When the Union Pacific finally retired the D&RGW SD40T-2 #5371 in late February 2008 it was the end of an era for Rio Grande fans. There was a period of more or less mixed motive power assignments... (more)

Amtrak #5, the California Zephyr, is just now leaving the siding at Range, Colorado after meeting its eastbound counterpart #6. Its next stop, about 28 rail miles west, is at the popular resort to... (more)

Amtrak’s train #5, the westbound California Zephyr, has pulled into the siding at Range, Colorado and stopped. This location is on the Union Pacific Glenwood Springs Sub. in western Colorado. #5... (more)

Amtrak’s Train #5, the California Zephyr rolls downgrade alongside the Colorado River. The location is on the Union Pacific's Glenwood Springs Sub. near the hamlet of Burns, Colorado. Ahead a fe... (more)

Union Pacific’s daily Salt Lake City to Roseville manifest train is seen here rounding Arnolds Loop in eastern Nevada. The train is on a high fill here and my slightly higher perch allows the no... (more)

A 7 hour late Amtrak #6 is running along the base of Utah's imposing Book Cliffs. This ex. D&RGW trackage follows these cliffs for 200 miles from Helper, Utah to Palisade, Colorado. It's the longe... (more)

This Utah Transit Authority southbound FrontRunner train is about to slow for the North Temple stop in downtown Salt Lake City where a transfer to TRAX light rail can be made. It is passing a Trac... (more)

Seen here is westbound Union Pacific train just off of the Rambo Fill segment of the Great Salt Lake Causeway in western Utah passing in front of Strongs Knob. It is the UP 5229 west with the ZSKD... (more)

BNSF 4467 is rolling down the 1% grade on the east side of Silver Zone Pass. The location is Cliffside on the Union Pacific’s Shafter Sub. in eastern Nevada. This is the BNSF’s tri weekly Stoc... (more)

Union Pacific's 7679 east is just about finished with its trip across seemingly endless mud flats and salt pans of the Great Salt Lake Desert as it approaches Lakeside, Utah. The last 58 miles fro... (more)

Today's MRVRO has finished its long trip eastbound up the valley of the Humboldt River to Wells, Nevada and is now southeast of Wells on the Union Pacific's Shafter Sub. It is just about to leave ... (more)

Pilot is the second siding west of the Utah/Nevada state line on Union Pacific’s Shafter Sub. It is the location of a large limestone quarry whose waste rock dump is seen looming in the backgrou... (more)

Running fast on the Union Pacific in the eastern Utah desert, #6 is just going over the switch at West Mounds. Mounds is where the Sunnyside Branch leaves the Green River Sub. to access the ECDC h... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr #6 is seen here rolling through the grey shale badlands at the base of Utah’s Book Cliffs. #6 is running 1’ 20” late this day.

Due to the drastic reduction in the number of coal trains in the Helper, Utah area the Utah Ry. has changed its motive power policy. From now on all Utah Ry. coal trains will use Union Pacific hea... (more)