Of all the time I've spent watching trains at Grant Tower, on this particular day I witnessed my first 'drag race' through the junction. At left, a Utah Railway 311 local is heading east toward CP... (more)

In fading light, a trio of six axle coal haulers lead Utah Railway's Ogden turn east through Grant Tower in Salt Lake City. Missing from this perspective is the old North Temple viaduct, recently ... (more)

This Utah Ry. 5 unit, manned, mid-train helper set led by #6061 is blasting up Price River Canyon in eastern Utah. They are helping URy #5006 and 3 other head end units (see picture #321319) with... (more)

The crew of the Martin Helper passes some beautiful scenery on their way home from assisting a coal train over Soldier Summit.

After shoving a long coal train west to Soldier Summit, a Utah Railway light helper heads east toward Martin yard to tie up for the day. Spectacular Castle Gate looms large above the mainline, the... (more)

Under a beautiful sky, the Martin Helper returns light after assisting a train over Soldier Summit.

A Utah Railway Martin helper works a 91 car Savage coal train, approaching Kyune in Utah's Price Canyon.

Captured 10 minutes after cutting out of a coal train at Castilla, a light swing helper heads east to Utah Railway's home base at Martin Yard. Utah's SD50's are the last standard cab locomotives t... (more)

A yard job is pulling forward across Walbridge road as they work the north end of Stanley yard in the last evening light. Note the "6" on the sign has swung down revealing an incorrect "2" for th... (more)

A Utah Railway IPP coal train loads at the Andelex Resources Wildcat loadout a few miles west of Spring Glen, Utah. Inbound bituminous coal is trucked to the site, batched along the ground, sorted... (more)

Utah Railway's early evening RUT310 local prepares to depart Midvale while the RUT311 puts away it's train in the storage yard. The 310 will head down the Bingham & Garfield Branches before headin... (more)

Westbound aluminum train behind SD50S #6500 and C39-8 #8639.

All taped and packaged ready for delivery. Newly-built Hamersley Iron 6064 towers over GM11 and its AN mate while on special transfer bogies at Dry Creek yard. The last loco of the order is awaiti... (more)

Utah Railway SD50S #6060 suffered a mechanical failure on May 5, 2009 while working a mid-train helper set on Soldier Summit. While under load, the 6060's prime mover shot pistons right through th... (more)

Bathed in soft evening light, Utah Railway's RUT312 local curves along the big fill just north of Vine Street in Murray City, Utah. This 14 car local is bound for Midvale yard, returning from work... (more)