These 2 grimy coal motors are leading a coal train eastbound past the 12 million year old volcanic neck called Finger Rock. Location is between Yampa and Toponas on the ex. D&RGW Craig Branch in C... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western RR, The Action Road

What is this? A Canadian National locomotive leading a coal train from a mine in Colorado on Union Pacific tracks in Utah! Taken at Mounds, Utah.

This 4-pack of Utah Ry. 6 axle units is slugging it out on the 2.4% grade in Price River Canyon, Utah. The train was loaded at the Savage loadout between Price and Wellington, Utah. Soldier Summit... (more)

UP 5357 is just about finished dragging this very long stack train up to the summit of Peru Hill. The grade begins at the Green River Bridge at the west end of the Green River Yard and ends 8 mile... (more)

Utah 5004 and 4 other UTAH head end units have just reached the, upper, more open reaches of Price River Canyon. The tracks will follow the Price River for a couple of more miles and then leave it... (more)

UP 7751 is easing this long double stacker down the 1% grade of Silver Zone Pass at Cliffside Siding. Arnolds Loop is a couple of miles behind the train and the upper level of trackage is seen sli... (more)

It’s 2 days before Christmas and Soldier Summit, Utah, elevation 7500’, is in the clouds. This Utah Ry. empty coal train is about 100’ from reaching the summit itself. After that it is 22 mi... (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)

Utah Railway’s #5001 is seen here entering home rails at Utah Railway Jct. This location is about 3 miles from downtown Helper, Utah. #5001 and 2 other UTAH units have just finished their helpe... (more)

This Utah Ry. loaded coal train is slowing to a stop for a crew change about 4 or 5 miles east of Soldier Summit. The stop is being made at the junction of Utah State Route 96 and the very busy US... (more)

This shot of a Utah Ry. loaded coal train is the fourth in a series of this same train I’ve posted here on Railpictures. I started by following the empty train as it rolled eastward down Utah’... (more)

I managed to catch this BNSF eastbound as it passed through a shaft of sunlight deep in the lower Price River Canyon. The crew is looking directly at the vertical wall of sandstone that is Castleg... (more)

UP 7455 West is leaning into the curve at the summit of Silver Zone Pass in eastern Nevada with a grain train in tow. This is the west side of the pass in the Toano Range and it is nothing like th... (more)

This southbound BNSF coal train is just over 2 miles from the summit of Palmer Divide at the small town of Palmer Lake, Colorado. When it reaches Palmer Lake it will have climbed 2000 feet from De... (more)