AMTK 187, in Amtrak's newest scheme, paces the miles of old codeline along the Green River Sub as they curve towards Cisco.

BNSF 6433 starts our day pulling coal into Cisco siding to wait for the UP Potash local. Cisco has one of the neater DRGW signal set ups on the Green River Sub.

SSRX SW1200 #1109 pulls a cut of cars destined for scrapping at Western Metals Recycling. #1109 retains its original number from being built for the Missouri Pacific in 1963.

Distributed Power. Union Pacific (UP) SD70ACe no. 8648 brings up the rear of a mixed manifest train approaching Ogden, UT.

The Deseret heads back east towards Colorado as they depart the power plant with an empty train.

With Amtrak now out of the way, BNSF 8784 brings a BNSF trackage rights manifest west through Ruby Canyon.

AMTK 51 leads the westbound California Zephyr out of Cisco and into the Utah desert on a sunny fall evening.

UP 8219 leads a westbound UP coal train west through Ruby Canyon and along the Colorado River. This stretch is lined with rock fencing to prevent debris from tumbling onto the tracks.

Amtrak breaks the morning silence in the desert as new schemed AMTK 187 leads the eastbound Cali Zephyr past Floy. It's one heck of a climb to get up here but the view is great. This location, Pat... (more)

Finally off the Cane Creek branch, UP 5040 blasts out of Thompson Springs towards Gran Junction.

Hiking and camping are still going strong into the fall here at Moab as UP 5040 crosses the Corona Arch trailhead on its way back to Grand Junction.

Work is done at Intrepid as the potash local starts their way back to Grand Junction. Here they are running alongside the Colorado River in full notch 8.

UP 4857 leads the potash local out of the tunnel and past the Corona Arch on a hot, dry midday in Moab.

Amtrak 6 has just met the UP potash local east of Agate and now the potash local gets a turn to come south through the old Rio Grande signals. Lucky for me I get the pride of Union Pacific's fleet... (more)

It's a beautiful Friday morning in the desert as the eastbound California Zephyr glides out of Thompson Springs heading for Grand Junction and eventually Chicago.