The smog from the basin has set in. As a Santa Fe train works it way up the mountain, toward Tehachapi.

Trying out their future investments. Two of the MK5000C's with 5000 horse power caterpillar engines. Are on the head end of a Utah Railway coal train ,with a couple Utah SD40's trailing.

One of those locomotives I hardly new existed until it happen to block my path on Saturday. This SW1200 has belonged to Big West Oil of North Salt Lake City since 2014. It spends most of it's time... (more)

A couple Utah Railway 2003 and 2008 GP38-3's are found with a load of oil can's from the refinery's of Northern Salt Lake City. The track are the former Rio Grande main that once went between Salt... (more)

Union Pacific 3985 puts on a show, as she lays down the smoke.

Wyoming and Colorado's FP7's as they looked when the first started running on the branch. Eventually the paint job was enhance a bit with black stripes, down the sides. The Mountain Diesel was cha... (more)

Santa Fe didn't lack for variety in their motive power. On this local they have 2872 a GP35r, 3674 a GP39-2, 3044 a GP20, and lastly a B23-7 or B36-7.

A Burlington Northern coal train with SD40-2's and C30-7's rolls past a hillside of yellow flowers.

A variety of Santa Fe B truck locomotives make their way up Cajon Pass, at Sullivan's Curve. B40-8 7435 leads GP40X 3803, and GP60 4013.

Something that just never happened. F45 9013 is on the headend of a coal train. In all it's years on the Utah Railway, 9013 basically served as a B unit. It spent most of it's time in the helper s... (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)

Utah Railway 9006 leads a loaded coal train through the Utah Railway Martin Yard. With a fresh blanket of snow on the ground. The train is about to head out onto the main line at Utah Railway Junc... (more)

MK5000C MPEX 9902 and SP 503 meet D&RGW 5354 in the Price River canyon. The original intention for the 5000 horse powered MK locomotives was for the three demo unit to go to Union Pacific. With th... (more)

It's hard to find a more picturesque setting, than where Leadville Colorado & Southern GP9 1918 is positioned in the yard. This is before 1918 had it's nose chopped. Also by the engine house you c... (more)

Tourist Railroad Leadville Colorado & Southern chop nose GP 1714 is nearing departure. As the passengers begin to climb on board. Leadville is a town that resides at over 10,000 ft.