Searching through my old photo files sometimes results in an overlooked image such as this shot of the Deseret Railway's morning empty train. Location is the RR underpass of the Old Bonanza Road i... (more)

Deseret Ry’s E60 electric #DPR-1 is eastbound about 1 mile out of the Bonanza Power Plant. I worked out here on these barren, but to me beautiful, uplands and saw this unique railroad every week... (more)

This trio of immaculate General Electric E60’s has the morning, loaded, train well in hand as they climb a short, steep grade that takes them out of eastern Utah’s Coyote Basin. Today’s trai... (more)

Last man standing; that’s the Deseret Power Ry. The Black Mesa & Lake Powell is gone, as is the Escalante Western. There used to be quite a few dedicated commodity short lines in the mountain we... (more)

The unloading process at Bonanza is finished and 3 of Deseret Power Railway’s E-60 electrics are pulling its empty train around the loop track to head back to the Deserado Mine loader in Colorad... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry. has just finished unloading its 44 car trainload of coal at Utah’s Bonanza Power Plant. It is just getting up to speed heading east back to the loading and shop area in wes... (more)

Early February means cold in eastern Utah and 2011 was no exception. It was around 5 degrees below zero when I took this shot. This is the morning, loaded train headed for the Bonanza Power Plant.

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)

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)

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 Ry's morning train has finished unloading at the Bonanza Power Plant and is now accelerating up to track speed. The coal loadout is 35 miles ahead in western Colorado. This wide angl... (more)

This shot shows the late afternoon, loaded, coal train of the Deseret Power Ry. rolling downgrade as it nears the Bonanza Power Plant, about 3 miles ahead. This is a Wednesday and so the railroad ... (more)

The call of the wide open spaces was pretty strong today so I went east from my home about 65 miles to the Bonanza Power Plant in eastern Utah. I can not begin to describe how crystal clear the wi... (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)