I discovered gold at the end of the rainbow when the UP 1995 arrived in Salt Lake City on a rainy evening.

A trio of contemporary EMD/GE motors lead UP's North Platte, NE to Stockton, CA general freight out of Salt Lake City on Nov. 27, 1992.

In July 1983, the Union Pacific repainted a pair of Western Pacific F7s at North Platte for donation to railroad museums. The WP 917 went to the Bay Area Electric Railroad Association for display ... (more)

For a couple of weeks in August 2013, there were as many as 11 forest and grass fires burning in the state of Utah, transforming the typically deep azure blue skies to a smoky brown. Gold hued lig... (more)

UP's MWCNP 17 arrives at North Yard in Salt Lake City on Aug. 18, 2013. Note the Positive Train Control installation at signal 7849 on Main Track 3.

An aerial view of Union Pacific's Salt Lake City Intermodal Terminal located at 56th West and 7th South west of downtown. The facility opened on September 21, 2006, replacing the Roper Yard piggyb... (more)

An EMD SD40-2 and a GP15-1 team up to lead UP's YSC22R remote switch job at North Yard's top end in Salt Lake City. The UP 3151 is a relative old timer on the current UP roster, built by EMD for t... (more)

A new GE ES44AC leads UP's Global 1, IL to Los Angeles, CA stack train through Salt Lake City.

UP's Long Beach, CA to Global 2, IL stack and rack glides east through North Yard in Salt Lake City.

UP 2010 leads the MNPWC 17, departing Salt Lake City for West Colton on Aug. 18, 2013. This GE commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. It was publicly debuted in Houston o... (more)

Light SD40Ns from Union Pacific's inbound Wendover Local glide west through Salt Lake City, bound for Roper Yard in South Salt Lake.

Union Pacific's Warner Local arrives in Salt Lake City with 11 cars from the Tooele Industrial Depot and Kennecott Copper Corporation west of downtown.

A single SD40N leads UP's LUE43 local into Salt Lake City. This North Yard based local serves industries in the Centennial Park area west of downtown and south of the airport. The first two articu... (more)

Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 833 was donated to the City of Salt Lake in October 1972 and placed on display in Pioneer Park (not the best area of town). I noticed that the locomotive was looking prett... (more)

Utah Railway's RUT311 local ducks in the clear off Main 3 at Becks while UP's ACYRO awaits a signal to depart for Roper Yard. CP North Salt Lake and CP Becks on Main 3 feature the last active sear... (more)