In the early 1960s, The Rio Grande hired Morrison-Knudsen to build a branchline from Brendel, Utah to a potash mine South of Moab. The 35.77-mile line was completed in 1963. The scenery on the lin... (more)

In the early 1960s, The Rio Grande hired Morrison-Knudsen to build a branchline from Brendel, Utah to a potash mine South of Moab. The 35.77-mile line was completed in 1963. The scenery on the lin... (more)

In the early 1960s, The Rio Grande hired Morrison-Knudsen to build a branchline from Brendel, Utah to a potash mine South of Moab. The 35.77-mile line was completed in 1963. The scenery on the lin... (more)

Starting in 2009 the United States Department of Energy began a project to move the nation's largest pile of uranium tailings located just outside Moab. The tailings are a byproduct of the former ... (more)

Starting in 2009 the United States Department of Energy began a project to move the nation's largest pile of uranium tailings located just outside Moab. The tailings are a byproduct of the former ... (more)

Starting in 2009 the United States Department of Energy began a project to move the nation's largest pile of uranium tailings located just outside Moab. The tailings are a byproduct of the former ... (more)

Union Pacific's Cane Creek subdivision in eastern Utah traverses approximately 35 miles of varied terrain. The last fourteen miles of this branch line are probably the most photographed with the r... (more)

Moab Tailings train heads for the loadout at Moab on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Mon-Thurs the train will make a round trip to Brendel and a one way trip on Friday to clear up for the Potash Tur... (more)

The DPUs of the Moab Tailings train pushes south for the loadout right outside Moab. In the background is Arches National Park.

After the Potash Turn gets back to Brendel on Sunday afternoon, the Moab Tailings train returns to the Moab "ramp" for unloading on Monday morning. This train will make a round trip from Moab to B... (more)

Potash Branch by moonlight
The serpentine right-of-way of the Potash Branch is illuminated by the moon and an approaching Union Pacific train near Emkay, Utah, at 7:43 p.m. on March 4, ... (more)

The sun has already set on the east side of the red cliffs as the Moab Uranium Tailings train heads north toward the junction at Brendel with around 5,000 tons of tailings where it will drop off t... (more)