Utah Railway's Provo-Ogden turn heads north (timetable east) along the former D&RGW mainline at North Yard in Salt Lake City. Captured on Labor Day 2012, the train had 73 cars for Junction City.

Utah Railway's RUT312 local crosses over from Main 3, to Main 1, to Main 2 at CP C784 Salt Lake City. The colorful quartet of geeps will enter the Provo Subdivision at Grant Tower with 29 cars for... (more)

Union Pacific's MNPWC (North Platte, NE - West Colton, CA) manifest crosses over from Main 2 to Main 1 at CP C784, Salt Lake City. The second unit, UP C44-9W #9702 has been repainted without the u... (more)

A pair of contemporary UP 'yard goats' work the YSC25R switch job at south end of North Yard in Salt Lake City. EMD GP38-2 #725 was built the Missouri Pacific 2225 in Aug. 1980 while the EMD GP15-... (more)

A former Rio Grande caboose with a UP employee on the platform backs through CP Salt Lake City, returning to the Fourth South Yard to tie up for the day. The D&RGW 01503 is living up to its 'shovi... (more)

While a grain empty waits its turn to depart on Main Track One, UP's KTSLN4 stack train knocks down the signal at CP C785 on Main Track Two at North Yard in Salt Lake City. This K-Line stack train... (more)

With a nice bank of clouds forming over the Wasatch Front, Utah Railway's RUT311 local rambles east by UP's North Yard in Salt Lake City. Engineer Fred has his eight car train on the path to the S... (more)

While searching through Kodachromes for a suitable candidate to scan, I came across this view of Rio Grande's very first six axle EMD, an SD7 built in May 1953. What surprised me is the kind of tr... (more)

Union Pacific train OVWWO 12 (Ore, Vancouver WA to Wendover UT) passes under Interstate 15 as it approaches North Yard in Salt Lake City, Utah. This train, comprised of all CHTT gondolas of mixed... (more)

A Union Pacific merchandise train heading from Hinkle, Oregon, passes under Interstate 15 on its way to Salt Lake City's Roper Yard on August 13, 2012. The lead engine, ES44AC 5334, is a July 200... (more)

UP's MWCNP (West Colton, CA - North Platte, NE) freight slows to make a 37 car pickup at North Yard in Salt Lake City.

Already moving along at track speed (from its departure from North Yard), UP's WVPMUZ ballast train slams across the control point switches at CP C784, Salt Lake City. The train will load at the M... (more)

An outbound UTA FrontRunner commute meets UP's MRVRO (Roseville, CA - Roper, UT) freight at 6th North in Salt Lake City. For reasons unknown, the UP ran this MRVRO via the SP through Ogden rather ... (more)

After waiting on MT3 for the passage of the KLBG2-15, UP's KG1LA blasts off for the LM Bryan Intermodal Terminal west of downtown Salt Lake City.

Appearing at first to be a traditional local with a caboose, UP's YRO52R switch job heads west through CP C784 Salt Lake City to tie up for the day in the former Rio Grande Fourth South Yard.