On this day in 1957 the threat of the demise of the narrow gauge seemed remote, so I was not surprised that I had K-37 No. 493 and its helper all to myself as they labored toward the summi... (more)

A former D&RGW unit brings up the rear of a W&LE eastbound as it crosses the Parkway West near the Ft. Pitt Tunnels. It looks like the Grisswald family was out for a Saturday drive!

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.

Rio Grande train 126 pauses briefly while a two unit rear helper is added at Sutro on March 20, 1988. The Grande's mothballed fleet of SD45s had been reactivated to serve and clean D&RGW 5315 is s... (more)

The USDOT/Federal Railroad Administration's Budd SPV-2000 test car T-10 evaluates Rio Grande's westward main track near Provo the afternoon of March 16, 1988. D&RGW GP40-2 3096 was along for the t... (more)

A sunny New Year's Day 1988 finds Rio Grande's Helper Yard awash in Grande Gold and Black EMDs. SD40T-2 No. 5406 awaits its next assignment spotted on the service track near the engine shop. EMD b... (more)

Rio Grande's Provo switcher retrieves an empty bulkhead flat from the Anderson Lumber spur along 6th South at 2nd West in Provo. When was the last time you witnessed a Dodge Aspen or a Plymouth Vo... (more)

On New Year's Eve 1987, a pair of EMD GP30s lead Rio Grande's 664 local along the Tintic Branch with empties for dolomite loading at Keigley.

Long before Rio Grande SD40T-2 #5390 became famous working Union Pacific's 'dirt train' local out of Helper, it was just one of 73 tunnel motors working on the D&RGW. Here it leads Chicago - Oakla... (more)

Rio Grande lumber drag train 126 ascends the Mapleton Bench on the eastward main track approaching Sutro Cut on Feb. 21, 1988. All of this pasture land is now occupied by homes in the expanding ci... (more)

On New Year's Day 1988, Rio Grande train 142 tops 7440 ft. Soldier Summit. Dispatcher 5 has lined a westbound train down the eastward main track at Positive ABS 6519E.

A sunny springtime morning in Spanish Fork Canyon finds Rio Grande train 136 climbing east through Rio on March 26, 1988.

The Rio Grande transported solid fuel rocket motors for Hercules at Baccus, Utah to military installations via refrigerated containers on 53 ft. flat cars. Car 80003B, part of an A-B articulated s... (more)

A tiny Rio Grande line side phone booth bakes in the hot summer sun near the Gomex spur switch in Spanish Fork. The D&RGW placed these along passing track switches and hand throw crossovers on the... (more)