A mismatched pair of Utah Railway EMDs lead the RUT312 local east through UP North Yard in Salt Lake City. The UR 3002 was built the Western Pacific 3525 in Aug. 1970 while the 2001 was built the ... (more)

With the Southern Pacific Heritage SD70ACe leading the charge, Union Pacific's Global 3, IL to Long Beach, CA (ICTF) stack train departs downtown Salt Lake City at CP Orange Street.

Union Pacific's American President Line-Salt Lake City-Oakland stack train curves west through the New Extension track at Grant Tower in Salt Lake City. This photo (cropped to portrait format) gra... (more)

A surprisingly clean Union Pacific GP15-1 awaits a call to duty in the former D&RGW Fourth South yard in Salt Lake City. The UPY 637 was built the Missouri Pacific 1637 by EMD in Oct. 1979.

Union Pacific's Hinkle, OR to Roper, UT manifest is minutes away from journey's end at the former D&RGW rail yard in South Salt Lake.

After making a set out at North Yard, UP's North Platte, NE to West Colton, CA manifest departs Salt Lake City for Milford.

A Union Pacific switch crew adds Superliner cars from the inbound Desert Wind and Pioneer trains (from Los Angeles & Seattle) to the Chicago bound California Zephyr in Salt Lake City. All of this ... (more)

A profile of locomotives featuring 1970s technology line up at Union Pacific's North Yard shops: Amtrak F40PH #310, built by EMD in July 1979, is serving today as Metro-North Commuter Railroad #41... (more)

While I have always been intrigued by EMD's double diesels, nothing could prepare me for this spectacular sight at Salt Lake City in 1977. By the late 1970s, the Union Pacific had assigned the maj... (more)

A lengthy train of windmill blades departs Salt Lake City for a trip west along the LA&SL to California.

Union Pacific's North Platte, NE to West Colton, CA manifest departs Salt Lake City for Southern California.

A Salt Lake Garfield & Western passenger special rambles slowly through the salt grass near the Salt Lake International Airport. The SLGW ran passenger specials every fall when model train shows w... (more)

A UTA Red Line train crosses State Street at 4th South in downtown Salt Lake City. In the background is a city block of structures historically nicknamed the 'Gentile Block' of non-LDS church memb... (more)

A truly fine sight to see for EMD SD40-2 fans! Four recently overhauled (and renumbered) dash two's are staged at the top end of UP North Yard in Salt Lake City. UP 1592, UP 1590, UP 1633, and UP ... (more)

A Union Pacific grain shuttle departs Salt Lake City for an overnight journey across the former WP to Elko, Nevada.