MOST STRIKING RAILROAD IN AMERICA?! (4K) | Moab Utah Cane Creek Branch Potash Local | Oct. 6, 2023 

The scenery is INCREDIBLE. The rocks and cliffs, just wow. At one point it looked the train passed right by a hidden lush green valley.

Breath taking natural beauty. Definitely one of your best!

Wow, someone did a heck of vertical cuts to get that track thru the canyon.

Nature's beauty is simply mind-blowing here. The huge red rocks are stunning and the train looks like a toy compared to the massive rock walls. I'm sure it was a tough job building the track on this rough terrain. The potash factory is pretty cool especially with the gorgeous surroundings. The cut north of Moab is incredible, basically the train is running in a deep trench there. It's good to see you weren't the only railfan who chased this local. Fantastic aerial footage again Dan. The trip to Utah was productive and very successful.

Blue sky, red land, green foliage, yellow locomotives-- absolutely gorgeous

drop dead gorgeous scenery, and I enjoy and appreciate your narration it adds a lot to your skillfully use of the drone

Crazy amazing back-drop - the train drivers are the luckiest people in the world, what a view from the 'office'.

Excellent video as usual.

Hello from Barcelona, Spain We have potash mines here too. It is transported from the mine to the port of Barcelona in narrow gauge, for about 40 or 50 miles. Good video, as usual. Beautiful !!

A couple years ago (sadly before I had my new Canon camera), I drove my son-in-law out to Moab so he could take part in an endurance run. Quite fortunately, right upon our arrival, we caught the local just after it had exited the tunnel and started the climb to the upper plateau. I cannot begin to stress just how absolutely fantastic the scenery is along the route. It is unfortunate that the Rocky Mountaineer does not descend into the most scenic areas. I would also like to point out to those reading this, and contemplating a trip there, that you will need to plan ahead when dealing with the tunnel section. The highway takes a LONG route around it, so you should arrive the day before and find a camp area. There are hotels but Moab is now out of control busy with rock climbers and tourists. If coming from the east and a day ahead, I also strongly suggest taking the less used route 128 when you first encounter it on I-70. The scenery is FABULOUS and it brings you directly to Moab. From there you can go compass west to the Potash plant or north toward the junction with the mainline. Use your Google Maps for sure.

Hello from Munich, Germany. Absolutely fantastic - a landscape unbelievable and with trains even more a highlight. I've been to Tehachapi Loop, to the Morants Curve and followed the Route 66 to watch trains and Cane Creek is another gem!!!

Wonderful western scenery! Although, from growing up in the 60;s I was waiting to see a coyote fly by on an Acme rocket sled. Thanks for sharing this, I had never heard of this operation before.

All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!

Theirs nothing better for a train crewman than beautiful scenery. I got my taste in the deserts of SoCal on the UP, but this would be amazing.

super great video ❤❤😍😍

Another great video production. You were blessed with a perfect weather day. Sometimes it’s so windy through there you wouldn’t have been able to fly the drone. Southern Utah is America’s best example of the layers of sediment and rock that remained after the Great Flood. Your video of the book cliffs shows this as well.

Thank you Dan!

If I built scenery like that on my model layout people would tell me it wasn't realistic! What an incredible setting. Great video!

Awesome how beautiful America truly is especially when seen from a cross country travelers perspective. I got to see much between the Mississippi River and both coast lines as well as traveling up the various rivers in the middle of the country. And the military put me overseas to serve my country so I have ridden the rails abroad too

I spent a week in this area taking photographs of Canyonlands and Arches, as well as the side ventures. It's an amazingly beautiful spot!

Thank you very much for uploading this video Dan. I agree it is an amazing and beautiful part of Utah. Excellent video as always. Only one train a week ! In Germany they would have closed this line long ago.

Stunning drone footage of some beautiful red rock. This is amazing and the train really gives perspective to how vast this area really is!

Probably the most spectacular piece of railfan footage I have ever seen. FANTASTIC! Great job, Dan. Thanks. (Loved the Music).

MAGNIFICENT! That is how the scenery looked on my 32-inch computer monitor. I was mesmerized by the rock formations and the colors that I was seeing. I wonder what this video would look like on a large screen TV. The potash train looked beautiful passing through all this scenery. I really enjoyed the closing segment of the potash train running through that rock cut. Thank you for this video, Dan, it was well worth waiting to see the potash train in this one-of-a-kind location!

