Out by the cottonwood trees (at least I think they're cottonwoods) almost the entire roster is off duty and not running. I've always regretting not seeing these hauling a giant coal train. They ... (more)

Retired but reflecting the look of a earlier era.

Just Comet. Between 1971-1973, The Erie-Lackawanna Railroad and New Jersey Department Of Transportation began to take delivery of a revolutionary fleet of commuter passenger cars. The Pullm... (more)

Rio Grande GP30 3008 and GP30 3010. A Mike Bledsoe Photo.

Running right on schedule, UTA Frontrunner cabcar 121 leads its train into the southern terminus in Provo, Utah

Empty tank car train of Utah Railway bound for Martin between Colton Xover and Kyune. Pulling are EMD/MK50-3 # 5001 and # 5002, SD50S # 6062, SD50S # 6064 in the orange G&W paint scheme and EMD/M... (more)

On lease to the Union Pacific. McCloud River Railroad SD38's 36 and 37 are found in Utah operating on Union Pacific's Salt Lake City to Provo line. Much of this line is now abandon or sold to UTA.... (more)

It's hard to find the positives for railfans when mergers happen. Believe it or not, this Missouri Pacific lash up, is in Provo, Utah. After the Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific merger this set of ... (more)

Over the past week several BNSF unit grain trains have operated on a detour route over Union Pacific's Lakeside sub, south through Salt Lake City then east through Provo. These trains have been ni... (more)

Over the past week several BNSF unit grain trains have operated on a detour route over Union Pacific's Lakeside sub, south through Salt Lake City then east through Provo. These trains have been ni... (more)

BNSF GEs idle in Provo Yard late in the afternoon below the snow-capped peaks of the Wasatch Mountains.

UTA Frontrunner train No. 5 prepares to depart Provo Station as the last Northbound train of the night. No. 21 will remain here until morning. To celebrate the start of the new school year, Provo'... (more)

Two trains occupying Provo's coal tracks (formerly the Ironton Branch before Columbia Steel shut down its plant at Ironton) get crews before departing on the Sharp Subdivision.

Kuhn's is the name of the spot where the Provo yard merges with the Sharp Subdivision, named after a meat processing plant that formerly stood near the tracks. This end of the yard is used to stag... (more)