A loaded oil train from the Unitah Basin heads east toward market across the former Rio Grande main.

Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr curves through Thompson Springs, UT on its way to Chicago with two brand new Siemens ACS-64 electric motors in tow. A pleasant surprise while waiting for the ... (more)

After a day of chasing the Potash Local down the Cane Creek Sub, we were rewarded with an empty oil train heading back to the loadout near Wellington, UT, seen here passing through Thompson Spring... (more)

UP's Potash Local heads west toward Brendel passing the unqie Book Cliffs where it will switch out tank cars before heading south on the scenic Cane Creek Sub. The local made good time coming fro... (more)

Deep black coal is transported west along the Book Cliffs in eastern Utah. The tracks here are the former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's that now parallel I-70 for the most part between ... (more)

While showers drench the Book Cliffs, a train of empty trailer flats rolls through desert mud mounds near Thompson, Utah.

A pair of Rio Grande SD40T-2s lead a mixed freight just east of Thompson, Utah.

While returning home from a fun weekend in Colorado's narrow gauge country, I stumbled upon the Potash Local rambling toward the mainline on the Cane Creek Branch.

A short Rio Grande 195 train snakes along the Book Cliffs near Thompson on Oct. 2, 1987.

Rio Grande train No. 100 races east across the desolate Green River Desert with piggybacks from the SP at Ogden, bound for interchange with the BN at Denver. With 18,000 horsepower, this pig train... (more)

Rio Grande's Potash Turn crosses a dry wash trestle at milepost 5.9 on the Cane Creek Branch. Today's inbound train has 26 loads of Texas Gulf potash for East Yard in Grand Junction.

With a five pack of EMD geeps for power, a Rio Grande manifest curves east through the Green River Desert near Thompson Springs. The winter of 1978-79 must have been a wet one with abundant greene... (more)

The conductor of a Rio Grande freight offers the photographer a friendly wave as his train heads east through the Green River Desert near Thompson. Afternoon storms are brewing over the La Salle M... (more)

I won't forget how upset my railfan companion became when the Rio Grande Zephyr rounded the big curve at Thompson with a 'freight' engine on the point. Several expletives were uttered followed by ... (more)