A trio of Deseret Power E60's lead the empty back for a second load near midway.
With their loaded train emptied, the Deseret rips back east just outside of the Bonanza Generating Station.
The Deseret Power Railway is the last electric-powered coal hauling railroad left since the closure of the Black Mesa & Lake Powell and the Navajo Mine Railroad. A loaded coal train is seen here h... (more)
After unloading its coal at the power plant in the background, the now empty train heads Eastbound back to the Deserado Mine which is across the state line in Colorado.
The Westbound morning run of the loaded coal train passes Midway Siding which is a couple miles South of the town of Dinosaur.
Before they turned off the juice. This operation is difficult to photograph because of the lack of grade crossings, the poles and catenary, and the panels erected on the sides of the overpasses to... (more)
