A Rio Grande manifest glides west through Mapleton while 11,749 ft. Mt. Timpanogos looms large in Utah's Happy Valley.

A westbound Rio Grande manifest emerges from shadowy Spanish Fork Canyon at Gomex. On the point is the last delivery of D&RGW's 26 SD45s, the series acquired new from EMD between January 1967 and ... (more)

A pair of classic Rio Grande EMDs are switching at the west end of Provo Yard in June 1977. GP30 #3018 was built new for the D&RGW in Feb. 1963 while GP35 #3032 was build new in May 1964. By 1998,... (more)

A Rio Grande SFT, 'Short Fast Train' climbs Cedar Hill in the Green River Desert just west of Grassy, Utah. The scenic Book Cliffs line the background, a range of desert mountains that span a dist... (more)

A westbound freight awaits the passage of the Rio Grande Zephyr in Colorado's scenic Glenwood Canyon.

A classic Rio Grande caboose shows off its new coat of Aspen Gold paint during a brief pause at Provo Yard. The D&RGW 01409 was built Rio Grande employees at the Burnham Shop in Denver in November... (more)

Equipped with a matched trio of SD40T-2s, a westbound Rio Grande freight climbs the 1% grade between Kyune and Colton. If you look closely, the Rio Grande Zephyr train #17 can be seen overtaking t... (more)

Sperry Rail Service employees give their track detector car a good bath while a Rio Grande manifest makes a pickup at Provo Yard.

Before I received my driver's license late in 1977, I railfanned via an Azuki 10 speed bicycle. I happened to be riding across the University Avenue viaduct in Provo on August 21st and caught this... (more)

Something for the Rio Grande aficionados. An eastbound lumber drag off the SP gets a shove via two GP40-2s while a westbound general freight descends the grade toward the west switch at Gilluly. M... (more)

With a nearly full moon in the azure blue sky, a Rio Grande manifest breaks free of the 'downtown' speed restriction just west of Provo, Utah.

While the afternoon switcher works the drill track, a westbound manifest sets out its train at Rio Grande's Provo Yard. One of the benefits to photographing trains in the Provo area are the incred... (more)

Here's the Rio Grande I adored as a kid: Six four axle high horsepower EMDs hauling freight through my hometown of Provo. There was a speed restriction through the city limits. Once a train approa... (more)

Count them: One, Two, Three, Four, FIVE SD45s!!! Here's the only time I ever saw a Rio Grande train with five big SD45s for power. This hotshot westbound is heading through Provo Yard moments befo... (more)

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