It's 6:05 p.m. and Rio Grande's Railblazer train No. 102 is minutes out of Roper Yard on its journey to Denver. The abandoned structures at right make up the Utah Ore Sampling Company, once a hub ... (more)
Rio Grande's Railblazer train No. 102 departs the Roper Piggyback Terminal at 5:55 pm for its 14 hour, 570 mile overnight journey to Denver. That's an overall average of just under 41 mph that inc... (more)
With an abbreviated Labor Day '87 consist, Rio Grande's Railblazer train #102 rolls east through summertime sunflowers near the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon. The D&RGW protected this 14 hour Salt ... (more)
A tranquil summer evening in '87 finds Rio Grande's Railblazer train #102 heading east through the Jordan Narrows, 20 miles south of downtown Salt Lake City.
Rio Grande's eastbound Railblazer train #102 is 10 miles into its 570 mile overnight journey from Salt Lake City to Denver. The D&RGW charged $299 per trailer/container for a 14 hour ramp to ramp ... (more)
An EMD GP40-2/GP30 combo leads Rio Grande's hot piggyback train #102 east approaching Springville on the evening of April 16, 1987.
Rio Grande's eastbound Railblazer train #102 meets a fine stand of triple searchlight signals at the west end of 26 miles of single main track between Pipe Mill (near Geneva Steel) and Midvale. Wh... (more)
Rio Grande's Railblazer piggyback train #102 glides east through Springville on its 14 hour overnight journey to Denver. The 102 is on the CTC equipped westward main track, which diverges from the... (more)
A Rio Grande piggyback trailer is pictured being loaded on D&RGW's 'Railblazer' train #102 at Roper Yard. The spiffy clean GP40-2's had just been pulled from service off the Rio Grande Ski Train o... (more)