DRGW 5371, the last "pure" Rio Grande unit on the UP brings it's next to last Dirt Train up the Sunnyside Sub. Just ahead is the East Carbon Development Co's hazardous waste disposal site, the des... (more)

Amtrak #5, the westbound Zephyr rounds one of the many sharp curves in Byers Canyon, Colorado. I understand the curve the train has just passed is the sharpest curve on the old D&RGW mainline.

The Deseret Ry's morning coal loads have finished unloading at the Bonanza Power Plant and are snaking their way through the S curve at MP32. The train is on its way back to the Deserado Mine in C... (more)

Deseret Ry's morning loaded coal train has finished unloading at the power plant and is now on the way back to the Deserado Mine. The coal train has been running 4 days each week lately. Today the... (more)

Two of Utah Ry's geeps used for locals in the Salt Lake valley rest in front of the Martin enginehouse on a quiet Thursday afternoon.

The very last unpatched and unrenumbered DRGW unit on the UP roster, DRGW 5371, rolls downgrade thru Kyune, Utah. 5371 and the trailing SD 40-2 had been dispatched earlier from Helper to go west o... (more)

The vast openness of Coyote Basin, Utah is broken by the rumble of this approaching Deseret Ry. 44 car loaded coal train. The train is headed for the Bonanza Power Plant to unload.

Deseret Ry. empty coal train leaving the power plant after unloading. The train will travel 35 miles east to the Deserado Mine in Colorado for another load of coal.

Deseret Ry. (formerly Deseret Western Ry.) DPR-1 leads a coal train back to the Deserado Mine for another load of coal. The Power Plant is in Utah and the mine is in Colorado. This is typical wint... (more)

This is the well known Union Pacific LDP45 local, otherwise known as the "dirt train" Todays dirt train was without dirt however; just a run to East Carbon Development to pick up emptys. Lead unit... (more)

Westbound Amtrak Zephyr at the east switch of Grassy siding, Utah. This is midway between the towns of Green River and Wellington, Utah. These ex. D&RGW tracks run at the base of the spectacular B... (more)

DRGW 5371, the last unpatched DRGW unit on the UP roster is eastbound near Colton, Utah. 5371 and the trailing SD40-2 were sent west over Soldier Summit to retrieve the 3 trailing GE units which h... (more)