I was heading home from work, driving across the tracks, and notice a green signal. I made a quick U turn, parked and got trackside. Fortuity the train didn't disappoint, a rebuild C44ACM in new p... (more)

Rocky Mountain Commuters. Utah Transit Authority (UTA) MP36PH-3C no. 10 is seen leading a northbound FrontRunner train around the curve south of N Temple Station, bound for Ogden.

High Elevation High Cab. Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway GP39-2 no. DS-13 is seen leading a short train across John Glenn Rd in Salt Lake City, Utah. The locomotive is a unique hi... (more)

Union Pacific and Utah Transit. Utah Transit Authority (UTA) SD-100 LRV no. 1006 is the lead unit on a TRAX Blue Line train seen rounding the corner at S Temple / N 400 W, with the form... (more)

UP #844 waits for the Big Boy to roll in to begin the Spike150 Celebration outside Ogden Station in Utah. This ceremony commemorated the 150th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike at Pro... (more)

The hottest train on the system in these parts. The Denver to Salt Lake Z train. Unfortunately 6916 isn't a DD40X on the UP roster. But it does have quite the history, and as one point was almost ... (more)

The second of back to back trains on the Lynndyl Sub. A rare sight these days. UP 5336 hauls a bare table around the big sweeper at the south end of Lakepoint.

The UP's Cane Creek branch is an amazing piece of engineering, carved out amongst the deep red rocks of southern Utah. A nice surprise on my first time shooting the branch was a former Western Pac... (more)

Eastbound empty coal train east of Thompson Springs on the former DRGW.

UP 2565 with a whopper 228 car train. Three unit up front, two units mid train, and a DPU shoving on the rear. Three interesting loads of equipment near the front

Rolling through beautiful Utah red rock country bordering Arches National Park, a 13-car Union Pacific Potash local approaches multiple curves nearing Emkay, Utah, on March 4, 2012. This is a form... (more)

Union Pacific locomotives rest in the yard at Helper, Utah, on the morning of March 17, 2009. The trio of GE AC4400CW/AC4400CW-CTEs are a helper set used to assist UP trains over Soldier Summit.

Westbound UP coal loads struggle upgrade at Thompson Springs, UT on the former Rio Grande.

The 12,000' La Sal Mountain range dominates the landscape around Moab, Utah as LDP46B brings 39 loads of uranium tailings north to Crescent Jct for disposal.

Ever so often, something very bad would happen on the Santa Fe transcon. The main would get blocked, and Santa Fe was forced to run it's hottest trains over the Union Pacific. It was an awesome tr... (more)