The UP Potash Local is returning to Grand Junction past the splendor of rugged Utah.

The tail of our 200 cars convoy, eastbound.

Six graduates of Electro-motive's La Grande, IL erecting hall, class of the SD40 series, bring the westbound empty Trona 'coal buckets' out of the Searles Valley and towards an interchange with th... (more)

A loaded coal train is snaking towards Green River, on its trip to Salt Lake City (and beyond?). We were actually waiting for a train from Green River, but traffic only came from behind us. Fortu... (more)

UP's Potash Local returns northward from the mine with four empty tank cars from Crescent Junction. Due to the Memorial Day holiday, no potash loads were pulled from the industry, but it does not... (more)

The once a week Union Pacific Potash local climbs the Cane Creek Subdivision across from Arches National Park.

With the train about as small as it can be and dwarfed by the amazing red rock scenery around Moab, Utah—Union Pacific’s Potash local heads back to the main line after setting out most of its ... (more)

After unloading at the Bonanza Power Plant (in background on the left) in Utah, the eastbound Deseret Power Railway unit train passes milepost 31 a few miles east of the plant on a beautiful Octob... (more)

UP's Potash Local heads for home at Grand Junction, CO as it traverses the former Rio Grande maineline across eastern Utah, dwarfed by the geography and emptiness of the surrounding area.

Both westbound and eastbound California Zephyr trains typically meet on or near the Salt Flats during the midnight hour, but passengers on this 12-hour late train were treated to a daytime trip ac... (more)

"Tren a las Nubes" explorer consist approaching to the first loop @ notch 8.

On May 4, 2004, Union Pacific’s LJP45 “dirt train” local approaches Mounds, Utah, westbound on the Sunnyside Branch. Rio Grande SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motors” Nos. 5349, 5371 and 5390 bracket U... (more)

A Trona Railway freight heads toward the UP connection at Searles at Pinnacles, California, moments before sunset on March 15, 2004. Leading the train is a former Canadian Pacific SD40-2, now Tron... (more)