A most unusual power consist on Rio Grande rails leads an IPP to Skyline coal empty east through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon. This trio of Missouri Pacific C36-7s were on temporary loan... (more)

A 21 car California Zephyr train #6 takes an early morning tour of the former D&RGW in Spanish Fork Canyon. Train lengths such as this were common when Amtrak hauled refrigerator cars of perishabl... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 winds its way east through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon.

A Chicago & North Western C41-8 leads Amtrak's California Zephyr east through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon.

A Utah Railway CLBTC coal empty heads east along the 1983 Thistle line change at Milepost 682 near Castilla. The original routing of both US Highway 6 and the Rio Grande mainline are below and to ... (more)

A passenger special run for the benefit of retiring Rio Grande managers glides east through Spanish Fork Canyon approaching Castilla.

A splendid June morning in 1986 finds Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 climbing east through Spanish Fork Canyon at Castilla. The private car 'Virginia City' was along for the ride on this beau... (more)

A well matched quartet of Utah Railway SD40s lead a Moapa, NV to Wildcat, UT coal empty east through Spanish Fork Canyon approaching the Thistle Tunnels. Note the former D&RGW grade and Highway 6 ... (more)

Mismatched GE power leads Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon.

Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 heads east along the former D&RGW in Spanish Fork Canyon. The locomotives on the point illustrate the evolution of GE passenger train power on Amtrak trains dur... (more)

Prior to purchasing the entire production fleet of six units, the Utah Railway Company tested three of MPI's MK5000Cs in coal service on Soldier Summit. They only operated for about three months i... (more)

Fifteen years ago, power working on the BNSF had a little more variety than it does today. Here, a matched trio of Burlington Northern EMDs lead a 56 car Riverbank, CA to Denver, CO trackage right... (more)

During the third week of September, the oak brush along the hills in Spanish Fork Canyon is usually at or close to peak color. Here Rio Grande coal train #734 winds through the canyon with 84 IPPX... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western's rerouting of its mainline bypassing the big Thistle landslide is well underway on June 15, 1983. The 3009 ft. tunnel under Billy's Mountain is nearing completion with... (more)

With F9 #5771 aglow in new Imron paint, the Rio Grande Zephyr train #17 heads west through Spanish Fork Canyon at Detour. Meanwhile, a big thunderhead cloud looms above the Wasatch Range at Soldie... (more)