downgrade as it nears the Bonanza Power Plant, about 3 miles ahead. This is a Wednesday and so the railroad ... (more)

This is a morning (more like noon actually), loaded coal train westbound for the Bonanza Power Plant in Utah. The location is Midway siding, the only siding on this 35 mile railroad. The siding is... (more)

After I arrived at the overlook where you can see the loading area of the Deseret Power Railway I realized I only had a short time to find a suitable spot for a shot. The sun angle at my first cho... (more)