Utah Railway's Martin Turn departs Provo for the coal mines the afternoon of May 21, 1977. The all Alco power consist includes RSD-15s No. 400, 402, 401, 403 and RSD-12 No. 600. Behind the carbon ... (more)

Utah Railway RSD-15 No. 400 idles away the afternoon at Provo Yard on Dec. 18, 1976. It was built the Santa Fe 9822 by Alco in July 1959.

Here's one for the younger set who didn't get to witness a brand new EMD SD40-2. The UP 3488 (with new UP 3451 trailing) lead a Utah Railway Martin Turn west approaching Soldier Summit the afterno... (more)

The Rio Grande had complained for some time that Utah Railway's Alco powered coal trains were too slow on its mainline across Soldier Summit. To remedy the problem, the UTAH established a pool pow... (more)

A quartet of Utah Railway Alco RSD-4s assigned to the Martin Turn idle away on the service rail at Provo Yard on Jan. 22, 1978.

Utah Railway RSD-4s 302, 303, 301, and 307 depart Provo Yard with a Martin Turn on Oct. 23, 1977.

A Utah Railway 'Martin Turn' encounters light snow on the climb to Soldier Summit the afternoon of April 2, 1977. Leading the train of coal empties are Alco RSD-15s 400, 402, 401, 403 and RSD-12 N... (more)

A Utah Railway Provo to Martin Turn cruising east through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon on June 23, 1976.

One of my earliest Kodachrome Slides, photographed when I was just 14 years of age, catches a Utah Railway Provo to Martin Turn cruising east through Spanish Fork Canyon on June 24, 1976. In the l... (more)

A quartet of Alco RSD-15s and a single RSD-12 lead a train of coal empties into Martin Yard on Feb. 19, 1977.

The Utah Railway has historically rostered interesting secondhand diesel locomotives. They acquired a quartet of RSD-15 'alligators' from the Santa Fe in 1975. The UTAH 402, 401, 400, 403 and RSD-... (more)

Power for a Provo-Martin turn glides through Provo Yard on Feb. 19, 1977. RSD-15s 402, 401, 400, 403 and RSD-12 600 will haul coal empties east to Carbon County for loading at Hiawatha.

A quartet of Utah Railway Alco locomotives depart Provo Yard on a Martin Turn. Three former Santa Fe RSD-15s are followed by a LASCO RSD-12 on June 23, 1976.

It is pretty rare for the Utah Railway Company move anything but a coal train over Soldier Summit. Pictured here, Utah 5005 and company have 31 covered hoppers and one tank car on the drawbar movi... (more)

It's very rare that Utah Railway runs anything but a coal train over Soldier Summit. Pictured here, the Utah 5005 and company have 32 cars of covered hoppers and tank cars on the drawbar westbound... (more)