An EMD SD50, SD40T-2, GP40, and GP40-2 lead Rio Grande train #136 east through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon the morning of May 7, 1988.

A nice four back of EMD motors shove hard on Rio Grande lumber drag #126, heading east through Spanish Fork Canyon approaching Rio.

Rio Grande's hotshot train #187 glides downgrade along the Spanish Fork River approaching Castilla. Today's consist has plenty of power on the head end with an interesting variety of cars includin... (more)

On a snowy Christmas Eve morning in 1987, Rio Grande train #101 kicks up a little snow at Castilla in Spanish Fork Canyon. Three box car loads of Coors Beer (from Golden, CO) are coupled behind th... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 glides east through Spanish Fork Canyon amid colorful oak brush near Castilla.

You can tell by the rusty coupler that the SP 350 is brand new! A fine three pack of GE AC4400CWs lead the second section of a Geneva Steel to Coop coal empty east through Spanish Fork Canyon whil... (more)

The snowy flanks of 10,687 ft. Mt. Loafer frame Amtrak's California Zephyr running east through Spanish Fork Canyon on New Year's Eve, 1992.

Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 emerges from the 3009 ft. Thistle Tunnel in Spanish Fork Canyon.

Three Amtrak P42s dressed in Phase III paint glide east on former Rio Grande rails in Spanish Fork Canyon. On this sunny July morning in '98, little snowpack remained on nearby by 10,551 ft. Loafe... (more)

A pleasant fall afternoon finds a Utah Railway coal load heading west through Spanish Fork Canyon near Rio.

In April of 1983, the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad yard and the small town of Thistle, Utah became victims of of a landslide which dammed the Spanish Fork River. Residents of the small tow... (more)

In April of 1983, the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad yard and the small town of Thistle, Utah became victims of of a landslide which dammed the Spanish Fork River. Residents of the small tow... (more)

A BNSF trackage right train starts up Soldier Summit near Thistle, Utah on their way east.

The iconic Rio Grande Zephyr heads east into the early morning sun at the U-Pace-O Ranch just east of Thistle. The ranch property was owned and operated by Bob Pace, a Rio Grande engineer who work... (more)

A westbound Rio Grande manifest encounters a snow squall approaching the Highway 89 overpass at Thistle, Utah.