UP 2608 leads an oil train west out of Green River as they storm across the lonely but pretty Utah desert.

Work is finally done and the Friday morning SLGW crew heads back towards their yard a couple miles to the east of here. Leading the train is DS-13 and DS-12 in matching SLGW paint, a tough feat on... (more)

SLGW DS-13 pulls a large cut of tanks out of the huge tank yard south of the industrial park. To the left and out of frame is Stadler, a railroad equipment maker. The new electric train sets on Ca... (more)

The SLGW does their weekday work around the industrial park with a unique engine on point. DS-13 is a high cabbed GP39-2 originally built for the Kennecott Copper. The high cab was for better visi... (more)

United States Air Force 44-ton 1236 was built by General Electric in early 1953, showing 02/02/53 as the derlivery date for Middletown, Pennsylvania, possibly at the now-closed Olmsted Air Force B... (more)

Three hikers rest under the massive Corona Arch as Union Pacific's once weekly Potash local prepares to enter Bootlegger Canyon on the return run to Grand Jct.

Loaded coal for Tuscon, AZ snakes it's way along the Book Cliffs near Thompson Springs, Utah on the former Rio Grande.

BNSF #5886 leads QPSPVJ 18 (aka BNSF H-DENPVO118) across the former Rio Grande on trackage right in the shadow of the Book Cliffs near Thompson Springs, Utah.

A pair of Union Pacific SD70M's lead the once weekly potash local along the banks of the Colorado River and the red rocks near Moab.

A pair of Union Pacific SD70M's lead the once weekly potash local out of Bootlegger Canyon in the shadow of Corona Arch en route to Intrepid potash near Moab.

I caught up with this westbound Union Pacific coal load right at Soldier Summit and then followed it down the 2% grade on the west side of the pass to Gilluly siding. It was sunny at the summit, b... (more)

Utah's Book Cliffs dazzle in the late evening light as BNSF's Provo - Denver manifest scoots across the valley just west of 'Vista' on UP's Green River Subdivision.

4927 & 5040 padded the Corona Arch Trail

5040 & 4927 approach the Intrepid Potash mine

5040 & 4927 approach the Intrepid Potash mine