Tom - I've been through Caliente a few times (usually on our way to Zion NP from the SF Bay Area) but you may know the area better than I. Peering at Google maps - especially the satellite view - it looks to me like the (paved) state route near Modena UT parallels the UP tracks for a few miles and then they diverge westbound until you get to Caliente. As you point out (and I overlooked it on my first pass) west of Caliente, the paved road (state highway) and the tracks zig-zag through Meadow Valley Wash for what looks to be ten or so miles. Beyond that, there really don't seem to be many good access points most of rest of the way to Las Vegas. Since we are flying in to Las Vegas, renting a car and staying in Cedar City, I thought we'd run up to Milford late Friday afternoon to see 4014 there (it overnights there Friday night) and then catch it in/near Modena on Saturday morning and then on to Caliente where it stops and overnights on Saturday night. I hope it stops near the old iconic depot - that would be a good shot. I hadn't planned on doing any more train chasing Sunday - thinking that the aspen in and around Zion and Cedar Breaks should be pretty spectacular. But, getting some shots of 4014 running through Meadow Valley on Sunday might be pretty cool.
Speaking of cool, do you happen to know any of the history/backstory on the depot at Kelso?
