A thunderstorm rolls through the Salt Lake Valley, a well-placed bolt back-lighting the signal bridge at Vine Street on Rio Grande's two-main-track south of Roper Yard.
Though Union Pacific might have had the dominating presence in Salt Lake City--its Beaux Arts depot loomed over the western edge of downtown, complete with massive logotype shield--smaller, fiesti... (more)
Dressed in 'freight car orange' paint, a 50-foot FMC-Gunderson double door box car was on public display in Salt Lake City on May 17, 1986. The Wood Packer was a series of 100 cars purchased new b... (more)
The Denver & Rio Grande Western's very first SD40T-2 'tunnel motor' finds itself in Union Pacific's North Yard in Salt Lake City. The 5341, part of a series of 73 units was constructed by EMD in O... (more)
In November of 1986, Amtrak's California Zephyr, Desert Wind, and Pioneer long distance passenger trains were moved from the Union Pacific depot to the Rio Grande depot in Salt Lake City. A few we... (more)