An almost surreal moment in mountain railroading is captured as a Union Pacific freight climbs out of the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon while a BNSF manifest stirs up a cloud of dust descendi... (more)

On a gorgeous spring morning in 1974, the Rio Grande Zephyr train #18 climbs Spanish Fork Canyon along it's namesake river approaching the small town of Thistle, Utah. The right of way at this poi... (more)

It's beginning to look like autumn in the Wasatch! A Utah Railway IPP coal empty charges east through Castilla amid a nice smattering of brilliant red oak brush in Spanish Fork Canyon.

Captured a few minutes after sunrise, a manned swing helper shoves on the tail end of a 79 car Salt Lake City, UT to Denver, CO manifest, through the crossovers at East Gilluly, Utah. The head end... (more)

Only a mile or two from the end of a long journey from Grand Junction, CO, Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' rolls slowly along the Colorado River just north of the loadout and small yard at Potash, U... (more)

Union Pacific's Potash Turn climbs northward along the Colorado River with 24 loads. The rumble and roar of the EMD prime movers echos off the nearby sandstone cliffs of the Colorado. This is a wo... (more)

Soon after sunrise, the crew of Amtrak's California Zephyr perform a running air test at Soldier Summit prior to a 25 mile descent (between 1.0-2.3%) eastward to Helper, Utah. This is my 600th pho... (more)

At sunrise, a Union Pacific coal empty charges east up the 2% grade at Gilluly, Utah. This train would load the following day on Union Pacific's North Fork Subdivision at the West Elk mine in sout... (more)

Captured moments after sunrise, Amtrak's California Zephyr heads east through Spanish Fork Canyon just east of the ghost town of Thistle, Utah.

As the sun sets behind the Wasatch, Union Pacific's Denver to Salt Lake manifest rolls west across the apex of Soldier Summit. Soon the train will be under the influence of dynamic braking for a 5... (more)

A Union Pacific Operation Lifesaver Special heads through Price River Canyon along a D&RGW icon in it's own right, Castle Gate. The Rio Grande utilized this rugged rock monument for promotional ph... (more)

A pictured Utah Railway coal empty has ascended the 50 mile climb from Provo to Soldier Summit on a delightfully sunny Friday, May the 30th morning. The total climb in elevation is roughly 3000 fe... (more)