Deseret Ry’s empty morning train is seen here dropping down this steep, but thankfully short, grade onto the floor of Coyote Basin at around MP 27 or so.
Moving east under the protection of a near continuous stretch of slide fence and an assist from UP 6533, Amtrak #6 is rolling upgrade through Byers Canyon just west of Hot Sulphur Springs.
Fourteen years after the UP/SP merger what’s the chance of seeing a lash up like this? This is UP’s daily westbound manifest train on the ex D&RGW, the MNYRO. The two trailing SD60’s are Dir... (more)
You are looking at the return, loaded, move of a Utah Ry. crude oil train. It had come east from Provo earlier in the day with a train of empty tank cars, which it set out at Martin Yard. They the... (more)
This is the most reliable daylight train on the Union Pacific’s Shafter Sub.; the MRORV. The only other reliable trains are Amtrak #5 and #6, but they both pass here in the middle of the night. ... (more)