Happy St. Patrick's Day from the Burlington Northern Railroad! EMD F45s No. 6613, 6607, 6608, 6606 await work on the Utah Railway at Provo Yard on April 4, 1985.

A 2400 horsepower EMD SD24 has been serviced and awaits an assignment at Provo Yard on March 5, 1977. The UP rostered 34 'A' units with cabs and 45 'B' cabless booster units, built between 1958 an... (more)

A Union Pacific officer's special from Las Vegas stops briefly at Provo Yard on April 6, 1977. By sundown, the special will tie up at the UP depot in Salt Lake City.

An EMD TR5 'cow and calf' pulls Union Pacific's very first SD40 through Provo Yard on April 3, 1977. Note the damaged offset side hopper car parked in the nearby Utah Railway yard.

Here's photographic evidence that there was steam on the Denver & Rio Grande Western mainline in 1977. A Bucyrus Derrick was called out of Roper Yard to clean up an eight car derailment at Provo o... (more)

The all business look of an EMD SD45 leads a Utah Railway coal load into UP's interchange yard at Provo. The 9146 was built by EMD for the Southern Pacific in March 1970. The Utah Railway acquired... (more)

A new arrival from Helm Financial is prepped to serve on the Utah Railway on June 13, 1985. Southern Pacific 9149 was built by EMD for the SP in March 1970. It served on the Utah Railway hauling c... (more)

Santa Claus delivered exactly what I asked for on Christmas Eve, 1976.

A group of wreck damaged Union Pacific hopper cars await an uncertain future at Utah Railway's Provo Yard on June 15, 1979.

A pair of new EMD SD40-2s await an assignment at Provo Yard on March 21, 1980. Simple workhorse units, many of which are still serving on the UP.

Spotted on the Jack Track in the Provo Car Shop, Utah Railway RSD-4 No. 307 gets a traction motor changeout on Nov. 23, 1978.

Excitement was in the air at Provo Yard the evening of April 3, 1985 when a quartet of Burlington Northern F45s arrived via the UP from Portland. The BN 6613, 6607, 6608, and 6606 were leased from... (more)

Utah Railway RSD-15 No. 400 idles away the afternoon at Provo Yard on Dec. 18, 1976. It was built the Santa Fe 9822 by Alco in July 1959.

Happiness is finding a string of bright blue Rock Island hopper cars in your hometown! ROCK 700193 and company are at Provo Yard, ready to be loaded with Utah bituminous coal on June 25, 1978.

The Rio Grande had complained for some time that Utah Railway's Alco powered coal trains were too slow on its mainline across Soldier Summit. To remedy the problem, the UTAH established a pool pow... (more)