UP 6468 lugs an oil train west across the Green River Sub as the sun sets at Thompson Springs. Here they are splitting the Rio Grande signals just east of town.

UP 6468 lugs an oil train west across the Green River Sub as the sun sets at Thompson Springs.

After waiting for a westbound, an eastbound BNSF manifest leaves Thompson Springs in the dust. The 10 unit rainbow consist was refreshing to see in the world of PSR and DPU's. Six out of the ten e... (more)

A four pack of BNSF SD70ACe's leads a westbound manifest into Thompson Springs after waiting for the potash local to clear Cisco.

Finally off the Cane Creek branch, UP 5040 blasts out of Thompson Springs towards Gran Junction.

It's a beautiful Friday morning in the desert as the eastbound California Zephyr glides out of Thompson Springs heading for Grand Junction and eventually Chicago.

Loaded coal for Tuscon, AZ snakes it's way along the Book Cliffs near Thompson Springs, Utah on the former Rio Grande.

BNSF #5886 leads QPSPVJ 18 (aka BNSF H-DENPVO118) across the former Rio Grande on trackage right in the shadow of the Book Cliffs near Thompson Springs, Utah.

A pair of Union Pacific GE's lug a loaded West Elk coal train through the iconic landscape east of Thompson Springs, UT bound for Intermountain Power.

Union Pacific SD70AH #8768 brings an empty oil train west through Thompson

Eastbound empty coal train east of Thompson Springs on the former DRGW.

Westbound UP coal loads struggle upgrade at Thompson Springs, UT on the former Rio Grande.

A freshly loaded coal train from the West Elk Mine in Somerset, Colo. heads west through the high desert of Eastern Utah as they approach Thompson Springs and prepare to meet the Eastbound Califor... (more)

A sharp curve slows the eastbound California Zephyr just after passing Thompson Springs.

The Union Pacific Potash Local cruises along US191 southbound toward Moab and Potash. The once-a-week local travels along the Cane Creek branch through some of the most beautiful terrain in Utah.