After swapping road power at the Martin diesel shop, Utah Railway's IPP to Wildcat coal empty resumes its journey east at the mouth of Tunnel One, or the 'Ashton Tunnel' in Helper, Utah. The train... (more)

Utah Railway's IPP to Wildcat coal empty rounds a 35 mph curve at CP RG640 Kyune on the morning of March 28, 2013. Note the D&RGW era searchlight signals that protect the CTC controlled switches, ... (more)

For me, there's nothing quite like catching two trains moving side by side. Utah Railway's RUT312 local glides west toward Midvale at Becks while Union Pacific's Green River, Wyoming to Roper, Uta... (more)

Utah Railway's RUT312 local rolls west along Becks Hot Springs with 35 cars for Midvale Yard.

Resting beneath an azure blue sky, a Utah Railway GP38-2 takes a break just outside the diesel shop at Martin Yard. UTAH 2008 is one of two remaining GP38-2s on the roster still in gray and red li... (more)

On a beautiful June morning, an IPPX Utah Railway coal empty descends along the Price River at Kyune. This train will load at the recently reactivated Wildcat Loadout, about six miles beyond Marti... (more)

The rear DPU shoves in RUN8 up the 2% slope of winter Park Hill. The train will crest the continent inside the Moffat Tunnel....

With snowy Mt. Olympus of the Wasatch Range in the background, Union Pacific's MNPWC meets Utah Railway's RUT312 local at North Yard in Salt Lake City.

A perfectly matched quartet of Utah Railway SD40s lead an eastbound coal empty through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon. The Utah was very busy hauling unit coal trains in the early to mid-... (more)

A quartet of Utah Railway SD40s work a Union Pacific coal empty, backing into Utah Railway's yard in Provo. This UP real estate has been sold and redeveloped into Utah Transit Authority's FrontRun... (more)

A Martin Swing Helper prepares to cut into a loaded Willow Creek coal train at Castle Gate, Utah. This short lived mine shut down and the conveyor and yard trackage are all gone now.

A quartet of Utah Railway SD40s depart Martin Yard for a trip to US Fuel's conveyor fed coal loader at Mohrland.

One Shot: On a cross country road trip from Maine to Montana in 2010, I decided to take a detour through Utah for two reasons. One, I had never seen the desert. And two, I wanted to shoot o... (more)