Unpatched Rio Grande SD40T-2 5349 in the afternoon sun at Helper Yard.
Union Pacific C44AC 7231 leads a train of empty coal cars over the Utah Railway.
A UP AC4400CW and two SD90-43MACS idle at the head of an empty coal train outside the Utah Railway shop at Martin, near Helper.
Late in the day, sunlight captures the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr at West Helper, Utah.
What could be a better sight in 2006 than this? Rio Grande 5371 charges east out of Helper, removing carbon from the exhaust system. Next stop, Wash yard to pick up six cars for ECDC.
Eastbound coal empties approaching Helper, UT.
A manifest near Helper Utah.
The last Rio Grande locomotive basks in the sun after its local run. taken with permission from a very gracious crew and yard manager
A pair of SP units lead a string of SP box cars upgrade through the Price River Canyon on Soldier Pass.
Enroute from Roper Yard to Grand Junction, Colorado, this SP freight 1ROGJM-23 heads through Helper, UT with SP 9300, 7439, and 8513.
The real DRGW Heritage Unit congregates with road power at Helper Yard
The helpers cut off at Colton, leaving just one DPU to assist on the final climb to Soldier Summit.
The helpers have cut off at Colton and three AC44's are accelerating hard, heading for the summit.
It's nearly a white out as Utah Railway 5001 leads a coal train past the buried yard tracks at Soldier Summit.
Rio Grande 5507 West, a heavy coal train with mid-train helper, prepares to depart Helper for the climb to Soldier Summit.
