Rio Grande SD7s 5302 and 5301 switch a few cars in the small yard at Midvale. The twin smelter smokestack, icons of nearby Murray City, promote the Harman Cafe, first of many Kentucky Fried Chicke... (more)

On a sunny but chilly Presidents Day '94, SP's Midvale Tramp rolls slowly through West Jordan with 3 cars for Southwire and 58 for Kennecott Copper Corp.

On President's Day two decades ago, SP's Midvale Tramp climbs from the Jordan River crossing to Midvale on the Bingham Branch. In recent times, the landscape here been altered in a fundamental way... (more)

A warm October '93 afternoon finds SP's Midvale Tramp climbing the 2.4% of the Bingham Branch near Copperton. Gondolas and wood chip cars are loaded with scrap tin, bound for the copper precipitat... (more)

For the first time in nearly a decade, a high hood six axle EMD worked the Midvale Tramp local on July 17, 1993. SP SD7R 1517 teams up with a GP30/GP40-2 combo pulling 16 cars through the Salt Lak... (more)

A fine trio of Rio Grande GP30s lead SP's Midvale Tramp through West Jordan on Dec. 26, 1992. Check out the Google Map link in satellite mode to reveal how much the area and right of way have chan... (more)

Rio Grande GP30s 3001, 3021, and 3004 lead an eight car Midvale Tramp along the Oquirrh Mountain foothills approaching Magna.

A picture of good old fashioned railroading as the Midvale Tramp takes a tour of the Bingham Branch in West Jordan.

SP's Midvale Tramp local departs the Kennecott Copper interchange yard in Magna with 34 cars. At the Welby wye, the power will take the first 10 cars (including a caboose) and head west up the Bin... (more)

Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp wanders through dry farms of winter wheat approaching Welby Yard in West Jordan.

Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp local rambles down the Bingham Branch through the Bagley Industrial Park in West Jordan. Kennecott Copper's Bingham Canyon Mine is receding in the distance as the 12 car... (more)

Climbing the 2.92% grade from the Jordan River trestle, Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp is less than a quarter mile from the mainline connection at the Midvale wye. Today's local has plenty of tonnage ... (more)

Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp local departs Welby Yard with a single box car for loading at Interstate Brick in the Bagley Industrial Park. Welby was essentially the end of urban sprawl along Rio Gra... (more)

25 years ago, the southwestern Salt Lake Valley was primarily vast open space peppered with farm houses and dry wheat farms. Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp stands out among the nothingness approaching... (more)

Grinding its way up the 2.92% grade from the Jordan River crossing, Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp local is less then 1/2 a mile from the mainline connection at the Midvale wye. The trio of original D... (more)