Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway SD40-2 No. 7816 leads a 75 car Denver, Colorado to Stockton, California trackage rights manifest on Union Pacific rails at Riverton, Utah on Aug. 30, 2002.

Union Pacific's City of Industry to Global 1 Z-train slows for a crew change in Salt Lake City on Dec. 17, 2016.

Union Pacific's Denver to Salt Lake City UPS train emerges from the deep shadows of Spanish Fork Canyon near Gomex on August 19, 2000.

Utah Railway's RUT612 local (Ogden to Provo) roars eastward via trackage rights on the Union Pacific at Riverton with 16 cars for Provo Yard. The power includes a pair of Great Western Railway lea... (more)

A trio of EMD GP39-2s lead 90 copper ore empties from Kennecott's Bonneville Concentrator in Magna to the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine in Copperton. June 1, 1994

Chasing a Bird • Chasing a Train

Rio Grande's Intermountain Power to Valley Camp coal train (with UP pool power) challenges Amtrak's California Zephyr to a race through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon on July 29, 1990. Bot... (more)

Union Pacific SD60M No. 6239, SD40-2 No. 3480, and C30-7 No. 2500 mingle at Provo Yard on Dec. 26, 1992. See if you can spot the surprise Rio Grande freight train that 'photobombed' the shot.

ATSF SD45u No. 5305, fresh from a rebuild and a repaint, leads Santa Fe's Phoenix to Winslow manifest freight east through Arizona's Coconino National Forest near Cosnino on Oct. 1, 1988.

Rio Grande SD40T-2s No. 5345, 5410, 5349, 5373, 5400, 5392, and 5347 are mid-train helpers cut into a Savage to Trona coal train grinding westward through the Kyune Gooseneck on Aug. 19, 2000.

After helping a 97 car MDVRO manifest freight from Helper to Soldier Summit, a quartet of Rio Grande tunnel motors drift through Castle Gate on Aug. 19, 2000. In the background is Utah Power & Lig... (more)

The unfortunate aftermath of the MWCNP train with UP 7088's blown turbo and trailing unit 6609 hidden beneath a blanket of crankcase oil. The first 15 cars of the manifest freight were also bad or... (more)

Union Pacific's Denver to Salt Lake City UPS train zigs and zags through Price Canyon at Kyune on August 19, 2000.

The Magnificent Seven: after helping a Savage to Trona coal train to Soldier Summit, Rio Grande SD40T-2s No. 5345, 5410, 5349, 5373, 5400, 5392, and 5347 return to Helper Yard on Aug. 19, 2000.

A St. Louis Southwestern B40-8 leads a Pueblo, Colorado to Roper (Salt Lake City), Utah manifest freight through Provo on Sept. 22, 1990. The SSW 8069 was built by GE for the Cotton Belt in Oct. 1... (more)