A loaded Utah coal train, after topping Soldier Summit, is heading downgrade towards Provo. The late afternoon light highlights the magnificent scenery and colorful consist, which includes both t... (more)

Utah Railway 5005 before it was painted orange. It didn't last very long. In July of 2003 it returned with it's orange paint. In this picture 5005 and 5003 also still have their MK5000C 5000HP Cat... (more)

I seem to remember a country music song with the lyric “some days are diamonds, some days are stones” Well, September 16, 2013 was a diamond for me at Helper Yard, Utah. I had driven from my r... (more)

This is my 5,000th photo on Railpics. It has been a good run over the past 17 years. Thanks for all the views, comments, favorites, and support from many. Here is one of my favorite from my KYLE t... (more)

After a 20-hour shutdown for a winter storm, the KYLE was back to business Thursday westbound towards Limon. Here the crew snakes over the grade between at Levant as the crew does their work on th... (more)

There are some cool relics along this old Rock Island mainline to Colorado Springs. A lot of the code line has been taken down along with some of the ABS signals. Here east of Brewster, along old ... (more)

After a 20-hour shut down for a winter storm, the KYLE was back to business Thursday westbound towards Limon. Here the crew snakes over the grade between Sleden and Rexford on the Phillipsburg Sub... (more)

Pi Day in the Wasatch

Photographed at Pi time on Pi Day - Shot on 3/14/15 at 9:26 (3.1415926) ... Well, close enough, anyway, as my camera said it was 9:27 and James Belmont's sa... (more)

Utah Ry. got into the business of hauling crude oil fairly early as seen in this shot of a UTAH train descending the 2% grade off of the west side of Soldier Summit. The oil in these tankers is ho... (more)

What’s this? A Utah Railway train in Kansas? When the Utah Railway stopped operating its line from Provo, over Soldier Summit to the Helper, Utah area their MK5000 locomotives became surplus. S... (more)

Utah Railway power rests at Martin.

This Utah Ry. empty coal train is pictured at Kyune on the eastern side of Soldier Summit. It is returning a train of empty IPPX hoppers to either the Savage or Wildcat loadouts. The Utah Ry. hand... (more)

Better days on the Utah Railway at Martin...

This 4-pack of Utah Ry. 6 axle units is slugging it out on the 2.4% grade in Price River Canyon, Utah. The train was loaded at the Savage loadout between Price and Wellington, Utah. Soldier Summit... (more)

Empty tank car train of the Utah Railway rolling down Soldier pass on the heavy 2.4 % grade below the Nolan tunnels, with MK50-3 (built by MK Rail in Boise, Idaho as MK5000C in 1994) # 5001, # 500... (more)