Beautiful content, the views are fantastic. The trains are great and the photography is excellent but the music thank you

Dan. Each and every shot was stunner. As usual thanks for sharing.

fantastic footage!

This is so stunning!!! The scenery is so breathtaking! Again, I’m so thankful for your videos. Seeing these beautiful areas I wouldn’t have seen otherwise. The train making its way against a stunning backdrop! You’ve done it again! Love it!

I'm watching this from Western Australia, The scenery is stunning and the background music is awesome

THIS IS A 7~STARR PRODUCTION !!!

Great footage here, just excellent!

This is so beautiful. I saved it to watch it again. And again. The way they cut the the slots for the is really amazing. the Rocky Mountaineer looks super cool. It's fantastic that your videos are watched around the world. I'm so glad to have found your channel, the aerial footage is breath taking. Thanks for all your hard work.

Awesome video. Some of the most scenic I’ve seen. Thank you for sharing!

Love the UNION PACIFIC!!!

My favorite view & train journey 👌 Thanks for sharing Sir 💖 Love From Pakistan 🇵🇰❤️🇺🇸

I believe this is the first flyover video of this remarkable branch I've seen. The others were in fixed positions. This region of Utah is simply breathtaking, and as usual your captures of the area are marvelous. Well done, Dan. Another amazing video you've put together.

Spectacular...thank you.

Just one word, Dan: AWESOME!

This is the most beautiful Railroad video I have EVER seen. Ten thousand thumbs up Dan. I am pushing the subscribe button now. Thanks for your hard work!

Superb, Dan. The colours in the landscape are very similar to those in the iron-ore region (Pilbara) of Western Australia but the land formations are totally different to anything here. Stunning scenery.

HOLY COW! In this one instance I'm almost going to say, forget the train... Thank you for sharing some beautiful views and perspective that I'll probably never get to see otherwise!

Epic. I love that area. Wish there was a regular priced passenger train from denver to moab.

Nice .... Utah is beautiful.

Superb camera work, flying, and post production. Well done !

Nice, nice!! Great scenery, excellent videography! Thanks for sharing, Mr Dan. [Greetings from Tucson]

Fantastic, Fantastic Video 😊

Love it

What Stunning Views 😍 😊

Bravo !!!

The topography terrain and colors are magnificent the coverage is outstanding thank you so much for making these awesome videos! I think this is my favorite one so far of your videos. The 🌙 @ 20:20!

Impressive sights....the drone allows us an eagle's view.

What an awesome piece of the UP. I would love to try and model this on my N Scale layout, but folk just wouldn’t believe the colours are for real. Thanks again for this amazing video Dan.

Like 31👍beatiuful landcascape, very nice video, greetings from Asturias 🙋‍♂️👍🚂

Great scenery out west

I have been to Moab a number of times and have always wanted to see where the RR goes. But time is always so short when I am out there on vacation. Everytime I am out there I do go to the south end of town to see if the Illinois Central semi trailer is still there on the right as you level town. The IC is my home town RR. Thanks for posting this.

Left me speechless!

Dan, you are correct, wow. You have out done yourself with your best yet. Simply beautiful. Very different scenery than here in Wisconsin. Thank you for what you do.

Great video Dan. One of our club members and his wife rode the Rocky Mountain Mountaineer on that trip. What beautiful scenery and you had a perfect day to shoot that footage. Just breathtaking taking. I am going to watch this on my daughter’s 85 inch Sony big screen in April. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work. Dave

It's definitely Utah and you photographed (droned) it well.

WOW love it great thanks keep them coming.

thanks for sharing

Beautiful work, you have done this stretch of road justice! Next project, lets see something on Ruby Canyon....please!

Solid presentation. Thank you.

Very drone worthy territory, Dan. Great job as usual !

Gorgeous video - well done

Another stunning video of location that I am very familiar with. I couldn’t believe it when I saw Corona Arch! You really outdid yourself with this one, Dan.

Wow amazing!

Beautiful video. I've been there a couple of times

Stunning video. I love that area, such incredible beauty!

