After making a pickup at Provo Yard, a Rio Grande freight performs an air test at the D&RGW depot prior to its departure west to Roper Yard.

A Union Pacific DD35 enters the CTC limits on a westbound freight through Grant Tower in Salt Lake City.

A Rio Grande freight with three GP30s and two GP35s for power departs Provo for Salt Lake City. This Kodachrome transparency is one of my very first, shot in Oct. 1973 with a new Russian made Cosm... (more)

Nov. 26, 1978 delivered ideal weather conditions for riding in a nice warm caboose protected from the elements. After making a pickup at Provo Yard, D&RGW 01440 departs town for Roper Yard in Sout... (more)

A Rio Grande manifest glides west through Mapleton while 11,749 ft. Mt. Timpanogos looms large in Utah's Happy Valley.

A westbound Rio Grande manifest emerges from shadowy Spanish Fork Canyon at Gomex. On the point is the last delivery of D&RGW's 26 SD45s, the series acquired new from EMD between January 1967 and ... (more)

A pair of classic Rio Grande EMDs are switching at the west end of Provo Yard in June 1977. GP30 #3018 was built new for the D&RGW in Feb. 1963 while GP35 #3032 was build new in May 1964. By 1998,... (more)

A Rio Grande SFT, 'Short Fast Train' climbs Cedar Hill in the Green River Desert just west of Grassy, Utah. The scenic Book Cliffs line the background, a range of desert mountains that span a dist... (more)

A westbound freight awaits the passage of the Rio Grande Zephyr in Colorado's scenic Glenwood Canyon.

A classic Rio Grande caboose shows off its new coat of Aspen Gold paint during a brief pause at Provo Yard. The D&RGW 01409 was built Rio Grande employees at the Burnham Shop in Denver in November... (more)

Equipped with a matched trio of SD40T-2s, a westbound Rio Grande freight climbs the 1% grade between Kyune and Colton. If you look closely, the Rio Grande Zephyr train #17 can be seen overtaking t... (more)

Sperry Rail Service employees give their track detector car a good bath while a Rio Grande manifest makes a pickup at Provo Yard.

Before I received my driver's license late in 1977, I railfanned via an Azuki 10 speed bicycle. I happened to be riding across the University Avenue viaduct in Provo on August 21st and caught this... (more)

Something for the Rio Grande aficionados. An eastbound lumber drag off the SP gets a shove via two GP40-2s while a westbound general freight descends the grade toward the west switch at Gilluly. M... (more)

With a nearly full moon in the azure blue sky, a Rio Grande manifest breaks free of the 'downtown' speed restriction just west of Provo, Utah.