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The westbound Sunset Limited crosses the mysterious Willcox Playa at dusk on an otherwise very quiet evening.

UP 7047 is seen leading an eastbound Manifest across the Utah desert - 01/09/2007

UP 3246 is seen on the return Potash local near Moab, Ut - 31/08/2007

This is an eastbound "K-Line" stack train rolling around the curve at Sloan, Nevada

Remarks: CN 5350 and CN 2408 elephant style make their way through the rock sheds at Lasha (White Canyon) on the CN Ashcroft Sub, Oct 22, 2006 towards the Pacific Coast.

302 and 316 again the same northbound train from Aqaba before sunrise, seen in the Wadi Rum area just before Disi. This train is for the northern mine at Al-Abyad.

314 and 310 head south at Wadi Rum with a train from Hedjaz, in late afternoon sunshine in the stunning scenery of Wadi Rum.

316 and 310 head south at Wadi Rum with full load of phosphate bound for the port of Aqaba

412 and 313 work south through Wadi rum, with a loaded train of phosphate for the port of Aqaba

303 and 304 head northbound from Aqaba, with empty's through the desert landscape at Wadi rum on there journey to thenorthern mine at Al-hasa

15,000 horsepower and 45 freight cars are but a speck on the landscape when compared to the vast California Desert surrounding UP's Cima Subdivision. A magical, mystical place.

Amid the spectacular Book Cliff mountains of Utah's Green River Desert, Rio Grande Heritage SD70ACe 1989 heads west with a 67 car MNYPV-08.

Just before sunset, UP's Rio Grande Heritage SD70ACe 1989 charges west along the Book Cliffs up Cedar Hill with 67 cars for Provo Yard.

A westbound BNSF train makes a big turn climbing the terrain at Klondike