After finishing up some early morning work at Stauffer Yard on the Shafter Subdivision. The LUE52 local is returning to Roper Yard with 25 cars.

The IOANP comes rolling in off the Shafter Subdivision early in the morning. Fortunately it has a good looking leader.

I have to admit that I originally though the crew was goosing it for my benefit. But after he pass. I realized it was because they were just trying to get a giant train up the hill. Just guessing,... (more)

UP 7519 rounds the curve at Smelter, Utah. Norfolk and Southern 7708 is in the consist.

I was able to catch Railserve GP15 697, and SSRX GP38 3670 climbing up through the canyon between Garfield and the Kennecott Smelter. They sound and looked good in the evening light.

UP 7239 at first light, with fresh paint, heading eastbound, at Smelter. The Kennecott Rio Tinto smelter can be seen in the back ground.

Golden hour. I was able to capture the LUE46 just before sunset with the SD70M's 4534 and 4241. Just from what I am seeing. there seems to be a bunch of SD70M's coming back in service. We had 70M'... (more)

Four Union Pacific SD40-2's come rolling off the Western Pacific causeway 3593, 3312, 3634, and 3472. How things have changed. The causeway was still really a causeway, Black Rock was still an isl... (more)

An ex Southern Pacific AC4400CW once SP 310, is working the Acid train at Garfield, Utah. Now UP 6362 with 7268.

Chasing Amtrak out in open territory may not be the best idea. 45 miles from my previous photo. We end up getting to the same spot simultaneously. He had 79 mile per hour track-age, 34 of those mi... (more)

Foreign power leading, is just something we just don't get here on the UP in Utah. The problem is that anything that heads east of Ogden on the overland route is required to have cab controls. It ... (more)

The grade from Garfield the interchange with the Union Pacific, back to the Kennecott Smelter is a steep windy thing. L was pretty happy to catch a four unit set. A GP9 1590 has been added to the ... (more)

I was able to catch a different set of power operating at Rio Tinto, Kennecott this afternoon. After switch down at Garfield GP38's GMTX 2330, and SSRX 3670 are heading back towards the Kennecott ... (more)

My dad captured a rare occurrence here. A hotshot Southern Pacific train is running on the Union Pacific, ex Western Pacific (Shafter Subdivision). My assumption is the Southern Pacific Causeway i... (more)

Three SD70ACe 8731, 9035, 8997 are coming off the Shafter Subdivision, on to the the Lynndyl Subdivision at Smelter, Utah.