Two EMD GP30s and a GP35 make a switch move off the westward main track at Provo Yard on Dec. 27, 1991.

A pair of Rio Grande GP30s lead the Provo Local through the industrial fallout of Geneva Steel in Vineyard, Utah. Not a trace of what you see remains today.

Here's something to make any GP30 fan smile! A quartet of Rio Grande EMDs (3001, 3013, 3019, 3003) lead a train of Keigley dolomite loads through Provo Junction on May 30, 1990. The train will soo... (more)

Rio Grande's Provo Local heads west for Roper Yard through open farm country just outside of Lehi. Ten loads of welded pipe (loaded on bulkhead flats) were retrieved at the Geneva Pipemill in Vine... (more)

Rio Grande's Roper based Provo Local glides east a few minutes after sunrise in Utah's Salt Lake Valley. The 3001 was the Grande's first GP30, built by EMD in April 1962.

The D&RGW's very first GP30 gleams in the bright afternoon sunlight working the Roper based Provo Local on July 28, 1989. The EMD GP30 model is a personal favorite of mine, with the 3001 capturing... (more)

A pair of classic Rio Grande GP30s lead the UT04L local east through fields of corn just east of American Fork. This once rural area along the D&RGW is now a developing auto mall/business park jus... (more)

Rio Grande's UT04L local makes a pickup at Geneva Steel of Utah. Nothing pictured here remains today.

Rio Grande's first GP30, with a GP35 and a second GP30, lead a train of mine empties on the Tintic Branch, bound for reloading at Geneva Steel's dolomite quarry at Keigley.

A nifty quad of original Rio Grande GP30s lead the Provo Local, approaching American Fork. The train consist is lighter than usual today, with nine cars including three pipe loads retrieved at the... (more)

A pair of Rio Grande GP30s enjoy a quiet October evening parked near the trainmaster's office in Provo Yard. D&RGW 3001, built in April 1962, was the first of 28 GP30s built by EMD for the Rio Gra... (more)

Four GP30s, three GP40s and a GP40-2 make up the helper unit in between turns at Minturn in February 1982 - 3001, 3117, 3025, 3059, 3051, 3021, 3060 and 3002. GP30 3025 was wrecked at the Parshall... (more)

I liked GP30s and here's five new ones in my hometown. Fallen Flag D&RGW running over a longer Fallen Flag CB&Q in a Chicago suburb.

The Phippsburg helpers 3001 and 3010 sit under the sanding tower at Phippsburg in between duites.

Right place at the right time, as they were hostling units, with the hostlers within moments of coupling up this unit to SD somethings. Good thing my timing was right as I didn't have any bribe m... (more)