It could be 1920, but it's not. It is 2014. This timeless photo was taken adjacent to the freight house in the East Ely yard.

Union Pacific's three times a week Dirt Train Local, LUH45-8, is seen here leaving the Sunnyside Sub. and entering the main line Green River Sub at Mounds, Utah. The train is 12 empty cars, many w... (more)

The well known "Dirt Train Local" has spotted its inbound loads out of sight in the background and is now putting together its outbound train of empties. The SD40N #1595 is seen here backing up th... (more)

Yes, coal is still being mined and shipped in eastern Utah, just not as much as in the past. I followed this Utah Ry. empty train downgrade from Castlegate to Price, Utah trying to get ahead of it... (more)

View is looking north from the throat of the South Yard at BNSF’s Alliance, Nebraska terminal. Trains are staged in this yard to leave in 3 directions of the compass. Loads leave here to go eas... (more)

UP 5641 and a second unit have brought this westbound grain train part way around Arnold’s Loop. The location is the east side of Silver Zone Pass on the Union Pacific Shafter sub in far easter... (more)

Arnold’s Loop in eastern Nevada is one of my all time favorite places to railfan. I keep going back over and over trying to find new photo angles. I am especially fond of shots that include Pilo... (more)

Here is the Union Pacific's 8720 rolling downhill with the MNPRVB just west of the west switch at Pequop, Nevada. Just out of sight around the curve in the background is the CLRSK coal empty in th... (more)

I had to wait a couple of hours for this train to show up at Pequop, Nevada. Pequop is between Wells and Montello in eastern Nevada. The Lakeside Sub was very slow this day. Normally this train, t... (more)

Rolling again after the shutdown of the Moffat Tunnel Sub. for flood repairs, UP's MRONY eases downgrade towards Helper at Castlegate, Utah.

During my 2 most recent trips to Silver Zone Pass both the eastbound and westbound daily Union Pacific manifest trains on this route have passed in daylight. This shot shows the MRORV (Roper Yard ... (more)

UP 7704, an ES44AC, has todays MRORV manifest train well in hand as it traverses the upper level of the Silver Zone Pass trackage in eastern Nevada. Arnolds Loop is a mile or so behind it and ahea... (more)

UP5499 is leading the daily Union Pacific manifest train MRVRO at the site of the former Hogan, Nevada. Never a real town, Hogan was just a construction camp for the nearby Hogan Tunnel, also know... (more)

Here is Amtrak #5, the California Zephyr rounding Arnold's Loop on Silver Zone Pass in far eastern Nevada. Something seems wrong here as this train is supposed to pass by here in the middle of the... (more)

Union Pacific's MRORV climbing the 1% grade of Silver Zone Pass in eastern Nevada. This is one of only 2 trains I saw all day on the pass.