Deseret Ry’s E60 electric #DPR-1 is eastbound about 1 mile out of the Bonanza Power Plant. I worked out here on these barren, but to me beautiful, uplands and saw this unique railroad every week... (more)
It's 4:30 PM and Deseret Power Ry's afternoon train has just left the loadout. The morning crew had loaded the afternoon train on their return from taking the AM train to Bonanza and back. The swi... (more)
Deseret Power Railway coal train has just finished loading at the Deserado Mine loader on the loop track at the facility north of Rangely, Colorado, on the afternoon of October 19, 2015. Soon, a n... (more)
On June 24, 2021, an afternoon trip of the Deseret Power Railway makes its way back to the mine for loading, east of Midway, Colorado.
An afternoon westbound Deseret Power Railway unit coal train is making a run at grade over Holum Pass at milepost 2 west of the Deserado Mine Loadout on the afternoon of October 21, 2015. Three Ge... (more)
On October 20, 2015, an eastbound Deseret Power Railway empty unit coal train rolls through the curve at milepost 24 in colorful Coyote Basin, Utah.
Deseret Power Railway’s westbound unit coal train passes milepost 1 west of the Deserado Mine loadout north of Rangely, Colorado, on the afternoon of October 21, 2015. Three General Electric E60... (more)
On October 19, 2015, an afternoon run of the Deseret Power Railway’s unit coal train has just crested Holum Pass and is now dropping downgrade past milepost 7 at Blue Mountain, Colorado.
You are looking at Coyote Basin in far eastern Utah. The Colorado state line is just in front of Raven Ridge, that tree covered ridge in the background. No one lives out here; no ranches, no homes... (more)
On the afternoon of October 21, 2015, Deseret Power Railway’s westbound unit coal train is making a run for Holum Pass two miles west of the Deserado Mine Loadout north of Rangely, Colorado. Thr... (more)
Deseret Power Railway begins the climb out of the Martian like landscape of Utah's Coyote Basin with 44 loads & 7200 tons of coal for the Bonanza Power Plant.
Deseret Power Railway coal loads are westbound at Mormon Gap near milepost 21 on their way to the power plant at Bonanza,UT.
Mid-afternoon empties on their way back east to the mine for another load. The Colorado state line is ~2 miles to the east.
Deseret Power Railway eastbound empties are nearing Deserado Mine near Dinosaur,CO with the standard trio of General Electric E60 locomotives.
Deseret Power Railway morning empties drop down at 'Midway' to go under Highway 64 on its way back to the mine.
