Heading through Mormon Gap, Colorado, with 44 cars of coal for the Bonanza Power Plant is the westbound afternoon run of the electrified Deseret Power Railway on October 21, 2015. The three GE E60... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry. is definitely a class act. This shot of their office, shop, yard and flood loader shows why. Look how neat and clean it is: no trash, no junk, no weeds, everything neatly org... (more)

With colorful Coyote Basin stretching off into the distance, the Deseret Power Ry’s afternoon loaded train is fully stretched out on this short grade. The train is 44 loaded aluminum coal hoppers;... (more)

Loading complete, the train awaits the swing shift crew to take it west.

The morning empty descends the 2.2% grade into Mormon Gap (the steepest grade on the line) as they head back to the Deserado Mine loadout while thunderstorms build to the west.

The morning empty returns to the Deserado Mine loadout. Unfortunately for us, there would be no afternoon train today as the longwall was having problems.

This photo was taken about as close to the Bonanza Plant as you can be and not attract attention from plant personnel. The morning train on the Deseret Power Railway has finished unloading and is ... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry’s. afternoon loaded train has just left the Deserado Mine loadout and is making a run for Holum Pass a few miles ahead. The first half mile or so after leaving the loadout is ... (more)

DPR-1 leads all 4 of the active E60 electrics out of the loading loop and onto the railroad’s main track through a forest of catenary support poles. All of the many poles necessary to carry the ca... (more)

Normally the Deseret Power Ry.'s swing shift finds a loaded train waiting for them when they come on duty at 4PM. Not today though. They did not start the loading process until nearly 6PM. This wa... (more)

The dark storm clouds just kept getting worse and worse as I waited for the Deseret Power Ry’s afternoon loaded train. Waiting for the next train and hopefully better light just isn’t an option w... (more)

The day's second loaded coal train is seen here a few miles from the line's terminus; the Bonanza Power Plant. Unlike most E60s found in coal services in the four corner states, the DPR-1 and DPR-... (more)

Almost a calendar shot. The Deseret Power Ry.'s morning train is just now getting up to track speed as it leaves the Bonanza Power Plant. These barren uplands of eastern Utah are covered with abou... (more)

Anyone who has ventured out to eastern Utah to photograph the Deseret Power Ry. knows that it runs through a very sparsely populated area. It doesn't run through a single town. There are no at gra... (more)