A TRAX Blue Line train is seen here southbound on S. Main St. in downtown Salt Lake City headed for suburban Sandy further south in the valley. That red brick building in the background is the Lit... (more)
UP 5806 is seen here at the bottom of Loray Wash, climbing the 1.3% westward grade about 10 miles west of Montello, Nevada. In steam days Montello was a helper base for this 21 mile grade out of t... (more)
The crude oil business seems to have become nearly as important to the Utah Ry. as the coal business. According to a URY engineer I talked to, they are shipping out around 80 cars of crude oil a w... (more)
Utah Ry. #5005 has just arrived at the Wildcat coal and crude oil loadout with a cut of around 12 empty tanks. It has brought the empties from Martin Yard about 5 miles west of Wildcat. After back... (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 ... (more)
This train had by far the best head end power of any of the three trains I saw this afternoon on Silver Zone Pass. It's not common to see CSX power on the Shafter Sub. This train was the last in l... (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)
Seen here is a southbound IC&E train rolling along the Mississippi River at Dakota, MN. Second unit is DM&E #6359, the Mount Rushmore unit, followed by the IC&E #6421.
Westbound west of Lewiston, MN
Yes, coal is still being mined and shipped in eastern Utah, just not as much as in the past. I followed this Utah Ry. empty train downgrade from Castlegate to Price, Utah trying to get ahead of it... (more)
NGG16 No 156 heads towards Port Shepstone with a well-loaded freight
Class 19D 2746 performs a runpast on the RSSA Cape Midlander Tour
Class 15F 3106 on a New Year's Eve Special to Magaliesberg
URy #5006, an MK5000 leads a loaded coal train up Utah’s Price River Canyon just below Kyune. The train is bound for the huge IPP power plant near Delta, Utah and will be interchanged to the Un... (more)
