The 1980s were a great time to observe Rio Grande mainline action on Soldier Summit. Train #136 climbs east on the westward main track at Castilla in Spanish Fork Canyon. Soon the heavy train will... (more)

A tripple play of EMD 'tunnel motors' lead Rio Grande train #136 east along the big fill above Soldier Creek at Gilluly, Utah. One can only hope that the ailing SP 8300 can contribute to the effor... (more)

Rio Grande's workaday freight #151 grinds its way west up the 2.4% grade approaching the Kyune Tunnels. The 151 shuttled cars between East Yard in Grand Junction and Roper Yard in South Salt Lake.... (more)

Rio Grande train #179 heads west through a duck pond just east of Mesa siding.

Rio Grande train #146, a lumber drag interchanged with the SP at Ogden, roars east through Utah County at Geneva. The 5370 would be wrecked at Pando, Colorado on November 22, 1994 and retired on F... (more)

Rio Grande SW1200 #138 takes a turn around the Welby wye on the Bingham Branch in West Jordan.

The Rio Grande delivers a military train to the Union Pacific at Provo Yard on May 24, 1987. It would arrive at Yermo, California on Memorial Day.

Built nearly 38 years ago by EMD, a beefy MP15AC makes an appearance at UP North Yard in Salt Lake City. The UPY 1453 was built the Southern Pacific 2725 in Sept. 1975. Check out the rare (for UP)... (more)

With snowy Mt. Olympus of the Wasatch Range in the background, Union Pacific's MNPWC meets Utah Railway's RUT312 local at North Yard in Salt Lake City.

With pool power from the Union Pacific, Rio Grande coal train #734 departs Provo for Skyline mine. The winter snowpack on 10,685 ft. Mount Loafer is melting quickly.

A clean Rio Grande tunnel motor leads train #151 just west of Provo on May 13, 1987.

A pair of EMD tunnel motors lead Rio Grande train #151, a general freight run as needed between Grand Junction's East Yard and South Salt Lake's Roper Yard. The 5380 and 5384 are passing an iron t... (more)

Rio Grande's eastbound Railblazer train #102 meets a fine stand of triple searchlight signals at the west end of 26 miles of single main track between Pipe Mill (near Geneva Steel) and Midvale. Wh... (more)

With three SD40T-2s and two SD50s for power, Rio Grande coal train #775 rolls west approaching the single track mainline at Pipe Mill. In the distance, some 20 miles away by rail, an overnight sto... (more)

With a relief crew from Ogden on board, Union Pacific's Oakland, CA to Marion, AR stacker departs Echo for Green River.