Looking more like an alien planet than a lonely railroad branch, the lower end of Union Pacific’s Cane Creek Subdivision near Moab offers a spectacular combination of slickrock, steel rails and ... (more)

With their work completed at Potash, UT, the local is just entering the massive cut at mile 31 and about to head into Bootlegger Canyon.

Union Pacific's Friday only 'Potash Turn' rambles along the Cane Creek Subdivision just north of Seven Mile, Utah. The upper 30 miles of the 36 mile route have been upgraded to allow a 49 mph trac... (more)

Union Pacific's former D&RGW Cane Creek Subdivision is truly a marvel of engineering and construction. The Friday afternoon 'Potash Turn' is captured creeping slowly along 'the shelf' approaching ... (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)

The process of completely rebuilding the upper 30 miles of UP's Cane Creek Subdivision in Utah has required several months but the completion of the work is drawing near. A few newly installed cro... (more)

Construction of the Cane Creek Subdivision through Utah's Bootlegger Canyon is truly a marvel of engineering. Here the Friday afternoon 'Potash Turn' creeps across 'the shelf' approaching the mass... (more)

Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' arrives at the tail end of the 35 mile Cane Creek Subdivision through the small yard at Potash, Utah. This location just happens to be the lowest point on the entire ... (more)

With the towering red cliffs of the Colorado River offering a dramatic backdrop, Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' enters the small yard at Potash, Utah. A long train of loads (at right) awaits transp... (more)

Since Union Pacific took over operations of the Cane Creek Sub, little of the former Rio Grande remains with the exception of small details. UP SD60M 2429, decked out in shiny Armour yellow paint ... (more)

A pair of SD60M's drag Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' up a 1.2 percent grade and through a pair of five degree curves at the southern entrance to Bootlegger Canyon. Today's outbound train has 20 lo... (more)

Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' rolls down a long fill at milepost 31.2, just south of Bootlegger Canyon and four miles north of the Intrepid Potash, Inc. yard and loading facility.

Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' rambles downstream along the rugged sandstone cliffs that line the Colorado River about three miles north of the end of track at Potash, Utah.

Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' kicks up a healthy cloud of dust from newly laid ballast on the Cane Creek Subdivision. Don't be fooled by the red dirt ballast, this trackage is undergoing an major ... (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)