I have to admit that I originally though the crew was goosing it for my benefit. But after he pass. I realized it was because they were just trying to get a giant train up the hill. Just guessing,... (more)

Sure nice to get to see these old geep's, earning their keep.

Getting good smoke has become a lot harder to get these days. So I was pretty happy to catch the geep's being operated by Rail Serve putting on a show. They are getting their train up and going fo... (more)

GP38-2 GMTX 2662 and GP9's RSSX 1590, 1633. Are banging around a pretty good sized train in the Garfield yard.

On what was a pretty crappy day with smoke and stormy skies. I stumbled across the Kennecott interchanging in Garfield yard. The sun broke through at just the right time. Couldn't have timed it an... (more)

It just keep getting better. I was happy last time because I got a three unit consist. Well about a week later, I was able to photograph a four unit consist. GMTX 2662, RSSX 116, SSRX 3670, and RS... (more)

The grade from Garfield the interchange with the Union Pacific, back to the Kennecott Smelter is a steep windy thing. L was pretty happy to catch a four unit set. A GP9 1590 has been added to the ... (more)

Tonight operation of Rio Tinto's, Kennecott operation by Railserve was very colorful. Locomotives from three different lease companies, with three very different paint schemes. GMTX 2662, RSSX 116... (more)

Freight cars in and out of Rio Tinto's Kennecott Copper smelter facilities is a big deal. Not only is Union Pacific interchanging with them at Garfield. Utah Railway's brings in trains three day a... (more)

Trying to keep everything strait in this era can be a challenge. Kennecott Copper, owned by Rio Tinto corporation. The railroad contract belongs to RailServe. The two locomotive are GP38-2 GMTX le... (more)

I was able to catch a Kennacott Copper (Rio Tinto) train in action. Now operated by Railserve (RSSX) GMTX 2662 and RSSX 116 leave the Garfield yard, with a matching set of nicely painted Montana L... (more)

Most of the Appalachian & Ohio's motive power consists of leased GMTX GPs, as evident in this July 2017 view of the inbound mixed freight passing an additional set of light GMTX units waiting for ... (more)

A string of GATX leased units sits on the A&O Yard on a quiet Saturday morning.