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)

Mid-afternoon empties on their way back east to the mine for another load. The Colorado state line is ~2 miles to the east.

On the morning of October 20, 2015, a westbound Deseret Power Railway unit coal train thrums past milepost 20 at Mormon Gap, Colorado.

This trio of immaculate General Electric E60’s has the morning, loaded, train well in hand as they climb a short, steep grade that takes them out of eastern Utah’s Coyote Basin. Today’s trai... (more)

Last man standing; that’s the Deseret Power Ry. The Black Mesa & Lake Powell is gone, as is the Escalante Western. There used to be quite a few dedicated commodity short lines in the mountain we... (more)

An afternoon run of the Deseret Power Railway unit coal train is westbound as it approaches the Highway 64 overpass west of Midway, Colorado, on October 19, 2015.

In a panned photograph, Deseret Power Railway E60C-2 DPR-1 and two sisters lead a westbound unit coal train that is about to crest the grade into Coyote Basin west of Mormon Gap, Colorado, on Octo... (more)