Deep black coal is transported west along the Book Cliffs in eastern Utah. The tracks here are the former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's that now parallel I-70 for the most part between ... (more)
While showers drench the Book Cliffs, a train of empty trailer flats rolls through desert mud mounds near Thompson, Utah.
A pair of Rio Grande SD40T-2s lead a mixed freight just east of Thompson, Utah.
While returning home from a fun weekend in Colorado's narrow gauge country, I stumbled upon the Potash Local rambling toward the mainline on the Cane Creek Branch.
A short Rio Grande 195 train snakes along the Book Cliffs near Thompson on Oct. 2, 1987.
Rio Grande train No. 100 races east across the desolate Green River Desert with piggybacks from the SP at Ogden, bound for interchange with the BN at Denver. With 18,000 horsepower, this pig train... (more)
Rio Grande's Potash Turn crosses a dry wash trestle at milepost 5.9 on the Cane Creek Branch. Today's inbound train has 26 loads of Texas Gulf potash for East Yard in Grand Junction.
With a five pack of EMD geeps for power, a Rio Grande manifest curves east through the Green River Desert near Thompson Springs. The winter of 1978-79 must have been a wet one with abundant greene... (more)
The conductor of a Rio Grande freight offers the photographer a friendly wave as his train heads east through the Green River Desert near Thompson. Afternoon storms are brewing over the La Salle M... (more)
I won't forget how upset my railfan companion became when the Rio Grande Zephyr rounded the big curve at Thompson with a 'freight' engine on the point. Several expletives were uttered followed by ... (more)
An empty auto rack train glistens in a late afternoon sun as it rounds the curve at Thompson Hill.
The nearly abandoned town of Thompson Springs, Utah, had at least two things going for it: a cool neon sign for the Silver Grill Café and the former Rio Grande mainline. In April 1996, the late a... (more)
Three SP AC4400s are having no trouble going up the 1.1 percent grade of Thompson Hill with what I now think is iron ore for Geneva Steel.