Looking at you...

Old train signal with a caboose and train station in the background in Parkersburg, Iowa.

Help! One of my arms is missing!!

Help! One of my arms is missing!!
Originally uploaded by Dornoff Photography

Over the years I have passed this old rail line many times. The line was once the Union Pacific main line from Salt Lake City to Provo. However, the section from Draper to Lehi has not seen trains in 15 or so years but the tracks and some crossing signals still exist.

This crossing signal at 12715 south still stands guard waiting for a train that will never come (although the line will become a light rail line someday).

The sun was really bright yesterday but I still like the way this picture turned out.

Missing Parts...

Missing Parts...
Originally uploaded by Dornoff Photography

Yesterday my wife along with several members of her family took a trip on the Heber Valley Railroad which travels from the city of Heber which is just southeast of Park City on US Highway 40 down to Provo Canyon.

While waiting for the train to leave I took the opportunity to walk around and take some pictures. I came across this locomotive that had been stripped of parts sitting along side a former road crossing signal that has also been stripped of parts.

I thought the two pieces of equipment complimented eachother well in the photograph along with the older passenger car in the background.