A pair of red and gray SD50S units await a call to duty at Utah Railway's Martin Shop in Helper, Utah.

The shadows were creeping in fast as light slips away in Price Canyon. Late day convection thunderstorms spit drops of rain in the distance as UP5874 pulls the last of the 2.4% on dry rail before ... (more)

The Price River Canyon up the 2.4% grade to Soldier Summit is one of the biggest challenges in Western US Railroading. It is also one of the most scenic. Utah 5001 thunders up the grade near ... (more)

While this terminal has been under the control of Genesee & Wyoming for 10 years, things continue to look very much like the independent Utah Railway Company at Martin. MK50-3 #5001 and siblings r... (more)

Scott and Jennifer, workers at America West Resources loadout near Helper, Utah, set batch and volume controls on a Kanawha Scale System to flood load 103 aluminum hoppers of Utah coal for the 950... (more)

It seems far removed today, but in the mid-1970s, Rio Grande coal train swing helps were powered by EMD GP30s, GP35s, GP40s, and GP40-2s. A healthy five pack of four axle EMDs are pictured cutting... (more)

UP 7230 Lifts a Manifest over "Rio Grande's" Soldier Summit. The grade where the head-end locomotive sits is the steepest portion of Solider Summit according to old DRGW grade profiles. A knuckle... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr arrives at the D-Street crossing in Helper, Utah.

UP7183 claws at the severe grade in Price River Canyon. A unit train of coal with 7 total locomotives (2x3x2) makes an impressive sight, filling the senses as it blasts skyward towards Solider Su... (more)

Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr train #5 makes a quick station stop at the Rio Grande depot in Helper, Utah. The image was shot on Kodachrome 25 slide film the day after the Summer Solstice, ... (more)

With 90 loads of Wildcat coal on the drawbar, Utah Railway's CUWIPJ-09 rolls timetable west through Spring Canyon. At left is Helper City's Castle Gate Subdivision, a neighborhood comprised of hom... (more)

UP 3647, DRGW 5328 and another UP SD45 bring empties east near Helper. This photo has been in my collection but was not taken by me. No photographer information on slide.

With extra pull from a Rio Grande GP40-2, Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr train #5 departs the D&RGW depot at Helper yard.

Due to a derailment on the UP Overland Route in Wyoming, Amtrak detoured the San Francisco Zephyr via the Rio Grande between Salt Lake City and Denver. Here train #6 departs the D&RGW depot at Hel... (more)

Due to a derailment on the UP Overland Route in Wyoming, Amtrak received permission to detour eastbound train #6, the San Francisco Zephyr, via the Rio Grande between Salt Lake City and Denver. Du... (more)