For a while after the UP merger it was possible to catch solid Rio Grande power on the manifests between Roper and North Yard. I made the trip out to photograph these trains as often as I could. H... (more)
UP's daily manifest freight between Roper Yard in Salt Lake City and Denver's North Yard rolls by the switch to the Craig Branch at Orestod, CO on a bitterly cold but clear day.
The MRONY pulls into the little used siding of Azure on UP's Moffat Subdivision. At the right edge of the photo you can see the train they are to meet the CCSWE a coal empty bound for the North Fo... (more)