Rio Grande's hot 101 train glides west through Provo Yard on Feb. 14, 1988. Snowy 11,068 ft. Provo Peak (center, right) looms 6,500 ft. above the valley floor.

Union Pacific's LUL57 local makes a switch move in Provo Yard.

When the Rio Grande depot at Provo was demolished late in 1986, a tiny wooden shack was placed in the parking lot, serving as the new waiting room for Amtrak patrons. I doubt these folks were all ... (more)

Back to back UP SW10s take a break from switching at Provo Yard.

Union Pacific's Lynndyl turn departs Provo Yard for a trip down the Sharp Sub on May 3, 2013. Stops will be made at both Spanish Fork and Martmar, dropping off the loads and picking up empties at ... (more)

Built in Dec. 1947 and appearing to be in good condition, Geneva Steel Baldwin DS-4-4-10 No. 26 takes a ride on Union Pacific's Provo Switcher commencing its journey to Morrison Knudsen in Boise, ... (more)

Rio Grande train 664 glides east through the Provo River truss bridge with cars from the Geneva Steel mill. The concrete bridge abutment for the long abandoned Salt Lake & Utah interurban is to th... (more)

Rio Grande GP30s 3013, 3004, and 3016 spot four covered hoppers along the Provo Team Track on Dec. 26, 1987. The only elements in this photo that remain today are the D&RGW yard office (at right),... (more)

A well worn GE C30-7 leads an export coal train west out of Provo Yard on March 7, 1993. The UP 2482 is from a roster of 140 units the Union Pacific acquired between July 1977 and Oct. 1980. The 2... (more)

Four EMD tunnel motors power Rio Grande train 142 across the Provo Mill Race canal on a chilly Jan. 10, 1988 morning.

A matched quartet of Rio Grande GP30s (3018, 3013, 3016, 3003) lead train 663 west through Provo Junction on March 22, 1988.

The USDOT/Federal Railroad Administration's Budd SPV-2000 test car T-10 evaluates Rio Grande's westward main track near Provo the afternoon of March 16, 1988. D&RGW GP40-2 3096 was along for the t... (more)

Rio Grande's Provo switcher retrieves an empty bulkhead flat from the Anderson Lumber spur along 6th South at 2nd West in Provo. When was the last time you witnessed a Dodge Aspen or a Plymouth Vo... (more)

Long before Rio Grande SD40T-2 #5390 became famous working Union Pacific's 'dirt train' local out of Helper, it was just one of 73 tunnel motors working on the D&RGW. Here it leads Chicago - Oakla... (more)

The always resourceful Rio Grande converted a group of sand hoppers to haul ballast in the late 1970s. Built in Feb. 1951, this remodeled car (with the original roof removed) awaits its next assig... (more)