Arnolds Loop in Nevada; a lower view. Most photos taken in the area of Arnolds Loop, including mine, are taken from above the tracks. This allows a view of the loop itself and out across the broad... (more)

Coyote Basin, Utah. That is the vast, colorful area in the background of this photo. The Colorado state line is in the hills just behind the last line of colorful rocks in the mid distance. That d... (more)

UP 7853 east in Cliffside siding is waiting for UP 6803 west to lug it’s manifest train, the MRORV-07, up the 1% grade of Silver Zone Pass in eastern Nevada. The conductor is on the ground givin... (more)

This image looks like yet another shot of a D&RGW SD40T-2 in the Helper, Utah yard. But, for this dyed in the wool Rio Grande fan it was a good bye of sorts. RP poster James Belmont and I had hear... (more)

Eastbound freights are pretty scarce on Union Pacific’s Shafter Sub. in Utah and Nevada. Most eastbounds take the parallel and faster Lakeside Sub., a few miles to the north. The daily manifest ... (more)

A few miles west of downtown Salt Lake City is the suburb of Magna. Magna is home to Kennecott Copper Company's. huge complex of smelter, copper refinery and acid works. All of the ore concentra... (more)

Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr makes a rare daylight visit to Arnolds Loop in eastern Nevada. Pilot Peak dominates the scene from across the barren Pilot Valley

The collapse of Tunnel 11 on Union Pacific’s Cascade line in Oregon has resulted in some detours through Utah. I set out to find and shoot some of these detours far from their usual haunts. My f... (more)

Utah Ry. 6060 is spotting some empty tank cars on the Wildcat siding for crude oil loading. They will push the empties into the east end of the siding as seen here, and then run down to the west e... (more)

Deseret Power Ry.’s morning train is seen here rolling south about 3 miles south of the hamlet of Dinosaur, Colorado, population 365. This is about the only place on this 35 mile long railroad w... (more)

UP 7325 has rounded Arnolds Loop on the 1% climb to the summit of the Toano Range at Silver Zone Pass. I believe this is a grain train but it could be Soda Ash or another bulk commodity. Summit is... (more)

I have been coming out to Arnolds Loop on Silver Zone Pass in Nevada since Western Pacific days in about 1980. It is without a doubt my favorite railroad photo location. Ever since Amtrak began ru... (more)

We’re at Mounds, in eastern Utah, the junction point of the Sunnyside Industrial Lead with the mainline Green River Sub. Union Pacific SD60M #2373 has spent 3 or 4 hours on this branch at the Ea... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry. in western Colorado and eastern Utah has exactly one at grade crossing of a public road in it’s entire 35 mile length. This level crossing is of unpaved Moffat County Road... (more)

The first day of Spring was drop dead gorgeous out here on the lonely uplands of eastern Utah. What a great day to photograph this colorful and clean set of 3 E60 electrics as they pull away from ... (more)