Long after retiring from Michigan's Iron Range the antique LS&I 2-8-0 tackles Colorado's Rocky Mountains with a photo passenger special....

UP7698 descends Soldier Summit towards Helper..... The canyon doesnt leave much room for anything more than the River, Highway and Railroad.........

One of the first major coal fields in the Wasatch Mountains served by a railroad was here near Scoefield, UT. Over 100 years later coal still moves out these mountains in tonnage amounts that thos... (more)

Traction Testing on the Moffat. EMDX1206 leads west towards the Flatirons rising majestically above the Plains....

Traction Testing on the Moffat. EMDX1206 crawls west up one of the toughest mountain grades on the Continent. Traction tests on these SD70ACE locomotives was well underway...

Thundering past the former siding site of Nolan. The 12 locomotives on this train are all visible, as the train twists thru the 9 degree curves...

7 unit swing helper of Utah 5001 West....... Note the "Grey Ghost" straight SD40....

The Utah Railroad on this day used 41,500 Horsepower to lift an Intermountain Power coal train up the legendary Soldier Summit.... 12 Total locomotives...an incredible sight and sound!

UP6864 struggles west at 11mph. The Moffat Road was washed out in September 2013 by a historic storm. For about a month the line over Soldier Summit became a very busy place.

UP5613 crests Solider Summit under threatening skies. The same storm system will dump large amounts of snow in the Dakotas. Solider summit will only get a couple inches, and will quickly melt. Thi... (more)

Utah 5003 descends solider summit at Nolan. This was once the site of a center siding. Fans who haven't visited the region in recent years will be surprised by the large amount of "Super Tankers... (more)

UP4430 east descends Solider Summit in a colorful Price River Canyon. The heavy manifest was pushed up the west slope by a manned helper out of Helper, UT. The helper units are still clinging on... (more)

Utah 5001 East slowly pulls its empty Intermountain Power Coal train towards the switch into America Resources's Wild-Cat Load Out.

Utah 5001 West heads up Solider Summit with a train load of Waxy Crude. Note: the old cut down Union Pacific gondola used as a bridge over the Price River. Also note: the horizon is straight but ... (more)

Utah 5002 rushes a eastbound Intermountain Power Coal train towards CV SPUR and the Savage Coal load-out.... The opposing Green signal is for a light helper headed west to assist an eastbound mani... (more)