Maybe a sign of things to come. This longer than usual BNSF trackage rights train has reached easier gradients after exiting Price River Canyon on the approach to Soldier Summit. Incredibly clea... (more)

After a 75 mile trip from my home to Helper my first stop was the Utah Railway's Martin Yard. I found one of their engineers just walking out of the yard office and stopped to talk to him. He told... (more)

The crude oil business seems to have become nearly as important to the Utah Ry. as the coal business. According to a URY engineer I talked to, they are shipping out around 80 cars of crude oil a w... (more)

This one of my favorite photo locations on the east side of the Soldier Summit grade. The location is called Kyune and it is nearly at the top of the almost 2.4% grade up from Helper. This is stri... (more)

Just a couple of more miles to go and this westbound Utah Ry. coal train will reach the crossovers at Colton and come to a stop. With the steepest part of the climb to Soldier Summit behind them, ... (more)

Utah Ry #5005, an MK5000C model, and 4 other URy units lead a loaded coal train up Utah’s Price River Canyon. The location is the horseshoe curve just below Kyune. Out of sight and around the co... (more)

Seen here at Kyune on the Union Pacific Provo sub is the shortest Utah Ry. coal train I have ever seen; only 20 loaded cars! The train loaded on the Castle Valley spur at the Savage Loadout and is... (more)

BNSF's daily westbound trackage rights train the QDVPVJ-14 has reached the top of the steep climb up Price River Canyon and is only about 5 or 6 miles from Soldier Summit.

UP 7420 leads the SEKCB-05 eastbound over Utah’s Soldier Summit at Kyune. This customer special has 19 of UP’s immaculate passenger cars in tow as it approaches the west switch Kyune and the t... (more)

KCS 4702 has finished its stiff climb up Utah’s Price River Canyon and has reached the more open uplands and easier gradient west of Kyune. It’s only a few more easy miles to Soldier Summit. T... (more)