Rio Grande's 'Short Line Transfer' from Roper Yard moves a lengthy cut of cars through Grant Tower, bound for UP North Yard in Salt Lake City. Most of the elements that make up this 1987 photograp... (more)

Union Pacific's hot ZDVSC ducks under Redwood Road while ascending a short 0.49% climb to CP Orange Street just west of downtown Salt Lake City. The five story Utah State Capitol building which op... (more)

A triplicity of Rio Grande cabooses (DRGW 01468, DRGW 01503, DRGW 01447) follow train #142 east through Lakota Junction on August 29, 1987.

Rio Grande train #146 curves downgrade along the Price River approaching Lynn.

A paring of SD70ACe EMDs lead Union Pacific's KG1LA west through Salt Lake City. At left, the ACYRO waits its turn to head west through Grant Tower to the Provo Subdivision.

A tranquil summer evening in '87 finds Rio Grande's Railblazer train #102 heading east through the Jordan Narrows, 20 miles south of downtown Salt Lake City.

Photographed just after a meet with the eastbound Railblazer, ten EMD motors drag Rio Grande train #125 out of the Riverton passing track on August 15, 1987.

Union Pacific's Chevron Local glides west through Salt Lake City with 18 tank cars from the North Salt Lake and Woods Cross oil refineries. The UPY 1448 was built the SP 2719 by EMD in September 1... (more)

Rio Grande train #187 climbs through Price Canyon at Castle Gate on July 24, 1987.

Already 10 years of age and looking great (blt. Jan. 1977), Rio Grande SD40T-2 #5380 awaits its next assignment at Roper Yard in South Salt Lake.

Brilliant sun and shadow greet Rio Grande train #187, descending the 2% through Gilluly on July 24, 1987. The train has already dropped 1010 feet in elevation since toping Soldier Summit some ten ... (more)

Rio Grande's Elberta Turn returns to Provo Yard with 15 grain empties in Utah's sparsely populated Goshen Valley.

A quintuple of matched General Electric C40-8s lead Union Pacific's LAAPZ east through Tintic Valley, some 85 miles west of Salt Lake City.

A Southern Pacific SD45T-2R rolls slowly through Ogden with Rio Grande train #287. The 6774 was rebuilt in Sacramento, California as part of the M-99 program.

Looking more like a small house than a yard office, Rio Grande's conservative structure at 21st Street in Ogden was named for its function rather than geography or the location. The structure stoo... (more)