Shortly before sunset, an eastbound BNSF trackage rights train is in the rugged terrain just east of Thompson on the former DRG&W.

After meeting a westbound BNSF trackage rights train, UP 6222 East resumes its journey toward Grand Junction, CO as it leaves the siding at Thompson.

An eastbound Rio Grande freight waits in the hole by the station at Thompson, Utah. After a couple of westbounds clear the single track east of Thompson, the train will proceed east toward Grand J... (more)

Union Pacific's Potash Local rolls west along the ex DRGW through the well photographed spot at Thompson

Amtrak's California Zephyr #6 speeds east across the ex D&RGW near Thompson, UT with a few friendly toots of the horn from the engineer. Next stop is Grand Junction,CO with an eventual destination... (more)

Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr rolls through Thompson,UT mid-cloud bombing

Top Ten of 2016. With 2016 in the books, here's a look back at my Top 10 favorite shots from the past year.
1. Less than 24 hours after landing in Denver for a week-long tr... (more)

A fast eastbound Rio Grande train with TOFC/COFC and autoracks has just crested Thompson Hill east of Thompson, Utah, in July 1984. EMD SD45 No. 5319 leads three GP40s as power for the train that ... (more)

Southern Pacific's Chicago to Roper manifest freight climbs through the Green River Desert approaching Thompson on Sept. 28, 1996.

Amtrak #6 California Zephyr passes through an S curve east of Thompson, UT during the morning of 9/21/16. The Zephyr is led by Amtrak Heritage locomotive #184 and is running on Union Pacific's Gre... (more)

Under a blanket of low hanging clouds, a westbound Rio Grande manifest thunders through the reverse curve just east of Thompson, Utah.

About 14 hours ago, this California Zephyr left Chicago. In a bit less than 24 hours, it will arrive in San Francisco. Not before calling at Green River though, its first stop in Utah. In the bac... (more)

Two warbonnet-clad GE Dash 9s lead a short eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight over Thompson Hill in the desert east of Thompson, Utah, on September 30, 2000.

Running trackage it more than likely saw when new and hauling coal trains, former SP 245 leads an empty oil train for Savage's Price River Terminal at Wash, UT.