BNSF's Denver-Provo manifest coasts down the 2% grade at Davidson Canyon, a few miles west of Soldier Summit. The northern side of this curve receives side lighting only during the longest days of... (more)

With the sun setting behind the Wasatch Mountains, Union Pacific's daily Denver-Salt Lake freight crosses from main 1 to main 2 at West Summit. UP MOW forces had recently dumped new ballast throug... (more)

A pictured Utah Railway coal empty has ascended the 50 mile climb from Provo to Soldier Summit on a delightfully sunny Friday, May the 30th morning. The total climb in elevation is roughly 3000 fe... (more)

On a gorgeous spring morning, Amtrak's California Zephyr #6 approches the top of the hill at Soldier Summit (7487 ft.) In the distance looms 10,685 ft. Mount Loafer.

Morrison Knudsen (MPI) built 6 experimental MK5000C locomotives with Caterpillar prime movers in 1994. All six were acquired by Utah Railway in 2001 and remotored with standard EMD power plants in... (more)

A Union Pacific coal train, loaded on the Castle Valley Spur near Price, descends Soldier Summit's west slope at the location of old Scenic siding. The aspen trees were at peak color the last week... (more)

On a gloriously sunny and snowy New Year's Eve afternoon, UP 4694 leads a train of Mira Loma autoracks through the Red Narrows, just east of Rio, Utah. The cars will be tied down at Sphinx siding,... (more)

It's time to indulge in some tasty pumpkin pie (from head to toe) on BNSF's Denver-Provo freight. A trio of GE six motor leaders and a single GE DPU have more than enough power to propel this 30 c... (more)

It's 7 a.m. at Soldier Summit when Utah Railway 5004 East is pulliing it's load of empty coal cars up to the summit.

A dramatic storm system looms large, chasing Union Pacific's Provo-Denver manifest over Utah's Soldier Summit.

A long train of coal empties wind through fresh snow in the Red Narrows area of Spanish Fork Canyon. The lead motor, UP 7303, is labeled as a 4400 HP C6044AC by UP; with the GE designation being a... (more)

Union Pacific moved 60 surplus autoracks from Mira Loma, CA to Sphinx, UT for storage. The train is captured moving east up the 2% grade to Soldier Summit at West Gilluly.

Union Pacific moved 60 surplus autoracks from Mira Loma, CA to Sphinx, UT (in the Green River Desert) for storage. The train is captured moving east along the frozen Price River approaching Kyune.

The thrice weekly remnant of the California Zephyr continued to operate on the Rio Grande for 12 years after the WP dropped theirs in 1970. Seen here, the train is climbing to Soldier Summit and i... (more)