Making up an oil train just east of Wellington.

SVGX 8629 at Savage Coal Termnial at Wellington, UT.

The westbound California Zephyr passes near Wellington as it nears its next station stop at Helper.

A Westbound BNSF trackage right train pass just east of Wellington, Utah. This one seems to be well powered with three up front, and two DPU's on the rear.

I don't get the chance to to catch Amtrak #5 very often. On Friday one day from the longest day of the year, and he was on time, I was able to pull it off.

Union Pacific’s LUH45 Local, popularly known as the Dirt Train, is seen here sitting on the east leg of the wye at the junction the Castle Valley Spur with the main line Green River Sub. As I d... (more)

The westbound UP "dirt train" has paused at Wash (just east of Wellington, UT) to pick up a single empty hopper from the small, mostly unused yard there. I assume this was a bad order c... (more)

Three Rio Grande tunnel motors lead the "dirt train" east along UP's Green River Sub just west of Wellington, UT. About 10 miles further east at Mounds the train will be routed onto the... (more)

Four Utah Railway units sporting the gray and red paint scheme enter the main line. Utah Railway 5006 6062 5001 5003 have just pulled a load of coal out of the CV Spur. Six Utah Railway helpers ha... (more)

Union Pacific’s Dirt Train is approaching Wellington, Utah in this view. It’s single empty tank car was picked up on the Pierce Oil track in downtown Price, Utah. The local stopped there to se... (more)

With the Rio Grande 'Gang of Four' on the point, UP's LJP45 local rolls through D&RGW's 1945 'Farnham Line Change' east of Wellington on April 11, 2003. The track realignment required a new crossi... (more)

With Amtrak's Phase 1 Heritage P42DC in the lead and the last Siemens ACS-64 delivery trailing, a 14 car California Zephyr glides through Wellington Canyon east of Wash on June 5, 2016.

A UP freight train from Denver to Provo runs the scenic area between Grenn River and Helper.

Just after sunrise Union Pacific 6824 7169 are nearing CV Spur where they will load at the Savage load-out in Wellington, Utah. This train is also using three mid train DPU's.

I heard the UP's Green River Sub dispatcher talking to the Dirt Train a couple of times but I could not figure out where the train was. Finally I heard the crew request permission to enter the mai... (more)