Utah Railway and Union Pacific coal trains meet deep in Price Canyon at East Kyune on Sept. 22, 2000.

A quartet of EMD SD40s lead a Utah Railway coal empty east through Price Canyon at Castle Gate on Jan. 20, 1992.

A perfectly matched quartet of Utah Railway SD40s lead an eastbound coal empty through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon. The Utah was very busy hauling unit coal trains in the early to mid-... (more)

A new arrival to the Utah Railway leads an eastbound coal empty through Kyune on November 3, 2001. The 6061, an SD50S, was built new in June 1982 as Hamersley Iron Ore 6061 by EMD licensee Clyde E... (more)

A 104 car Utah Railway coal empty rambles slowly along the Price River approaching Kyune. The two covered hoppers behind the power are loaded with sand, utilized by oil and gas field developers in... (more)

A well matched quartet of EMD SD40s lead a Utah Railway coal empty east through Spanish Fork Canyon approaching the U.S. Highway 6 overpass at Detour.

A pair of Utah Railway MK5000Cs bracket an SD40 and an SD50S with a long train of coal empties in Price Canyon approaching Lynn.

A Utah Railway coal empty meets a Southern Pacific Burro Crane working near Castle Gate in Price Canyon. The very next day, this trackage would become part of the Union Pacific Railroad.

A Utah Railway coal empty ducks under the Ironton signal bridge while departing on a run to the mines in Carbon County.

On Christmas Eve '93, a well matched quartet of Utah Railway SD40s lead coal empties east topping 7440 ft. Soldier Summit.

Three GE AC4400CWs lead a Utah Railway coal empty east through Spring Canyon at Jacob's Bridge.

On New Year's Eve '94, an 84 car Utah Railway coal empty crosses Jacob's Bridge in Spring Canyon. Prior to the early 1970s, a Rio Grande branch from West Helper passed beneath this girder bridge p... (more)

A Utah Railway coal empty rambles east through rugged desert scenery approaching the Wildcat loadout near Helper, Utah.

Before the UP-SP merger, one could expect to catch more than two dozen trains per day passing through Rio Grande's upper horseshoe curve east of Gilluly, Utah. Photographed a couple of weeks befor... (more)

Captured on an unbearably cold and windy New Year's Eve morning in '94, a Utah Railway coal empty meets a Southern Pacific coal load at the top of 7440 ft. Soldier Summit. Why do we take pictures ... (more)