Open spaces, all stretched out. KCSM 4665 and KCS 4139 lead a Brownton, MN to Keyes, CA grain train. On the left of the image you can see all the way back to the Wasatch Mountain range (Salt Lake ... (more)

About 45 miles west of Salt Lake City on the south side of the Great Salt Lake, is the siding and junction point of Delle. This is on the former Western Pacific 7th Sub, now known as the Union Pa... (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)

With the Stansbury Mountain range for a back drop. UP 9039 and 5461 make their way through the cut at Delle, Utah.

Eastbound freights are pretty scarce on Union Pacific’s Shafter Sub. in Utah and Nevada. Most eastbounds take the parallel and faster Lakeside Sub., a few miles to the north. The daily manifest ... (more)

UP 8773 with DPU 7958 with an autorack all stretched out on the Shafter sub at Delle.

UP 4527 is speeding east on the Shafter Sub. at Delle, Utah. Stack trains such as this IOAG2 are not often seen on the ex Western Pacific Shafter Sub, but rather usually operate on the faster Lake... (more)

I first caught sight of this eastbound BNSF train as I pulled off I80 at the Lakeside, Utah exit. But by the time I got my camera out and turned on it had passed by me. I quickly backtracked east ... (more)

Open snow covered landscape on the Ex Western Pacific main as this westbound passes Delle, Utah.

UP's road local to Wendover, NV heads west through the small rise at Delle, UT behind a nice pair of SD40-2 rebuilds.

In the spring of 1986, Southern Pacific's causeway west of Ogden was out of service due to the rising waters of the Great Salt Lake. The SP struck a deal with UP to detour traffic via Salt Lake Ci... (more)

UP's Wendover Local glides west along former WP rails at Delle, Utah. The 51 car train is ascending a mild 0.4% grade at the junction point of the 10.6 mile Rowley Industrial Lead. On this clear w... (more)

It's detour time! Due to four consecutive wet winters, Utah's Great Salt Lake rose to a record height of 4211.6 feet above sea level by 1986-87. This gave the Southern Pacific operational headache... (more)

Its detour time! Due to four consecutive wet winters, Utah's Great Salt Lake rose to a record height of 4211.6 feet above sea level by 1986-87. This gave the Southern Pacific operational headaches... (more)

UP 5646 leads an EB mixed freight across barren western Utah on the former WP main at the small "town" of Delle.