UTA Front Runner 1 shows up at just the right time. As UP 6649 pulls out of Salt Lake City North yard, and heads toward Oakland.

UP 702 and UPY 582 at the north end of Salt Lake City North Yard.

Union Pacific 8720 leads a monster train out of Roper yard heading eastbound.

The Chevron local is working a remaining section of the old D&RGW Salt Lake to Ogden main. The crews and dispatcher refer to this as SP Woods Cross now.

The two Utah Railway locomotives with Denver & Rio Grande Western heritage. GP35 D&RGW 3037, and D&RGW 3032. Now GP38-3's Utah Railway 2000 and 2001. Pull the RUT312 local just north of Roper Yard... (more)

One of the last places we expected to find a dead line. In October of 2003 we stumble across a sting of EX CNW GP50's stored at the north end of the Montana Subdivision. With the Union Pacific cro... (more)

Kennecott Copper being operated by Rail Serve doesn't lack for color and variety. With three different lease companies in the mixed, with four unit's, things can get colorful. Not to mention the l... (more)

Two units with heritage ties to Salt Lake City. Utah 2001 was a D&RGW 3032 GP35 in it's former life. I'm sure it rolled across these very rails many time. Utah 3002 was a Western Pacific 3525 GP40... (more)

UP 702 with a couple loads of coke, and some tank cars. Heads for Roper yard with the Chevron Local.

UP 6242 has just pulled out of Salt Lake City North Yard. Unfortunately they would again come to a stop shortly after this. Something to due with a cover not being secured.

This may be the only time I caught red and yellows in the Flagstaff area. We would go to California during the red and yellow era. When we start going to Arizona, the red and yellow were pretty mu... (more)

UP 7043 and 8957 roll through Stockton, Utah on the Lynndyl Subdivision.

A Ogden to Roper (Rio Grande Salt Lake) train rolls through north end of Union Pacific's Salt Lake Cities North Yard. This is the Southern Pacific we got to see in Utah. Drag freights, with older ... (more)

Union Pacific 7042 leads the MNPML westbound rolls past the east end of Warner, Utah.

Westbounds between Lakepoint and Tooele, Utah along the Qquirrh Mountains range, struggle. It's a 800 ft. gain over about 8 miles 4200 ft. to 5000 ft. This train did better than most with three un... (more)