D&RGW 3008, SP 7856, and DRGW 3015, return from Kennecott with the Midvale Tramp.

Two Rio Grande GP30's 3015, 3008 and SP B30-7 are operating the Garfield Branch on the West Side of the Salt Lake Valley.

Twenty four years ago today, the Midvale Tramp local rolls through Kearns with 40 cars for Roper Yard. On the point are GP30s No. 3004, 3021, and 3001 on Dec. 26, 1992.

Great Tonnage Pullers: Rio Grande SD9s No. 5311 and 5308 pause just outside the Roper Diesel Shop in South Salt Lake on Jan. 14, 1977.

Rio Grande's first GP30 leads the Midvale Tramp local from the Welby Wye west toward Lead Mine up in Bingham Canyon. This right of way is now occupied by a road that connects 90th South with the B... (more)

Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp wanders down the steep Bingham Branch with five cars on Oct. 17, 1986. Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Copper Mine is in the distance, nestled in the nearby Oquirrh Mountains... (more)

A group of classic first generation EMDs idle away at Rio Grande's Roper Yard on Friday, July 2, 1976.

Rio Grande SD9s 5312, 5306, and 5310 kick a cut of cars at Roper Yard on Aug. 11, 1979.

UP Brakeman Steve Creer and Conductor C. R. Brown clear switches of snow and ice along the Murray Team Track on January 20, 1997. UP GP40 No. 856 was built new by EMD as the Chicago Rock Island & ... (more)

Rio Grande GP40-2s 3122, 3120, and 3105 make a switch move across the Bingham Highway with two empties from SME Steel in the Bagley Industrial Park of West Jordan. July 26, 1996

Rio Grande GP40-2s 3122, 3120, and 3105 lead a 14 car Midvale Tramp through a rural area near Magna on July 26, 1996.

The Roper based Midvale Tramp spots loads of corn oil, cottonseed oil, yellow corn and white corn at Frito Lay on the Bacchus Spur in West Valley City. Somewhere along the way, Rio Grande GP40-2 3... (more)

Southern Pacific's former Rio Grande Roper Diesel Shop in South Salt Lake appears to be in a time warp. Present on the evening of June 8, 1996 are GP30s 3003 and 3008, SW1200 139, and GP40-2s 3124... (more)

Power for Rio Grande's Short Line Transfer and the Midvale Tramp await a call at the Roper Diesel Shop on July 19, 1983.

On President's Day 1994, SP's Midvale Tramp crosses the Bangerter Highway under construction in West Jordan. This phase of the new highway opened for traffic on Dec. 16, 1994.