Union Pacific’s Potash Local seems to be bursting straight out of a solid wall of red rock in this view. The location is at the bottom of a steep, narrow cut on the downgrade that ends at the Co... (more)

This shot of a Utah Ry. loaded coal train is the fourth in a series of this same train I’ve posted here on Railpictures. I started by following the empty train as it rolled eastward down Utah’... (more)

This snazzy little 3 car inspection train, PDVSC2-26, has stopped at Helper for a crew change. Everything about this train is spotless and looks as if it was just painted yesterday. Ahead is the P... (more)

I managed to catch this BNSF eastbound as it passed through a shaft of sunlight deep in the lower Price River Canyon. The crew is looking directly at the vertical wall of sandstone that is Castleg... (more)

After a crew change at Helper, UP 7656 west has just rounded the vertical slab of sandstone called Castlegate. Earlier in the day it had loaded its 102 empties at the Savage loadout at the end of ... (more)

UP 7455 West is leaning into the curve at the summit of Silver Zone Pass in eastern Nevada with a grain train in tow. This is the west side of the pass in the Toano Range and it is nothing like th... (more)

This 3 car Union Pacific inspection train is swinging through the S curves at the upper end of the 2.4% grade in the Price River Canyon, Utah. The train was expected earlier in the day, but by the... (more)

Union Pacific’s “Dirt Train” local is just now reaching the lower, west, end of the East Carbon Development’s (ECDC) small yard at East Carbon City, Utah. Today’s train has big power. An... (more)

Union Pacific’s LUH45 Local, popularly known as the Dirt Train, is seen here sitting on the east leg of the wye at the junction the Castle Valley Spur with the main line Green River Sub. As I d... (more)

Here comes Union Pacific’s SD70M #4404 hustling east at Knolls, Utah. Knolls is out on the Bonneville Salt Flats 80 miles west of Salt Lake City on the ex. Western Pacific 7th. Subdivision, now ... (more)

In spite of the BNSF leader this coal train is a Union Pacific train. My source for this info. was the loader operator. The photo was taken at the flood loader of the Skyline Mine, 16 miles south ... (more)

Amtrak #6, the California Zephyr, rolls to a stop in front of the depot at Helper. Those Union Pacific freight engines beside #6 are one of 2 helper sets normally assigned here to assist westbound... (more)

Time is running out for the DRGW 5371. It is seen here along with two Union Pacific SD40-2’s rolling through downtown Price, Utah on its way to Wash siding to pick up its train. Today’s train ... (more)

This trio of immaculate General Electric E60’s has the morning, loaded, train well in hand as they climb a short, steep grade that takes them out of eastern Utah’s Coyote Basin. Today’s trai... (more)

This southbound BNSF coal train is just over 2 miles from the summit of Palmer Divide at the small town of Palmer Lake, Colorado. When it reaches Palmer Lake it will have climbed 2000 feet from De... (more)