Desert Electrics. A trio of Deseret Power Railway E60C electric locomotives - DPR-1, DPR-2, and DPR-3 - are seen hauling a coal train through the high desert of northwest Colorado, abou... (more)

Colorful Colorado. Against the backdrop of the colorful landscape of northwestern Colorado, Deseret Power Railway locomotives DPR-1, DPR-2, and DPR-3 are seen leading the afternoon load... (more)

Morning Loads. The morning sunlight is shining bright on Desert Power Railway locomotives DPR-1, DPR-2, and DPR-3 as the haul the morning loaded train towards an unnamed road in Rio Bla... (more)

Elephant Style E60s. Deseret Power Railway E60C locomotives DPR-1, DPR-2, and DPR-3 lead the morning empty train across Blue Mountain Road as they return to the Deserado Mine loadout.

Bonanza Power Plant. Deseret Power Railway (DPR) E60C electric locomotives DPR-1, DPR-2, and DPR-3 are seen leading the morning empty train away from the Bonanza Power Plant, headed bac... (more)

Deserado Mine Loadout. Deseret Power Railway (DPR) E60C electric locomotives DPR-1, DPR-2, and DPR-3 are seen with their train at the Deserado Mine loadout, where approximately 45 hoppe... (more)

After changing out all the brake shoes, the train was shoved back under the tipple and the decision was made to leave it there until Monday as repairs to the broken conveyer were still not quite c... (more)

The PM loads head west behind the regular trio of E60Cs on Deseret Power Railway. I had made a very last second decision on this shot to change my framing, and while I really liked what I did, I w... (more)

The Deseret Power Railway mine train loads at the tipple outside of Rangely, Colorado, making up what will be that afternoon's train to the power plant.

The AM empty train has just finished up at the power plant in Utah and is now on its way back to Colorado where it will retrieve another load of coal. It is seen here moments before ducking under ... (more)

The morning coal loads head west near Midway, and just south of Dinosaur behind a trio of E60Cs. 

The railroad was about a month away from pulling its final trains in July 2019. The rails remain in place, perhaps for future use, but its isolated from the rest of the North American railroad sy... (more)

An operation you had to want to see to get to it. Totally isolated from the rest of North America's rail system once roamed the Black Mesa & Lake Powell, delivering coal loads around the clock fr... (more)

The single cab E60Cs are ugly enough when painted, and even more so when not. This unit, the #6004, belongs to the Black Mesa & Lake Powell Railroad in Arizona. It is on the test track in Erie f... (more)

Deseret E60C at the coal loading facility. A Blair Kooistra original Kodachrome slide from my collection.