Three SD40-2’s, two Union Pacific and one Missouri Pacific, pass through Cheyenne, Wyoming. The stock car on the headpin most likely only has a few more trips, as they were all but gone by this ... (more)

Drive 'Til You See Headlights is what they said, so that's exactly what I did. Saw this guy coming with plenty of time to pull the car over and shoot out the passenger window.

At MP 24 on the Crane Creek Branch is a large red rock cut, seen here, the potash local begins thru the north end enroute south. This line was originally built by the DRGW in 1962, and still this ... (more)

Drive Til You See Headlights. Being from the tree-clogged east, I'm not used to being able to see the train coming for miles. Driving west from Salt Lake City, I saw UP's Marblehea... (more)

The 48 Local finishes it's last job of the day as the sun sets in the west. Coming from the top of the branch line it will be dark before they return to the yard.

UP SD40-2 #3481 West with the OMW past MP 136.50 South Sacramento at the WP/SN South Sacramento Yard & Shops

A classic "snoot" leads the eastbound LUE50 back from Wendover to Roper Yard as it approaches the west end of Garfield Yard at MP768.2 on UP's Lynndyl Sub. The Massive Kennecott Copper Co. Smelte... (more)

The Potash Local creeps thru this red rock cut north of Moab near MP 24. This line was originally built by the DRGW in 1962, and I believe still operated on Fridays only service into the UP era? T... (more)

The Potash Local is passing along the edge of The Arches National Park near Moab. This local runs from Grand Jct to Potash, UT on Fridays only in 2002. This is a 35 mile long branchline that runs ... (more)

After dropping a cut of cars off at Midvale, UP 3481 heads east light engines toward Provo to retrieve another cut of cars and return to Roper.

Something you don't see much of anymore...at least not here. A duo of original UP SD40-2's lead a 20 car Provo-Roper manifest through the Jordan River Narrows five minutes before sunset.