Prior to purchasing the entire production fleet of six units, the Utah Railway Company tested three of MPI's MK5000Cs in coal service on Soldier Summit. They only operated for about three months i... (more)
Fifteen years ago, power working on the BNSF had a little more variety than it does today. Here, a matched trio of Burlington Northern EMDs lead a 56 car Riverbank, CA to Denver, CO trackage right... (more)
During the third week of September, the oak brush along the hills in Spanish Fork Canyon is usually at or close to peak color. Here Rio Grande coal train #734 winds through the canyon with 84 IPPX... (more)
Denver & Rio Grande Western's rerouting of its mainline bypassing the big Thistle landslide is well underway on June 15, 1983. The 3009 ft. tunnel under Billy's Mountain is nearing completion with... (more)
With F9 #5771 aglow in new Imron paint, the Rio Grande Zephyr train #17 heads west through Spanish Fork Canyon at Detour. Meanwhile, a big thunderhead cloud looms above the Wasatch Range at Soldie... (more)