On a cool February 8, 2006, Heber Valley Railroad’s Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 pulls a freight toward Heber at Charleston, Utah.

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A Union Pacific coal train rounds the big fill on Thompson Hill, Utah, after sunset on March 4, 2012. The train is led by UP No. 5555, and the weird shape sticking out of the rear of the locomotive consist is the huge radiator of a SD90MAC.

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Amtrak’s California Zephyr approaches Floy, Utah on March 5, 2012. As can be seen next to the original signals and still turned away, UP is installing a new signal system across the desert on this former Rio Grande main. The pole line will come down soon too.

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A Utah Railway coal train loads at Wildcat loadout on February 11, 2004.

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A closed grade crossing at Potash, Utah, is still guarded by this sign that has seen better days.

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