In beautiful early morning light, Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr approaches the Red Narrows area of Spanish Fork Canyon. A westbound semi truck meets train #6 just east of Rio, Utah.

Amtrak's California Zephyr rambles through the ghost town of Thistle, Utah on it's journey east to Chicago, Illinois.

On a pristine winter's afternoon, a BNSF Provo-Denver freight curves through Spanish Fork Canyon at milepost 673, just west of Narrows, Utah. Milepost 673 is the distance measured east to Denver, ... (more)

While storm clouds brew over the Wasatch Mountains, BNSF Railway's Provo, UT to Denver, CO manifest heads east toward 7447 ft. Soldier Summit.

Captured 10 minutes after cutting out of a coal train at Castilla, a light swing helper heads east to Utah Railway's home base at Martin Yard. Utah's SD50's are the last standard cab locomotives t... (more)

BNSF 5959, a distributed power unit, trails the daily Denver, CO to Provo, UT manifest through Spanish Fork Canyon approaching CP RG672, Narrows.

The frozen face of BNSF Railway's Denver-Provo freight heads west through Spanish Fork Canyon approaching Castilla. U.S. Highway 6 is visible along the face of Billy's Mountain above the train.

A Utah Railway Wildcat to Moapa coal load snakes west through Spanish Fork Canyon just east of Castilla.

Utah Railway's Wildcat, UT to Moapa, NV coal load curves downgrade through snowy Spanish Fork Canyon just east of Castilla, Utah. US Highway 6 is visible running along the hillside in the distance... (more)

A pair of Denver & Rio Grande Western SD50s lead Southern Pacific's DVROM through serpentine curvature two miles west of Detour, Utah. While SP is running the show at this point, things appear to ... (more)

With two GEs on the point and two on the rear sandwiching 80 aluminum hoppers, UP's Skyline Mine to Barstow coal train snakes through the red narrows on the former Rio Grande mainline. A spectacu... (more)

On a spectacular President's Day afternoon, two big GEs lead Union Pacific's Skyline, UT to Barstow, CA coal load out of the 3009 ft. Thistle Tunnel through Billy's Mountain in Spanish Fork Canyon... (more)

A Utah Railway coal empty heads east through the twists and turns of the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon. This outcropping of sandstone has informally been called 'drinking fountain rock' due t... (more)

Symmetry in Steel - On a spectacular President's Day afternoon, the rear helpers on Union Pacific's Skyline, UT to Barstow, CA coal load can be seen after emerging from 3009 ft. Thistle Tu... (more)

A distributed power unit shoves on BNSF Railway's Provo, UT to Denver, CO manifest, entering Spanish Fork Canyon at Gomex. The train will change crews in the wee hours of the morning at Grand Junc... (more)