Deseret Ry’s empty morning train is seen here dropping down this steep, but thankfully short, grade onto the floor of Coyote Basin at around MP 27 or so.

Coyote Basin, Utah. That is the vast, colorful area in the background of this photo. The Colorado state line is in the hills just behind the last line of colorful rocks in the mid distance. That d... (more)

Deseret Power Ry.’s morning train is seen here rolling south about 3 miles south of the hamlet of Dinosaur, Colorado, population 365. This is about the only place on this 35 mile long railroad w... (more)

After unloading its coal at the power plant in the background, the now empty train heads Eastbound back to the Deserado Mine which is across the state line in Colorado.

The Westbound morning run of the loaded coal train passes Midway Siding which is a couple miles South of the town of Dinosaur.

The Deseret Power Ry. in western Colorado and eastern Utah has exactly one at grade crossing of a public road in it’s entire 35 mile length. This level crossing is of unpaved Moffat County Road... (more)

The first day of Spring was drop dead gorgeous out here on the lonely uplands of eastern Utah. What a great day to photograph this colorful and clean set of 3 E60 electrics as they pull away from ... (more)

Deseret Power Ry’s afternoon train is seen here about a quarter of the way through the process of loading its 44 car train. It is creeping around the loading loop at less than walking speed. Whe... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry. is about half way done with painting it's entire fleet of 4 E60 electrics. The paint job comes with a new road name; Deseret Power Ry. Today's empty morning train has 2 of th... (more)

Deseret Power’s empty train is tiptoeing at 5 mph here over a newly replaced rail under the watchful eyes of a couple of the MOW crew who are behind the train and down the embankment out of sigh... (more)

Deseret Power Railway's morning, loaded, train ran around 4 hours early this morning so as to open a window for the maintenance crew to replace a rail at around MP 1.5. After unloading at the Bona... (more)

Deseret Power’s morning, loaded, train ran around 4 hours early this morning so as to open a window for the maintenance crew to replace a rail at around MP 1.5. The now empty morning train rolle... (more)

Deseret Power’s morning, loaded, train ran around 4 hours early this morning so as to open a window for the maintenance crew to replace a rail at around MP 1.5. The now empty returning morning t... (more)

In the sparsely-populated high desert area of eastern Utah, an eastbound Deseret Power Railway unit train passes milepost 31 a few miles east of the Bonanza Power Plant on a beautiful October 21, ... (more)

Climbing out of Mormon Gap
With 44 cars of coal for the Bonanza Power Plant, the westbound afternoon run of Deseret Power Railway climbs out of Mormon Gap, Colorado, on October 21, 2015... (more)