Beautiful video.

I WORKED UPRR TRACKS 23 STATES. THANKS DAN

Man! I want THAT job!!!

Cool footage. If I'm not mistaken, all Colorado River downstreamers should be thankful for this spur line. Without it the UMTRA nuclear yellowcake remediation in Moab (across from Arches National Park Entrance) would have been a trucking logisitical nightmare. The railroad has moved an amazing amount of the contaminated soils from the factory site to a special holding bunker somewhere out west. If the CO river would have had a cataclysmic flood the entire CO drainage basin could have been polluted into eternity.

Again, thanks for the wonderful Travelogue. Beautiful country, and I thought NZ was beautiful😄. So there you go.

Spectacular, as always Dan, and I am this close to agreeing with you on this being the most striking Railroad in America... While the scenery is unbelievable and where the tracks go is amazing, where I feel it lacks is in the word Railroad; it's not really much of a railroad, with just a couple of old SD70Ms and a handful of old hoppers once-a-week. Still, this is spectacular and exceptionally well filmed, but for rail-fanning personally, I find the Columbia Gorge hard to beat; spectacular in its own right and you'll miss a train if you get a coffee!

Great presentation video and audio. Well done!

Absolutely THE BEST RAILFAN VIDEO EVER. I WISH MORE GUYS LEA R NED FTOM YOU. WELL DONE

Don't live there but know this area very well. I try to get out that way from Dallas every year around late September - early October.

Fabulous video!! ❤️❤️❤️

👍💯Lot of railroading in the red rocks there. Those EMD's must make some thunderous sound off of those walls. Thanks Dan...happy flying and Happy Trails!🇺🇸

Great scenery with a nice train view. Very good drone video-photography and flying! A inspiration for all us drone operators! Well done!

nice work, Dan! Spectacular scenery!

Gracias

I thought for certain that our trip was going to take us on to the east and follow the train through Ruby Canyon between Westwater, Utah, and Mack, Colorado. That's a gorgeous canyon, with the tracks often hugging the canyon wall on one side and the riverbank on the other. The view from Knowles Canyon Overlook is particularly special: you can look straight down on the train from 400 feet above! That canyon is a very popular float trip, too (so popular that now you need a permit). For what it's worth, I live in Grand Junction.

Beautiful cinematography. Nice music. American West is beautiful. Greetings from Nairobi Kenya!

This video was amazing Dan! I am now even closer to a trip to the USA at the end of May this year. Then I will go to Cumbres & Toltec and Durango & Silverton. Hope the planning works out to be here on a Friday. 🤩 Regards from Sweden 🇸🇪

Really enjoyed watching this video. We live in Grand Junction. We have gone by this rail route many times on our way to do 4 wheel drive trails. Always wondered what sights were on that train route.

I better make every effort possible to get out there with my boys. Amazing footage.

Epic video stunning landscape excellent videography and tasteful editing excellent choice of music. You also do a great job of narrating.

It’s hard to watch the trains when the scenery is absolutely spectacular! (new subscriber, Virginia)

I grew up in Moab and never once did I see a train come thru Moab only at the end of Potash road was an unsecured train yard but I did like jughandle arch being seen from the road!

That's the best one in this state. But there are a few in the state that are great scenery. Heber valley railroad through Provo canyon has some great views but only with the steam loco. They are under restoration.

Another excellent video RD! The only disappointing thing about this region is when it's time to leave.

Grazie.

imagine trying to build that line in HO......Amazing EDIT its cool that its an ex D&RGW line would have been awesome to see some SD40T-2's in Rio Grande livery!!

Dan, another great video. Such gorgeous scenery. Excellent camera work! Question: Where do you get your music from?

Wow view @ 0:16 looks like a moon base.

These Utah videos have raised the bar Dan! You will really need to work hard top top this series. You really should get up to NE Utah and shoot the Electric Coal Railroad Deseret Western. Have you given up on the larger DJI drones now?

Once again we nearly caught each other. I was here a couple weeks before you. Sadly, this is another line that I have never caught the train. But I always take the detour to photograph all the great fallen flag rust buckets.

imagine seeing that train at the parking lot when those people got there. maybe a pleasant surprise. would be for me at least.