Funny how time changes perspectives. At the time I was pretty mad that UP decided to start using their own power on these coal trains from Wellington starting the week I had flown out there to sho... (more)

A slow moving KYLE train has finally reached the town of Burlington, CO and has some work to do. Working with a 4-man crew (2 in cab, two on ground), they are picking up some cars at the town’s el... (more)

Utah Ry. is bringing this short, 20 car, coal train up the 2.4% grade at the top of Price River Canyon on the Provo Sub. The train loaded on the Savage Spur between Price and Wellington. Maybe thi... (more)

KYLE westbound Limon turn led by all three operating former UTAH RWY units west of Vona CO

A trio of displaced UTAH MK50-3s now working on the Kyle Railroad roll across the high plains of eastern Colorado. Here at Seibert, they are seen pulling a cut of cars from the Seibert Equity Co-O... (more)

A trio of displaced UTAH MK50-3s now working on the Kyle Railroad roll across the high plains of eastern Colorado as they pass through the small town of Vona.

A trio of displaced UTAH MK50-3s now working on the Kyle Railroad roll across the high plains of eastern Colorado. With plenty of work along the way, a track speed of 25mph and several locations 1... (more)

A trio of displaced UTAH MK50-3s now working on the Kyle Railroad roll across the high plains of eastern Colorado. The train is seen just west of Stratton slowly working its way to Limon which wil... (more)

After a couple hours of switching at Stratton, a westbound Kyle for Limon departs Stratton with a trio of displaced Utah Railway MK50-3s.

Four unique Utah Railway MK50-3 locomotives, along with EMD GP40 No. 3001 power a short 30-car coal empty down the eastern grade of Soldier Summit at Kyune, Utah, on the afternoon of May 9, 2006.

This is the shortest coal train I have ever seen on Soldier Summit; 20 cars loaded at the Savage coal loadout near Wellington, Utah. After I posted this shot on a railfan site in 2010 I learned th... (more)

A unique visitor to the BNSF engine servicing facility was UTAH 5003, a MK-50-3 engine that was originally built in 1994 for the Southern Pacific.

Due to a downturn in traffic, G&W decided that Utah Railway no longer needs the MK50-3s and will transfer them to the Kyle Railroad. After all six units were rounded up in Provo, two of them were ... (more)

MK50-3's 5003 and 5001 chug past a small dam on the Jordan River.