Northbound and southbound UTA FrontRunner commutes meet at South Jordan Station the morning of June 14, 2014. The lower track is Union Pacific's (former D&RGW) Provo Subdivision mainline that runs... (more)

Rio Grande's Roper based Provo Local glides east a few minutes after sunrise in Utah's Salt Lake Valley. The 3001 was the Grande's first GP30, built by EMD in April 1962.

Rio Grande train 248, a lumber and auto train combo, roars eastward through the Salt Lake Valley approaching Riverton siding on May 15, 1986. This rural setting some 15 miles south of downtown Sal... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr train No. 6 had some interesting substitute power on May 23, 1992, cruising east through the Salt Lake Valley approaching Riverton.

Northbound and southbound UTA FrontRunner commutes meet at the South Jordan Station on July 5, 2013. Union Pacific's Provo Subdivision main is in the foreground.

A UTA FrontRunner commute departs the South Jordan station on its journey from Provo to Ogden.

Rio Grande's Railblazer train No. 103 glides west through South Jordan, about 10 miles from its destination at the piggyback ramp in Roper Yard. The two clean GP40-2s on the point had been release... (more)

The power leading Utah Railway's RUT310 local does its best to propel 49 cars of freight from Midvale bound for Provo Yard. The lush green fields that lined the right of way here are now occupied ... (more)

Beginning in 1985, the D&RGW offered overnight piggyback trailer service between Denver and Salt Lake City for $299. Named the 'Railblazers', the priority trains crossed Rio Grande's entire 570 mi... (more)

On the very day of revenue operations, a UTA Red Line train prepares to depart Daybreak Parkway station in South Jordan. This station and trackage were completed as a cooperative effort between Ke... (more)

Masquerading as a Denver-Stockton manifest, a trio of BNSF GE's lead the Utah Railway Provo-Ogden turn. The 39 car hotshot was charging west at 100th Street in suburban Salt Lake. Note the 4640's ... (more)

Appearing to be just another coal train, UP's Denver to Salt Lake City manifest has just 10 additional miles to cross to arrive at Roper Yard. A cut of coal loads was added to the head end of the ... (more)

5371 with Kennecott's Open Pit Copper Mine in the Oquirrh Mountains in the background

5371 switching cars at the brick plant