A Southern Pacific mixed freight departs Provo Junction for Roper Yard on May 20, 1991. The SP 8016, a GE B39-8, was built new for the Southern Pacific in August 1987.

A sparkling clean SP AC4400CW leads an 87 car DVROM west through American Fork on July 11, 1996.

A 116 car DVROM snakes through Kyune along the Price River on a sunny Nov. 9, 1996 afternoon.

And they're off!

SP 273 and SP 160 lead a 51 car Denver to Salt Lake City manifest through 'the wiggle' just west of Kyune on July 24, 1995. A mid-train helper was cut into the DVROM at Helper Yard.

Some of the last new DC traction locomotives acquired from GE and EMD by the Southern Pacific meet at American Fork, Utah on Jan. 2, 1995.

An 84 car Denver to Roper manifest glides west through Spanish Fork Canyon on an overcast January 2, 1995 afternoon.

Southern Pacific's Denver to Roper Manifest waits out a meet in the siding at Riverton on Aug. 26, 1994. The extended 123" nose SD40T-2 was built by EMD for the SP in May 1979 and retired from ser... (more)

While thunderstorms pound the nearby Wasatch Mountains, a Southern Pacific Denver to Roper manifest departs American Fork siding on Aug. 14, 1994.

The locals appear unimpressed as SP's Denver to Roper mixed freight rambles west through American Fork on Jan. 30, 1994. The snowbound slopes of 11,752 ft. Mt. Timpanogos are playing hide and seek... (more)

An SD45T-2R and SD45 combo lead SP's DVROM through Spanish Fork Canyon on Feb. 13, 1993.

SP's DVROM arrives at Roper Yard in South Salt Lake.

A pair of new GE AC4400CWs lead Southern Pacific's DVROM (Denver - Salt Lake City) manifest through Price Canyon just west of Lynn. A pair of Rio Grande SD40T-2s are visible shoving on the rear of... (more)

A new generation of power leads Southern Pacific's Denver to Salt Lake City manifest at Riverton, Utah. SP 225 is a GE AC4400CW, blt. June 1995 while the SP 502 is an MK5000C, blt. August 1994. Th... (more)