All rolling stock was trucked 90 miles via highway from Rifle, Colorado, the nearest point of the national rail network.

This joint company was owned 90% by the Deseret Generation & Transmission Cooperative, which operated the Bonanza Power Plant, and 10% by Western Fuels Association.

Its task was to operate the Deserado Mine and transport the produced coal to the power plant.

[2] The Deseret Power Railroad exists only to transport coal from the co-operative's Deserado Coal Mine located northeast of Rangely, Colorado and south of Dinosaur, Colorado to their 400 MW Bonanza Power Plant located northwest of Bonanza, Utah.

The route climbs from the mine over the Holum Pass, the lowest spot in the Skyline Ridge, before descending and crossing Colorado State Highway 64.

The railroad is electrified using an overhead catenary system energized at 50 kV 60 Hz AC to supply power to its electric locomotives.

The Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (NdeM) had ordered a series of 39 locomotives for 25 kV catenary voltage to be used on the new electrified line from Mexico City to Irapuato.

Only EA031 entered revenue service as DPR-3 after being converted to 50 kV catenary supply using the railroad's spare transformer.

The cars were brought from the manufacturer to Craig, Colorado, where they were picked up by Blue Mountain Energy and trucked to the Deserado Mine Loadout.