Photographed on Kodachrome more than 35 years ago, Rio Grande's 'Short Line Transfer' departs Union Pacific's North Yard with a cut of cars for Roper Yard in South Salt Lake. D&RGW SD7 No. 5303 wa... (more)

Rio Grande's 'Short Line Transfer' from Roper Yard moves a lengthy cut of cars through Grant Tower, bound for UP North Yard in Salt Lake City. Most of the elements that make up this 1987 photograp... (more)

A Rio Grande SW1200 drifts through UP North Yard in Salt Lake City after dropping off a cut of cars on the 'Short Line Transfer' run from Roper Yard in South Salt Lake.

While searching through Kodachromes for a suitable candidate to scan, I came across this view of Rio Grande's very first six axle EMD, an SD7 built in May 1953. What surprised me is the kind of tr... (more)

Rio Grande's 'Short Line Transfer' emerges from UP North Yard in Salt Lake City with cars bound for D&RGW's Roper Yard in South Salt Lake.

With Utah's capitol city looming in the background, Union Pacific's 'Short Line Transfer' rambles slowly through North Yard in Salt Lake City. This move is a daily transfer of cars between the for... (more)

It seems that Union Pacific's Roper Terminal near 21st South in South Salt Lake is about to be veiled by yet another overpass. This time though, it's not a freeway ramp, but a railroad bridge. Uta... (more)

A pair of classic UP SD40-2's (3723 & 3481) lead an 89 car 'Short Line Transfer' through Salt Lake City's Grant Tower at Second South. I was grateful to catch this 'dash two' duo since hundreds of... (more)