A Utah Railway unit tank train? Not exactly. UR 5004 leads a Provo to Martin turn with 36 tank cars for storage in the yard at Martin (Helper), Utah. Moves like this are exceedingly rare on the Ut... (more)

Utah Railway's only G&W painted MK50-3 #5005 emerges from the confines of the Ashton tunnel into Spring Canyon with 103 empties for the coal loadout at Wildcat.

On a spectacular morning, an MK50-3 leads a Utah Railway coal empty east across the switches at CP RG652, West Summit. This IPP coal train will soon load on the Utah Railway at Wildcat.

A Utah Railway IPP to Wildcat coal empty is back on the move after awaiting the passage of Amtrak's California Zephyr at the Colton crossovers. The junction to UP's Pleasant Valley Subdivision, le... (more)

With clouds looming over the Wasatch Front, a Utah Railway coal load from Wildcat charges west up the 1% grade between Colton and Summit. The train will top the apex in a little over two miles, th... (more)

At the end of a warm Spring day, a Utah Railway coal load grinds west up the 2.3% grade of Utah's Price River Canyon. This Wildcat coal will fire the Intermountain Power generating station near Ly... (more)

With four big motors on the point, Utah Railway's Wildcat to IPP coal load grinds it's way up the 2.3% grade of the Kyune Gooseneck. 55 cars back, a five unit Martin Helper does it's part to keep ... (more)

A pictured Utah Railway coal empty has ascended the 50 mile climb from Provo to Soldier Summit on a delightfully sunny Friday, May the 30th morning. The total climb in elevation is roughly 3000 fe... (more)

An IPP coal empty rolls down Price River Canyon with 90 empties to load on the Savage loop near Price. The wide spot between the tracks here is the site of Rio Grande's former Nolan center passing... (more)

A matched quad of Utah Railway MK50-3's have 90 empties for the coal loadout at Savage, Utah. The train is at the foot of a 13 mile line change built between Detour and Soldier Summit. The line op... (more)

On a late morning run to the mine, a quad of MK50-3's pull 90 IPPX hoppers east by "drinking fountain rock" in the Red Narrows area of Spanish Fork Canyon. UR 5001 is the class unit of Utah Railwa... (more)

A four-banger of Utah's colorful MK50-3's leads a westbound IPPX coal train as an eastbound UP coal train departs Provo with a CNW patched GE.

Where else but Utah Railway could one find a power combo such as this? MK50-3 #5003 joins a pair of Australian built SD50S units just outside Utah Railway's vintage shop building at Martin. The fo... (more)

Morrison Knudsen (MPI) built 6 experimental MK5000C locomotives with Caterpillar prime movers in 1994. All six were acquired by Utah Railway in 2001 and remotored with standard EMD power plants in... (more)

Utah Railway consist downgrade in Spanish Fork Canyon with a coal train bound for Provo.