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.

Chasing Amtrak out in open territory may not be the best idea. 45 miles from my previous photo. We end up getting to the same spot simultaneously. He had 79 mile per hour track-age, 34 of those mi... (more)

Salt Lake Cities North Yards dead line has shuffled around a bit since I last photographed it. It doesn't extend as far north as it once did. It is at least three deep though in places. The dead ... (more)

You can't get anymore to the end of the line than this. as the train pushes into undisturbed snow. The train has 2 units on each end, and will soon reverse direction and begin to load the train at... (more)

Amtrak's number 6 the California Zephyr rolls through Utah's eastern desert. As the day light journey begin for it's passengers, in a area known as the book cliffs.

I got my first chance to see Union Pacific's veterans locomotive 1943. Mother nature wasn't too cooperative, but I gave it my best shot with the weather conditions.

UP 8422 oh your a beauty!. 8422 you found a way to make 6484 the good looking locomotive. Hopefully Union Pacific gets this one routed to the paint booth soon. But I guess as long as it pulls, tha... (more)

The Utah Railway GP38-2's were just coming on the scene. Pictured are Utah 2005, 2006, 2003. One of the previous lease fleet of GP10's OMLX 1030 is still on the scene. Of interest in this is pictu... (more)

D&RGW 3008, SP 7856, and DRGW 3015, return from Kennecott with the Midvale Tramp.

Trains, Planes, and Automobiles. After getting a new crew at the Intermodual yard. UP 5842, 8256, CSX 951, and UP 5159 or on the move again with a K-line stack train. A Delta Airline flight is com... (more)

With the Great Salt Lake in the back ground UP 844 and 1996 roll through the big cut at Erda, Utah.

It's a brisk morning as the Challenger is between Inkom and McCammon, Idaho. The condition's are perfect for optimal steam, for the train that had spend the previous night in Pocatello, Idaho.

Feeling pretty luck on this one. On my way to work this morning. There was 3 or 4 westbounds stacked up between Smelter and Garfield. This one caught my attention, with the SD70ACe-T4 on the point... (more)

A day after a giant storm, that brought two feet of snow to the area. The LUE46 local that runs out to Tooele (Warner), Utah. Heads for home. They must of had a crazy last two days dealing with al... (more)

Last hurrah for the Rio Grande, and it's tunnel motors. I was fortunately enough to get a last chance, of catch four Rio Grande tunnel motors working together on the dirt train in 2002.