Yes, the Deseret Power Ry occasionally does something other than haul coal. This day they ran a work train. The short train is seen here just after they finished dumping 3 of these side dump cars.... (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 weatherman said this day was supposed to be partly cloudy, so I took off on the roughly 80 mile drive over to the Deseret Power Ry’s terminal in far western Colorado to see if I could get so... (more)
The Deseret Power Ry in eastern Utah and western Colorado is in the middle of a project to repaint their entire fleet of 4 active E60C’s. So far they have completed two of them; DPR #1 and DPR ... (more)
Deseret Ry's afternoon loaded coal train is slowly grinding up the grade at mp 4.5 toward the railroad's high point, Holum Pass who's summit is only about 1/2 mile ahead.The 3 E60 motors are pulli... (more)
Deseret Ry's eastbound empty train has nearly reached the end of its trip at the Deserado Mine's loadout. Only one more mile to go then spot the train under the flood loader for loading tomorrow.