Utah Railway F45s No. 6613, 6606 and SD45 No. 9147 load a train of UP coal hoppers at the Plateau mine at the foot of Gentry Mountain on Aug. 13, 1985.

Utah Railway F45s No. 6613, 6606 and SD45 No. 9147 lead the Wattis Turn out of Martin Yard on Aug. 13, 1985.

SD40s in perfect symmetry

Think GREEN

A quartet of vintage Alcos shove a coal empty up the steep Wattis Branch to the Plateau mine on Sept. 3, 1978.

Up at the crack of dawn, a Utah Railway Wattis Turn passes through Wildcat on its way to the mine to load a train of coal on Aug. 13, 1985.

A Utah Railway Wattis Turn crosses the Gordon Creek trestle on Sept. 3, 1978.

Alcos caught in the wilds of Eastern Utah

A Cascade Green F45 leads a Utah Railway Wattis to IPP coal train into Provo Yard on Nov. 21, 1987.

Utah Railway SD45 No. 9147 wears a new custom paint job, awaiting a morning call to the Carbon County coal mines on Aug. 1, 1988.

A quartet of Utah Railway SD45s lead 84 loads of Wattis Plateau coal through Springville, bound for Intermountain Power near Lynndyl, Utah.

A mix of Alco RSD-12, RSD-4 and RSD-5 models lead a Utah Railway Wattis Turn through a photogenic horseshoe curve just north of Wattis Junction on Sept. 3, 1978. Tape recorders, anyone?

Here's one for the Alco fans! An RSD-12, two RSD-4s and a single RSD-5 shove a long train of coal empties up the steep Wattis Branch the morning of Sept. 3, 1978. The 600 is a former Chesapeake & ... (more)

For my 3000th Railpictures.net submission, I have chosen a scan of one of my favorite Kodachrome transparencies. The location of this shot is at Martin, Utah, home of the Utah Railway Company's ya... (more)