A Utah Railway CLBTC coal empty heads east along the 1983 Thistle line change at Milepost 682 near Castilla. The original routing of both US Highway 6 and the Rio Grande mainline are below and to ... (more)

Before the UP-SP merger, one could expect to catch more than two dozen trains per day passing through Rio Grande's upper horseshoe curve east of Gilluly, Utah. Photographed a couple of weeks befor... (more)

On a warm July 10, 1993 morning, 84 loads of Star Point coal depart the Wattis Plateau loader for Intermountain Power.

A matched quartet of Utah Railway SD40s lead export coal west along the frozen Price River near Kyune.

Captured on an unbearably cold and windy New Year's Eve morning in '94, a Utah Railway coal empty meets a Southern Pacific coal load at the top of 7440 ft. Soldier Summit. Why do we take pictures ... (more)

After cutting out its mid-train helpers on the siding, a quad of Utah Railway SD40s drag an 81 car export coal load west over the apex at Soldier Summit. The train will descend 3000 feet of eleva... (more)

Lonely but intact in a once booming coal train yard, Utah Railway's train depot at Hiawatha feels the heat of a warm July afternoon in 1993. The stucco clad structure was once a joint station when... (more)

In May of 1995, a former Santa Fe F45 (blt. June 1968) was rebuilt by MK in Boise and leased to the Utah Railway Company for six years. Here the 9013 basks in the warm morning sunlight at Martin, ... (more)

A well matched quartet of Utah Railway SD40s lead a Moapa, NV to Wildcat, UT coal empty east through Spanish Fork Canyon approaching the Thistle Tunnels. Note the former D&RGW grade and Highway 6 ... (more)

On a gorgeous July morning in 1993, an 84 car Intermountain Power coal empty is loading at the Wattis Plateau flood loader near Hiawatha. The facility was designed to ship 200,000 tons of coal ann... (more)

Gleaming in fresh paint, a Utah Railway MK5000C awaits its next assignment hauling coal through the rugged canyons of Utah's Wasatch Mountains. In two years, the 5005 would lose its Caterpillar di... (more)

EMD SD40s RULE! A Utah Railway coal load meets Burlington Northern Santa Fe's MDVSTJ at the apex of 7440 ft. Soldier Summit.

A quartet of Utah Railway SD40s move a heavy train of export coal through Price Canyon near Lynn.

A pair of Motive Power Industries MK5000Cs bracket two Australian SD50s on a Utah Railway Moapa (Nevada Power) to Wildcat coal empty emerging from tunnel #2.

Six well matched Utah Railway GP38-2s lead the RUT310 local up the former D&RGW Bingham Branch in West Jordan. At left, the newly completed West Jordan City Hall stands proudly at No. 8000 Redwood... (more)