A Union Pacific Operation Lifesaver Special glides east down Erda Hill with the snowcapped Oquirrh Mountains of Tooele Valley in the background.

A Utah Transit Authority FrontRunner commute departs Draper during a junior lacrosse event on a perfect April 11, 2013 evening.

A Utah Transit Authority FrontRunner commute crosses the Jordan River (for the second time) on its way north from Provo to Ogden.

Utah Railway's Provo-Ogden turn glides west through the Jordan Narrows with 21 cars.

A Union Pacific coal empty rolls east through the Jordan Narrows, bound for the West Elk mine in southwestern Colorado.

Relegated to secondary assignments, UP SD40 3016 leads UP's Provo Switcher through a rural area north of Provo on July 26, 1986. The 3016 was built new for the UP by EMD in March 1966 and would be... (more)

With a new EMD GP60 on the point, Southern Pacific's CHSZT stack train glides west through Mud Cut in Mapleton.

Rio Grande's Tintic Local works the Spanish Fork Sugar Factory spur with loads of Moroni Turkey Feed on May 31, 1987.

Running about eight hours behind schedule, Amtrak's California Zephyr glides east through Spring Glen, Utah. The onboard passengers would have the misfortune of traversing the Colorado Moffat Rout... (more)

A UP bulk ethanol train departs North Yard in Salt Lake City for East Oakland, California. UP 6337 (working as a rear DPU) is a GE AC4400CW, built the Southern Pacific 292 in July 1995.

With a well matched pair of EMD SD70Ms, Union Pacific's Ogden to Roper mixed freight departs North Yard with 122 cars for Roper on April 9, 2013.

Union Pacific's YSC25R switch engine makes a long backup move through CP Salt Lake City on the evening of April 9, 2013. The UP 847 was built the MKT 316 by EMD in Aug. 1974. The trailing UP 1668 ... (more)

A BNSF Railway trackage rights train roars east on the UP with 76 cars, meeting a UTA FrontRunner commute at Vine Street crossing in Murray. The 9778 is an SD70MAC, built new for the BNSF in March... (more)

One of the Rio Grande's newest GP40-2s was pressed into work train service, hauling rip rap in air dump cars on Feb. 14, 1988. The shoring up of the rising Spanish Fork River made the effort neces... (more)

A colorful power consist leads Rio Grande train 126 through intermediate searchlight signals between Midvale and Riverton on March 18, 1988.