A Canadian National visitor leads this Westbound BNSF empty Oil train on ex-Rio Grande trackage between Floy and Solitude.

On March 5, 2012, Amtrakā€™s eastbound California Zephyr is eastbound through the barren desert landscape at Solitude, Utah. Apparently the locomotive recently hit some livestock on the engineerā... (more)

The two GE P42DCs on Amtrak No. 6, the California Zephyr, smoke a bit coming out of a curve beneath the imposing Bookcliffs between Solitude and Floy, Utah, on the morning of March 5, 2012. Union ... (more)

Amtrakā€™s train No. 6, the California Zephyr, is eastbound through the barren and lonely desert landscape at Solitude, Utah, on the morning of March 5, 2012. Looks like the locomotive took out so... (more)

Amtrak No. 6, the California Zephyr, skirts the Bookcliffs east of Solitude, Utah, on the morning of March 5, 2012. Union Pacific was in the middle of replacing the signals on this section of the ... (more)

A Southern Pacific coal train crosses the Utah desert in between Solitude and Floy on the morning of August 4, 1996.

Empty coal train on the former DRG&W

Amtrak #5.

Although UP had assumed operations of the Rio Grande for more than a few years it was still fairly common to catch the manifest trains with Rio Grande power. Rio Grande SD40T-2 5360 looks good wit... (more)

The westbound California Zephyr approaches Solitude Siding, featuring a CZ observation-dome with a lit CZ drumhead. This is shot on Kodak Tri-X on a Voigtlander Bessa R3A with a Voigtlander 40mm f... (more)

Amtrak 6 just a few minutes late, just a few miles east of Green River, UT.

The westbound California Zephyr approaches Solitude Siding, featuring a CZ observation-dome with a lit CZ drumhead. Awesome.