The business of mining and hauling coal has historically been a cycle of boom and bust. Coal traffic was phenomenal in the mid-1990s with the Utah Railway hauling multiple trains per day, seven da... (more)

A matched quartet of Utah Railway SD40s lead export coal west along the frozen Price River near Kyune.

A well matched quartet of Utah Railway SD40s lead a Moapa, NV to Wildcat, UT coal empty east through Spanish Fork Canyon approaching the Thistle Tunnels. Note the former D&RGW grade and Highway 6 ... (more)

Four Utah Railway SD-40s lead a westbound loaded coal train just east of the east switch at Gilluly on the DRGW main. The coal is bound for the Intermountain Power Plant. Two other stretches of ... (more)