All stretched out across the Tooele Valley. I learned from a friend, that this train from Mountain Lake, Minnesota. Was a 200 plus car train when it arrived in Salt Lake City. It was split with th... (more)

I had to really hightail it on this one. Eastbounds are down hill through here, and make good time. UP 6660 leads 3046 past the chicken farms in Erda, Utah.

What did I have for lunch today? I had three SD50's to go. I don't usually chase train on my lunch break. But today's opportunity was too much to pass up. The return trip of Provo to Ogden to Prov... (more)

The Roper to Warner (Tooele) to Roper local can result in some big trains. I've heard them tell the dispatcher that they have sometimes 80-100 cars for the return trip.

Cutting it close on the daylight. Union Pacific 8759 and 6922 head westbound, on the western edge of Erda, Utah.

Rush hour on the Lynndyl Subdivision, Running on the previous trains block. UP 5384, 2612, and 8599, rumble through the west side of Tooele, Utah.

Union Pacific 7527, 6261, 5304. Make there way through Erda, in the Tooele Valley. The climb from Lakepoint to Warner. Can really take the momentum out of these trains.

Fortunately the Warner (Tooele) local LUE46 was running later than normal. So I was able to catch it at a location I've had my eye on. But I have failed in previous attempts to actually catch a t... (more)

After getting burned by this train last week. I was a little smarter today. The RUT312 doesn't usually go down the outside rail of Union Pacific North yard RG runner. They take one of the inner ra... (more)

Fortunately I got a train just when I needed it. Union Pacific 8759 and 6922 are struggling mightily on the grade. It made for a nice slow photo pass. The second unit UP 6922 has an interesting hi... (more)

One of Utah's more elusive units to me. At least in recent years. Utah Railway 2002 was made from Southern Pacific GP35 6304.

Last Thursday night. Salt Lake Cities Union Pacific's dead line, was really out in the open for all to see. That's a lot of SD70M's, with a few others.

Calculated luck! I saw this train up in Salt Lake North Yard being serviced on my way home. I went home but, was keeping my eye out for it. I heard a horn about 7:10 tonight, and debated if it was... (more)

A couple GP15's UPY 613 and 637 of Missouri Pacific heritage have there self's a big train today. Going on 42 years old, these locomotives do their jobs, day in and day out. They are working the n... (more)

I've been wanting to shot this picture again for awhile now. For about a year there were hopper cars stored in the siding. They finally moved them, but in the couple attempts I have made since the... (more)