The Union Pacific's department of engineering, set out a pair of these mobile derailers to protect the Jackson Model 670 in the Logan yard. It was used to help repair recent flood damage to the ro... (more)
Off to repair the track damage due to flooding in Nibley, which trapped the Cache Valley Local, UP 2527 and UP 2529 in the Logan yard for the weekend. This is, or was one of the few times that th... (more)
Headed up by LORAM Rail Grinder (RG 310), the tank cars shown here spray and douse all of the sparks, (they hope) from the rail resurface grinding. This is on the south side of the UP main line f... (more)
On going repairs through the Bear River Canyon have assembled the largest group of Maintenance of Way equipment here in some time. It is good to see them do something about the very slow track spe... (more)
On going repairs through the Bear River Canyon have assembled the largest group of equipment here in some time. This Kershaw Tie Crane and tie pup were part of the group that came in to work on th... (more)
This Ballast Regulator was in the Cache Junction, Cache Valley Branch yard recently. On going repairs through the Bear River Canyon area have assembled the largest and most diverse group of equipm... (more)
On going repairs through the Bear River Canyon have assembled the largest group of equipment here in some time. This Jackson Model 6700 Tie Tamper with laser assisted rail leveling is a very inter... (more)
This Kershaw brush cutter sits in the MOW side yard at Wheelon. It might be a few months before she is needed yet. Improvements in the track and grade base are currently underway up Bear River Can... (more)
This Kershaw ballast regulator sits in the yard at Evanston waiting for its next assignment. A lot of the double main line in Echo and Weber canyons has been updated with the new cement ties of la... (more)
Headed up by LORAM Rail Grinder, RG 310, this center section of a rail resurface grinding train is on the south side of the double, Omaha to Ogden main line, heading east. Following will be the ta... (more)
This east bound LORAM Rail Grinder, RG 310, unit was out performing a rail resurface operation on the south side of the double Overland Mainline, somewhere on the open plains of Nebraska. Quite a ... (more)
MOW equipment spotted moving about after a series of huge historic blizzards that had struck the area.
Amtrak 521 leads a stone train 2 to 1 through OVERBROOK
A CSX MOW ballast train makes a stop at milepost 141 to pick up additional crew to help drop new ballast on track 1.