The Southern Crescent and The Patriot

Coyote Basin in far eastern Utah is a large and completely unpopulated area with no paved roads. Only the Deseret Ry. runs out here. This is a 44 car loaded coal train about 10 miles from the Bona... (more)

DPR #1 leads an empty coal train out of the Deseret Power plant near Bonanza, Utah. The train is approaching MP 34. The plant’s coal handling equipment is visible in the background. This locatio... (more)

This shot, which looks just like some of my other Deseret Ry shots is really quite different. Notice 4 units. In all my years of watching this remote road this is the first 4 unit power set I have... (more)

Amtrak 605 heads south past Union Jct Tower on the summer of the Tower's last year of service.

The unpopular E 60CH speeds through Elisabeth.

The only preserved Amtrak E60 suns itself outside the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.

The Deseret Ry's morning coal loads have finished unloading at the Bonanza Power Plant and are snaking their way through the S curve at MP32. The train is on its way back to the Deserado Mine in C... (more)

Deseret Ry's morning loaded coal train has finished unloading at the power plant and is now on the way back to the Deserado Mine. The coal train has been running 4 days each week lately. Today the... (more)

The vast openness of Coyote Basin, Utah is broken by the rumble of this approaching Deseret Ry. 44 car loaded coal train. The train is headed for the Bonanza Power Plant to unload.

Deseret Ry. empty coal train leaving the power plant after unloading. The train will travel 35 miles east to the Deserado Mine in Colorado for another load of coal.