What did I have for lunch today? I had three SD50's to go. I don't usually chase train on my lunch break. But today's opportunity was too much to pass up. The return trip of Provo to Ogden to Prov... (more)

This group of Utah Ry. 6 axle units, led by an Australian built SD50, is rolling east on the ex. D&RGW main line through Helper, Utah. It is headed for the Castle Valley Spur a few miles further e... (more)

Just a nice night to be trackside. Utah Railway SD50S's 6060, 6061 round the curve on a Sunday, night in the Jordan Narrows.

These 4 Utah Ry SD’s have just reached Soldier Summit, Utah with a train of empty coal hoppers. The empty hoppers must have been pulled out of storage somewhere on Utah tracks probably Martin Ya... (more)

Utah Ry. 6060 is spotting some empty tank cars on the Wildcat siding for crude oil loading. They will push the empties into the east end of the siding as seen here, and then run down to the west e... (more)

Utah Ry. 6060 west is bringing an empty coal train over Soldier Summit and in the process is overtaking a BNSF trackage rights manifest train stopped on track #1. The BNSF train followed the Utah ... (more)

Catching the SD50's leading on the Utah Railway is a bit of a treat. Most of the time one of the MK50-3 are used as the leaders for the big SD truck power. Also rare is a pure set of orange in the... (more)

Not as common, I was able to catch an SD50 leading the Provo to Ogden RUT611. Pictured here passing Salt Lake Cities North Yard. The Utah State Capital is seen in the background. More often than n... (more)

Utah Railway's Provo-Ogden turn rambles north through Riverton with 42 cars. The Utah Railway rosters 11 six axle locomotives, five SD50S and six MK50-3s. Three have been repainted from traditiona... (more)

It looked like all hope for a good railfanning day was lost when a semi slipped down an embankment and onto the tracks right around daybreak. However, UP and DOT crews quickly cleaned up the mess.... (more)

Normally Utah Railway’s Australian SD50’s do not lead coal trains over Soldier Summit in Utah. This is the first time I have seen such an occurrence. I checked with RP contributor James Belmon... (more)

Something a little different today on the Utah Ry; an SD50 led crude oil train seen here descending the 2.4% grade in Price River Canyon. These are empty tank cars headed to Wildcat siding for o... (more)