My assumption to hearing the number 5433, with out seeing it, would be that it would be an ugly beast. Not so, at some point UP 5433 has received a nice new paint job. Next is a survivor UP 6367 o... (more)

On a rainy overcast day. I was to find one spot were it looked like the sun and train would meet. My plan worked as the INPOA roll across the Western Pacific causeway on the Shafter Subdivision. I... (more)

UTA Front Runner number 15, wears a bit of a special scheme. Sporting a 10 years of Front Runner commuter trains.

UPY 613 and 637 have just finished their work at the Chevron and Flying J refineries. They are now getting a move on back to the barn, Roper Yard.

I was able to catch a Kennacott Copper (Rio Tinto) train in action. Now operated by Railserve (RSSX) GMTX 2662 and RSSX 116 leave the Garfield yard, with a matching set of nicely painted Montana L... (more)

Utah Transit Authority Front Runner Number 6. comes rumbling through the Jordan Narrows on a Tuesday evening commute.

Nucor 721, I don't see this one on the Utahrails.net Nucor rosted, but there was a 660 listed. I'm thinking 660 has been renumber to 721 for what ever reason, you can see where the numbers been pa... (more)

Nucor 664, I have to deem a survivor. A locomotive type that hasn't fared well for survive, lives in a scrap facility in the year 2021 . 664 was originally Conrail 1967, and came to Nucor Steel in... (more)

I first started chasing this guy on the Pocatello Subdivision. I was pretty happy to find out he was a Ogden Subdivision train. Since I was traveling that direction, and Ogden Sub trains are few a... (more)

Tonight's Chevron local is a big one. Lead by GP15's UPY 613 and 637. The INPOA is on the far track.

Union Pacific's Salt Lake Cities North Yard Dead line. In a sea of SD70M's are at least four Gensets UPY 2734, 2757, 2753, and another I can't see the number. Kind of ironic they are in Salt Lake ... (more)

There are places on the Shafter Subdivision that require climbing and sweeping curves. This is not one of them. As they come through Delle, it's a 70 mile per hour. In fact the whole 34 mile run b... (more)

UP 2676 navigates the open spaces of the Western Pacific Shafter Subdivision, with the INPOA. I really got to hear the sound of the GE Tier 4, as this one rolled by.

A little bit of a climb at Marblehead. The max speed drops to 55 with the curve and the climb.

With only about three BNSF trackage rights trains running each way a week, between Provo, Utah and Stockton California. When I learned this guy was heading west at a good time of day, I really wan... (more)