Listing to him growling away on the grade, watching him stretching out on the straightaway. The sights and sounds of being track-side, makes me keep coming back for more.

Union Pacific 8849 comes flying through Garfield, Utah. At least one train is moving. The grain train on the left has been parked for over 24 hours with a unit on both ends facing inot the train. ... (more)

Almost quitting time for the crew of the Chevron local, as the near Roper yard. I'm sure they are tired. Especially they guys that have been on the ground pulling switches and uncoupling cars. On ... (more)

Utah Railway local RUT312 rolls along at the top of Salt Lake Cities North Yard, Salt Lake subdivision. Power is GP40-3 3000 and GP38-3 2003. 2003 appears to have spark arresters now on it, I've n... (more)

My suspicions were confirmed on this one by a friend. It's the MHKRV one of the detour trains, we are getting here in Utah. Trains that normally go through Northern California. Are being forced to... (more)

Union Pacific Chevron local. Going to work at the Chevron refinery, with GP15's UPY 575, and 661.

With a GE Tier 4 out front by itself. It really got to hear what they sound like. Definitely not anything impressive, but they are unique. I don't have any idea what this train is. But I am thinki... (more)

With the UP LUE43 now in the clear. The Utah Railway RUT312 with Utah 2006 and 2007, gets the lead out with a big train.

It's pretty rare these days to see a SD40-2 outside of yard limits in the Salt Lake City area. Fortunately one is still currently working on the LUE43 local, UP 1851. It's a local that works the w... (more)

Like a vacuum coming down the rails. With UP 2689 on the point by itself. You could really hear the sound of the Tier 4 locomotive. There was also a mid train DPU. They had their work cut out for ... (more)

I was really hoping to get to chase this train tonight, with the SD70ACe-T4 leading. But that wasn't the case, as this and one other train remained parked a Garfield all afternoon. When I original... (more)

A northbound UTA Front Runner comes thundering past at 1300 South, in Salt Lake City.

It just keep getting better. I was happy last time because I got a three unit consist. Well about a week later, I was able to photograph a four unit consist. GMTX 2662, RSSX 116, SSRX 3670, and RS... (more)

The grade from Garfield the interchange with the Union Pacific, back to the Kennecott Smelter is a steep windy thing. L was pretty happy to catch a four unit set. A GP9 1590 has been added to the ... (more)

With track maintenance vehicles all over the place, and a three mile train in the vicinity. The railroad in the Salt Lake area is a complete mess. The Chevron local is pulling up under the bridge ... (more)