Western Railroad Discussion > Utah Iron Ore Trains - Update

As a follow up to the post last week, Utah Iron

Utah Iron had a train sitting near the main gate on February 21, 2026.

Photo by my son Adam Vitz.  He was heading back from a railfan trip to the Caliente Sub.  The train was not there Saturday morning but was in this spot Saturday evening.



 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/24/26 06:59 by cjvrr.

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Thanks for sharing the image on the Utah Iron Ore Trains.  Love the sunset photo.

cjvrr Wrote:
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> As a follow up to the post last week, Utah Iron
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> Utah Iron had a train sitting near the main gate
> on February 21, 2026.

Utah Iron ran their first iron train on 2/19. Departed early morning from Cedar City and made it to Las Vegas by Midday. If it becomes a weekly train I would assume Thursdays might be Iron train day. I will keep an eye out on the Caliente NV railcam for any other iron ore trains. Im glad they are back up and running and that their Dash 9s still have a little life in them. 

So this is natural ore and not pellets. What steel mill can use natural ore??

CP8888 Wrote:
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> So this is natural ore and not pellets. What steel
> mill can use natural ore??

These are export via port of Long Beach.

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,6140719