Westbound coal for Bonanza snakes through Mormon Gap under wire.

The 1630 hrs Deseret Power Railroad train, now empty, is returning from the Bonanza power plant to the Blue Mountain Power Deserado Mine loadout near Dinosaur, Colorado, on May 6, with a trio of E... (more)

The 1630 hrs Deseret Power Railroad train is departing the Blue Mountain Power Deserado Mine loadout near Dinosaur, Colorado, on May 6, with a trio of E60s, DRP-1, DRP-2 and DRP-4, as a severe thu... (more)

DPR-1, DPR-2 & DPR-3 leave Coyote Bassin with a loaded coal train and will soon approach target Bonanza Power Plant.

Yes, the Deseret Power Ry occasionally does something other than haul coal. This day they ran a work train. The short train is seen here just after they finished dumping 3 of these side dump cars.... (more)

On the morning of October 22, 2015, three GE E60C-2s dig in on the westbound grade climbing into Coyote Basin at milepost 21 on the electrified Deseret Power Railway with 44 cars of coal for the B... (more)

During a four-week-break of coal digging DPR-1 gets a slight refreshment/overhaul at Deseret Railway shop in Rangely (CO). Photo taken with permission.

Making a run for Holum Pass
Deseret Power Railway’s westbound unit coal train is making a run at grade over Holum Pass two miles west of the Deserado Mine Loadout on the afternoon of ... (more)

Deseret Power Railway takes a (planned) four-week-break due to a movement of a coal digging machine. My visit just met the middle of this breaking period. E60C-2 DPR-4 & -3 wait for return to serv... (more)

In the sparsely-populated high desert area of eastern Utah, an eastbound Deseret Power Railway unit train passes milepost 31 a few miles east of the Bonanza Power Plant on a beautiful October 21, ... (more)

Running several hours earlier than normal, the westbound Black Mesa is seen sweeping around the curve at Cow Springs.

Monsoon season over the great Southwest is in full swing as the Black Mesa & Lake Powell brings another loaded coal train to the Navajo Generating Station at Page.

Late evening storms sweep the Navajo Nation as a loaded Black Mesa & Lake Powell crests the hill at Shonto.

My one and only shot of the Deseret Power Railway near Dinosaur, Colorado. On July 26, 2017, the coal train for the Bonanza Power Plant was not loading at the loadout near Deserado Mine, which can... (more)

Eastbound Black Mesa empties roll across 78 mile line extending through the Navajo Nation Reservation seen here just south of Kaibito.