UP 7704 rounds the curve with a Valmy coal train. This used to be a water shot. With years of drought all that is left is salt deposits. The Great Salt Lake has surpassed it's all time low level f... (more)
My suspicions were confirmed on this one by a friend. It's the MHKRV one of the detour trains, we are getting here in Utah. Trains that normally go through Northern California. Are being forced to... (more)
The crew of this train, had to be feeling a bit snake bit. First they reported PTC issue at Smelter. Then the reason I got this shot, a detector reported an integrity failure, forcing them to slow... (more)
On a beautiful St Patrick's day evening. Union Pacific 8615, 8238, 8469, 3915 race across the ex Western Pacific Shafter Subdivision. This line has been a low usage line, with mainly low priority ... (more)
An interesting group of locomotives from Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and Electro Motive pull a 58 car North Platte to Milpitas vehicle train across the south arm of the Great Salt Lake on Apr... (more)