Having topped 7440 ft. Soldier Summit, a Union Pacific engineering special heads east toward a crew change at Helper, Utah. With an unusually wet and cool spring season, the summer wildflowers are... (more)
A Union Pacific engineering special running from Salt Lake City to Denver heads east on former D&RGW rails at Gilluly. Maintenance of Way personnel are rebuilding main track 2 from Rio to Lynn and... (more)
A Union Pacific engineering special running from Salt Lake City to Denver heads east on former D&RGW rails through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon. This sharp curve at milepost 673.75 was a... (more)
A Union Pacific engineering special running from Salt Lake City to Denver heads east on former D&RGW rails at CP RG677, Rio. Passing 'monsoon' moisture from the southwest has left behind a few clo... (more)
A Union Pacific engineering special running from Salt Lake City to Denver heads east on former D&RGW rails near the ghost town of Thistle, Utah. The 6936, an EMD DDA40X is iconic to the UP, and lo... (more)