Deseret Power Ry's afternoon loaded coal train has just exited Mormon Gap Colorado. Actually most of the train is still in this narrow cleft in Raven Ridge. Upon exiting the Gap, the rails turn ha... (more)

UP 3071, an SD70ACe-T4 model, leads this export coal train, which was loaded on the North Fork branch south of Grand Junction, Colorado. This ex. D&RGW trackage parallels the majestic Book Cliffs ... (more)

I found this beauty while passing through Helper, Utah. It’s an ex. D&RGW Scale Test car. If you enlarge and zoom in you will learn that it weighs 80,000 pounds, has no air brakes, and must be h... (more)

San Joaquin Valley RR #2038, a GP20E, is eastbound west of Bakersfield at Rio Blanco on the Buttonwillow Branch. #2038 was built in 1962 as SP 7219, a GP20 and then later upgraded by Southern Paci... (more)

This series of S Curves at Kyune in the upper end of Utah’s Price River Canyon is one of my favorite photo locations. The grade here is up to 2.4% and the heavy coal trains need a 3 or 4 unit ma... (more)

UP 6916 is rolling the VAN towards southern California at Sloan, around 10 miles south of Las Vegas. The VAN was UP's premium TOFC train in this lane. Even the birds get out of the way of this guy... (more)

Western Pacific train APRG, Auto Parts Rio Grande, arrives at the DRGW’s Roper Yard in Salt Lake City. Scanned from a color print.

UP 2380 is starting up from a stop after waiting while the Conductor removed the derail at the west end of the yard at East Carbon Development Co’s hazardous waste disposal facility. The locatio... (more)

Posing for her portrait like a prom queen, Deseret Power Ry. #DPR-4 is just out of the shop with new paint and a new name. #4 was the first of the railroad’s 4 active locomotives to get the new ... (more)

Early February means cold in eastern Utah and 2011 was no exception. It was around 5 degrees below zero when I took this shot. This is the morning, loaded train headed for the Bonanza Power Plant.

The Union Pacific Shafter Sub. and I80 both cross the Toano Range in eastern Nevada at a low spot called Silver Zone Pass. This is the ex. Western Pacific 7th Sub. The highway elevation is 5900â€... (more)

BNSF’s near daily westbound trackage rights train has reached the more gentle grades above Kyune along the Price River in Utah. Soldier Summit is around 5 or 6 miles ahead. This shot was taken o... (more)

BN 9503 is one of 4 AC drive demonstrator locomotives built in 1991-92 for Burlington Northern RR to test an AC drive system in heavy haul service. These 4 locomotives were the ancestors of the th... (more)

Utah Ry. #5004 leads 4 other 6 axle units up the 2.4% grade in Price River Canyon headed towards Soldier Summit. The train is just exiting the oft photographed horseshoe curve below Kyune. Thanks ... (more)

KCS 4702 has just begun it’s climb up Utah’s Price River Canyon to Soldier Summit. The location is below Castlegate at the old coal mining camp of Royal. In spite of the KCS leader and NS unit... (more)