Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp heads east down the Bingham Branch in West Jordan. Before the housing boom of the 1990s, this region of the Salt Lake Valley was largely undeveloped.

A classic EMD builder's plate graces the sill of D&RGW SW1200 #134. I've never really thought of an EMD yard switcher as an 0-4-4-0.

An MPI MP36PH-3C leads a FrontRunner commute north through Midvale.

Union Pacific's PVSC local awaits its turn to enter Rio Grande's eastward main track while both east and westbound trains breeze by at Lakota Junction. In the fall of 1985, the old diamond interlo... (more)

A Rio Grande SW1200 drifts through UP North Yard in Salt Lake City after dropping off a cut of cars on the 'Short Line Transfer' run from Roper Yard in South Salt Lake.

A pair of four axle Rio Grande EMDs await a call to serve as swing helpers west out of Helper Yard.

BNSF Railway's QPVDVJ trackage rights manifest prepares to depart Provo Yard for Denver.

Southern Pacific's Geneva, Utah to Terror Creek, Colorado coal empty roars east through Mapleton on April 23, 1995.

The Pullman Standard Frontrunner Single Axle Spine Car was a cost saving alternative to the 'circus style' end loaded flat cars of the early 1980s. Efficiency was improved when trailers were loade... (more)

Rio Grande's Tintic Local breezes west through Ironton with 11 Moroni grain empties from the Spanish Fork Sugar Factory rail to truck transload site. A tank car is spotted just outside the Reilly ... (more)

Rio Grande Conductor Neal Thorpe rides the steps of a GP30 while the Midvale Tramp local takes the siding at West Jordan. The train crew will take a little break at the nearby Malt Barn on Redwood... (more)

With a clean SD70ACe on the point, Union Pacific's Roper, Utah to Roseville, California manifest departs downtown Salt Lake City with 125 cars in 2x1 DPU.

Before the SP and UP merged in 1996, Union Pacific's California Bay Area traffic was routed via the WP through Salt Lake City. A hot Oakland to North Platte Z-train approaches a crew change at Nor... (more)

One probably wouldn't expect to see a pair of McCloud River Railroad SD38s dragging a long freight train in Utah. The power short Union Pacific leased two of these EMDs from McCloud between 1988 a... (more)

A new arrival to the Utah Railway leads an eastbound coal empty through Kyune on November 3, 2001. The 6061, an SD50S, was built new in June 1982 as Hamersley Iron Ore 6061 by EMD licensee Clyde E... (more)