Minutes after the passage of a big thunder storm, the City of Los Angeles steam special awaits departure from Salt Lake City for Ogden, Green River, and Cheyenne.
Union Pacific 3985 is a four-cylinder simple articulated 4-6-6-4 Challenger-type steam locomotive. It was built in 1943 by the American Locomotive Company of Schenectady, New York. The Challenger ... (more)
The essence of the country train station for me is the presence of agriculture, and in particular, moo cows.
UP 3985 steams through Erda while leading the City of Los Angeles passenger special on May 26, 1994.
Heber Valley Railroad's 'Provo Canyon Limited' climbs the 2.5% grade to Deer Creek Dam on Oct. 15, 2015.
Heber Valley Railroad's 'Provo Canyon Limited' crosses Snake Creek trestle in Charleston on Oct. 15, 2015.
If the Union Pacific Railroad took requests, I would have asked for this very power consist (in this arrangement) to lead the NPLAT on May 26, 1994. Pretty amazing ain't it? Thanks karma.
Due to a derailment near Tooele on the Lynndyl Sub, Union Pacific detoured the North Platte to Los Angeles trailer train through Provo on March 20, 1994. Having received permission to enter the Pr... (more)
A perfect spring day in Spanish Fork Canyon finds the Rio Grande Zephyr traveling east on its 14 hour journey from Salt Lake City to Denver on March 11, 1979.
Union Pacific's hot ZLAAH stack train arrives in Salt Lake City bathed in dramatic storm lighting on Oct. 20, 2015.
UP's Salt Lake City based LUE43 local returns from Centennial Park with 14 cars on a stormy Oct. 20, 2015 afternoon. The HLCX 1814 was built Missouri Pacific GP38-2 No. 883 in Jan. 1972.
An Oakland bound American President Line stacker climbs .49% Roy hill including spectacular 9711 ft. Ben Lomond Mountain on Feb. 12, 1994.
A pair of eight month old GE C40-8s pull a Canal Street to Los Angeles Z train through desolate Tintic Valley on a toasty July 16, 1988 afternoon.
A pair of SW10 switchers and CA-10 cabooses await assignment at North Yard in Salt Lake City on a chilly February 13, 1994 morning.
A colorful Long Beach to Global 4 stacker rolls through Salt Lake City on a clear and sunny Oct. 11, 2015 afternoon.
