This Union Pacific officer special came into Salt Lake on the 19th, and is supposed to head out on the 21st. Word on the street is it's heading to Denver. I fired off a shot from one of the overpa... (more)

Three nice looking B40-8W's 511, 501, 554 roll past what looks like a majestic lake with a hot JB Hunt train. In reality it's a deposit of spring run off at Challender, Arizona. That will dry up a... (more)

In all my years of railroading, I have never seen anything as incredible as three steam locomotives trying to break through the snow, ice and rock at windy point. The snow was as tall as the rotar... (more)

The man and his beast. Ed Dicksen is at the helm of the Big Boy, and seems to be enjoying every moment of it.

On a rainy night I was able to photograph Amtrak #5 with heritage unit 66 and Union Pacific Salt Lake Olympics unit 2002 at Salt Lake Cities Amtrak station. 2002 was in town to commemorate 10 year... (more)

The Big Boy and all her majesty. It was a cool morning so we got treated to a plume of white smoke/steam this morning. I liked this shot, because it really show off her massive size.

The 3985 pulls into the northern portion of the Bear River Gorge heading north. The train will soon stop and let off it's passenger for a photo run by.

I finally shot my first picture at Floy. Floy is out in Utah's eastern desert on the former D&RGW main.

During a light drizzle, I was able to photograph my first Amtrak heritage unit. Also on hand is Union Pacific Olympic unit 2002 to complete the photo opt.

No Rio Grande in sight, on the Rio Grande main. As a group of mainly Southern Pacific B truck locomotives handle this freight train.

I was able to catch my first Amtrak Heritage unit in the day light on Friday evening. The only way to capture Amtrak in Utah under normal scheduled is out in the east desert on old D&RGW main. Th... (more)

Utah Railway 9003 and 9004 are really getting the lead out. It's actual a pretty substantial grade on the Garfield, and Bingham Branches. The Utah Railway RUT310 goes across the two branches on t... (more)

For the model railroaders out there, here is proof that you can run red and yellow with red and silver together. C30-7 leads brand new GP60M 109 and a couple blue bonnets on a hot shot intermodal.... (more)

I was able to catch a different set of power operating at Rio Tinto, Kennecott this afternoon. After switch down at Garfield GP38's GMTX 2330, and SSRX 3670 are heading back towards the Kennecott ... (more)

6000 Horsepower SD90MAC-H II 8525. They had a short life. I'm glad I made the effort to catch them. Second unit is a GE 6000 horsepower unit AC6000CW 7551. At least on these, the locomotives survi... (more)