Chasing the setting sun, the Rio Grande Zephyr train #17 is minutes away from its regular station stop at Provo.

A still life photo of Rio Grande's sturdy brick and roof tiled passenger station on 3rd West and 6th South in Provo, Utah. The structure opened for business on January 2, 1911 as a 'Union Station'... (more)

A gloomy January morning in 1987 finds Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr making its regular station stop at Provo while the D&RGW passenger station is being dismantled. The 75 year old structur... (more)

A gloomy January morning in 1987 finds Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr slowing to make its regular station stop at Provo while the D&RGW passenger station is being dismantled. The 75 year old... (more)

Here's a peek into Union Pacific's Provo, Utah car shop. At left, TR5 #1875B - 1875A undergoes minor repair work while at right SW9 #1846 receives routine maintenance on 'the jack track'. This ste... (more)

On a hot July afternoon in '77, Union Pacific's Provo Switcher cruises south down the Big 4 Distributing spur, dodging numerous late model cars in a local wrecking yard. Check out the four man swi... (more)

Minutes before sunset, a coal load from the Valley Camp mine (on Rio Grande's Pleasant Valley Branch) heads west through Ironton, Utah.

Here's one of my favorite Kodachrome slides taken when I chased trains via my Azuki 10-speed bike I named 'White Lightning'. Union Pacific's Provo Switcher departs Provo yard for Geneva Works with... (more)

Looking good in spite of her age, BNSF 'warbonnet' C44-9W prepares to take a turn on BNSF's Provo-Denver trackage rights manifest. The 764 was built new in 1997 when the BNSF had yet to establish ... (more)

A Union Pacific GP38-2 awaits a call to duty at the joint UP-Utah Railway servicing facility at Provo. The UP 804 was built new by EMD as the Missouri Pacific 2304 in February 1981.

The Union Pacific Railroad of the 1970s was very different from today's carrier, in particular with regard to motive power. UP's daily Provo to Salt Lake City local departs Provo Yard with a nice ... (more)

With a clean warbonnet GE in the lead, a BNSF Railway Denver, CO to Provo, UT manifest has reached its destination in the joint Utah Railway-BNSF interchange yard.

While waiting for a passenger special to arrive from Las Vegas, we caught this fine quad of EMD SD45's on the Kaiser Unit West, waiting to depart Provo for Southern California. The unmistakable pr... (more)

On March 4, 1977, the D&RGW derailed half a dozen coal loads at the University Avenue overpass in Provo, Utah. Steam powered derrick 029 was recruited from Roper Yard in Salt Lake City to help cle... (more)

One of the things that made the Union Pacific interesting in the 1960s and 70s was the diversity of locomotive types. At one time, UP management encouraged experimentation in new locomotive techno... (more)