:ong Gone. Rio Grande EMD GP9 5912 along with rows of other Rio Grande Power on a warm sunny day in 1980 at Roper yard In Salt Lake City.

Utah Railway 2001 is one of two Utah Railway GP38-3's that started life as Rio Grande GP35's. Kind of fitting that the old D&RGW 3032 is roaming the same rails in may have when it worked for the R... (more)

side view of the old D&RGW station

Long Gone A Rio Grande EMD SD9 rests at te roads yard in Salt Lake City in the summer of 1980

With ominous skies. I was able to catch the Chevron local out in a patch of sun at Grant Tower.

What does a couple million dollars look like, here you go. It's not very often you can get this good of a look at the Salt Lake City dead line. Four NRE 3GS21B, A couple C44-9W and the rest are SD... (more)

I had to change my plans of how to shot this train. When the Utah Railway RUT311 wyed their train at Grant Tower, and backed down the RG runner to get to the Flying J refinery.

With the Utah Railway RUT311 local having just passed on the west rail. UP 4904 leads the LUE46 in. Quite the local it is tonight. Tonight's addition consist of 86 cars.

Union Pacific 4534, and 4904, are nearing the end of their run, as they back in downtown Salt Lake City. They have been out working Tooele county, on the Lynndyl Subdivision on the LUE46 local.

Looking rather worse for wear this unit awaits assignment. Photo by Ryan Ballard, from my collection.

Looking rather worse for wear this unit awaits assignment. Photo by Ryan Ballard, from my collection.

UP NW2 1044, a GP9 and DRGW SD45 no. 5327 have a transfer at what I believe was the wye that connected the Rio Grande to the Western Pacific in Salt Lake City. The Rio Grande station is in the bac... (more)

UP turbines 14 & 16 A units are parked at Salt Lake City near the Union Pacific station. No. 14 was built in March 1960 and No. 16 was built in June 1960. Both were retired in February 1970 after ... (more)

A Utah Railway local, rolls through Salt Lake City on a beautiful evening.

Once a place you could see the beautiful California Zephyr trains, of the Western Pacific, and Rio Grande. Then the Rio Grande Zephyr until 1983. Then Amtrak. Now the track are gone, all paved ove... (more)