This Utah Railway unit coal train is seen swinging out of the large horseshoe curve just below (east) of Kyune, Utah. The 2.4% grade the train has been fighting will lessen at Kyune, about 3 miles... (more)

This is the shortest coal train I have ever seen on Soldier Summit; 20 cars loaded at the Savage coal loadout near Wellington, Utah. After I posted this shot on a railfan site in 2010 I learned th... (more)

Utah Ry. 5004 and 3 more big 6 axle units are bringing this unit coal train up the lower reaches of Price River Canyon near the crossovers at Lynn. Further back in the train is a 5 unit manned hel... (more)

The sanders are wide open as a Utah Railway coal train tries to gain traction up the Price River Canyon.

Utah Railway F45 6606 stands in the road’s yard in Martin, Utah. It appears to have a severe case of runny paint, or more likely, has blown oil all over its roof.

A pair of Utah Railway’s F45’s, purchased from the Burlington Northern, idle in the yard at Martin, Utah. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to see these units pulling freight.

Meet at Colton

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr works its way up the storied Soldier Summit grade at Colton, Utah. A Utah Railway SD45 leads a train of empties eastbou... (more)

A set of four Utah Railway SD45’s bring a train of empties back to the mines at Mill Fork, Utah.

UTAH RAILWAY 6061, one of only two locomotives left on the line in the classic red and gray paint scheme, leads the Sunday RUT 611 past the remains of Geneva Steel just before sunset.

UTAH 2959, just rolled out of the OmniTrax shop wearing new paint for Utah Railway. The 2959 is an ex SP EMD SD35 previously numbered SP 6953, and built as SP 4830.

A matching set of Utah Railway SD40's maneuver the goose neck of Kyune

It's a beautiful site, as Utah Railway regains it's new identity with 4 freshly painted locomotives in there new livery. They are on there own trackage about to enter the tunnel that will lead the... (more)

The HUTAHJ is the Provo to Martin turn, a local train that supplemented Utah Railway's coal traffic over Soldier Summit with oil traffic in the form of loads and empties of oil, natural gas and fr... (more)

A Utah Railway train with matching MPI leasers is about to enter the Thistle tunnel. The train is a loaded IPP coal train, heading down the Spanish Fork Canyon.

The Gilluly Loops are not as famous as other similar engineering feats but is still spectacular when long trains snake around themselves. Shorter trains, like Utah Railway's HUTAHJ, seen here at t... (more)