The unmistakable profile of an EMD GP30 greets the morning sun near Copperton on D&RGW's Midvale Tramp local.

Entirely too quaint to last much longer, these would soon be swept away.

Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp local departs Proler Steel with nine loads of scrap for processing at Lead Mine in Bingham Canyon.

Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp local departs Lead Mine in Bingham Canyon with nine empties for reloading scrap at Proler Steel near Copperton. D&RGW's remaining trackage leading up to Bingham Canyon i... (more)

Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp local runs around its 10 car train on the Proler Steel passing track near Copperton. Oddly enough, both of these tracks still exist in 2013, although they are now on Ken... (more)

A pair of General Electric 125 ton, 3000 Volt 'Magna Motors' lead a 90 car train of copper ore empties bound for the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine in the Oquirrh Mountains. Built in 1947, the boxy GE... (more)

On New Year's Day '79, a half a dozen new EMD GP39-2s line the tie up tracks at Kennecott's Copperton Yard. These modern high cab diesels replaced the electric GE pit motors in the Bingham Canyon ... (more)

The upper five miles of Rio Grande's Bingham Branch were abandoned more than a decade ago. This section of right of way is now being utilized as a high tension power line corridor. Crews have inst... (more)

The changing of the guard on New Year's Day '79: Kennecott Copper's 125 ton GE electric pit motors share trackage at Copperton Yard with high cab EMD GP39-2s. The diesels were replacing the venera... (more)

A pair of General Electric 125 ton switchers take a breather during shift change at Kennecott Copper Corporation's Bingham Canyon Mine. The duo were built new for KCC in November 1955 and were ret... (more)

A Kennecott Copper ore haulage train rolls south along the huge ore crusher and concentrator complex that made the railroad superfluous. By 2001 the efficiency of the slurry eclipsed any need for ... (more)

A visit to Kennecott Copper Corporation's Dry Fork Shops on New Year's Day 1979 offered us a treasure trove of vintage GE Electrics parked all around. This grouping included KCC 772 (blt. Nov. 19... (more)

Kennecott Copper Corporation was in the process of replacing its electric railroad equipment with diesels in the late 1970s. Alco RS-2 #737 (blt. Nov 1949) is pictured working near Copperton in th... (more)

A visit to Kennecott Copper Corporation's Bingham Canyon Mine is a breathtaking experience. The open pit mine has been in production since 1906, and has resulted in the creation of a pit over 0.75... (more)

General Electric 85 ton electric pit motors rest at Kennecott Copper's Dry Fork Shops in the the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine. The KCC 748 was built in Feb. 1937 while the 753 was built in April of ... (more)