Heading through Mormon Gap, Colorado, with 44 cars of coal for the Bonanza Power Plant is the westbound afternoon run of the electrified Deseret Power Railway on October 21, 2015. The three GE E60... (more)
The Deseret Power Ry. is definitely a class act. This shot of their office, shop, yard and flood loader shows why. Look how neat and clean it is: no trash, no junk, no weeds, everything neatly org... (more)
With colorful Coyote Basin stretching off into the distance, the Deseret Power Ry’s afternoon loaded train is fully stretched out on this short grade. The train is 44 loaded aluminum coal hopper... (more)
The morning empty descends the 2.2% grade into Mormon Gap (the steepest grade on the line) as they head back to the Deserado Mine loadout while thunderstorms build to the west.
The morning empty returns to the Deserado Mine loadout. Unfortunately for us, there would be no afternoon train today as the longwall was having problems.