Filler up and check the oil, please! A tanker offers a quad of Utah Railway MK50-3's diesel fuel prior to departure from Provo yard. A crew bus has just delivered a UP engineer and conductor to pi... (more)

A quad of Utah Railway MK50-3's lead a Union Pacific coal train by the rickety, abandoned UP depot at Spanish Fork, Utah. This Harriman era station was donated by UP to a local chapter of the Old ... (more)

A quad of nicely matched Utah Railway MK50-3's haul Savage coal westward on Union Pacific's Sharp Subdivision in southern Utah County. This perspective is now possible due to a new housing develop... (more)

With afternoon shadows creeping through the canyon, a Utah Railway Savage coal load grinds it's way west up the 2.3% grade along the center siding at Kyune. The grade of the abandoned wye for turn... (more)

With only two miles of 2.3% grade remaining, Utah Railway's Savage to IPP coal load creeps west approaching the twin tunnels at East Kyune. The north slopes along this portion of Price River Canyo... (more)

A Utah Railway Savage coal load creeps through Price River Canyon on main #2 approaching ABS 6339-2, the first intermediate signal west of CP RG632, Lynn.

A Utah Railway Savage coal load creeps through Price River Canyon at a blistering 23 mph. A five unit swing helper is cut in 2/3 back in the 85 car train of 100 ton cross hoppers.

On a brilliant winter afternoon, a Utah Railway Savage to IPP coal train crosses the Price River bridge westbound at Castle Gate. Until 1974, the terrain through here was occupied by the city of C... (more)

A Utah Railway IPP coal empty cruises east through the sunshine on Feb. 28, 2009 at Kyune, Utah. The weather here can be rather 'bipolar' along Soldier Summit. When my dad and I would chase the Ri... (more)

Very little snow remains on the ground in Spanish Fork Canyon, but it's quite another story on the slopes of 10,687 ft. Mt. Loafer. Meanwhile, a Utah Railway coal empty blasts through Rio on it's ... (more)

Life in Small Town America: While folks mill about on South Main Street, a Utah Railway coal load climbs it's way through the town of Helper, Utah. Back in 1996, Utah Railway gained trackage right... (more)

A Utah Railway Savage coal empty charges east through stiff winds at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon. Three brand new wind turbines spin wildly in the morning gale, part of nine new Suzlon units ... (more)

Long shadows creep across the Price River while a Utah Railway IPP coal empty heads east toward Wildcat for loading.

Here's a locomotive consist you'll only find on the Utah Railway: Four MK50-3's and a single SD50S lead an IPPX coal empty on Main #1 at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon. 11,749 ft. Mt Timpanogos ... (more)

A Utah Railway unit tank train? Not exactly. UR 5004 leads a Provo to Martin turn with 36 tank cars for storage in the yard at Martin (Helper), Utah. Moves like this are exceedingly rare on the Ut... (more)