A quartet of late model GP60s and a lone GP40-2 pull SP's hot Denver to Roseville Forwarder through Riverton on Sept. 29, 1993.

Rio Grande SD40T-2s No. 5405 and 5401 are point helpers, assigned to help the MRODV on the ascent to Soldier Summit on Aug. 13, 1998.

The MDVRO is illuminated by an incredible golden hour sunset at Riverton siding on Aug. 19, 1998.

A second section of Rio Grande's No. 48 train glides east through Riverton on a warm August 15, 1987 afternoon.

I was fortunate to catch a surprise passenger train at Riverton, Utah on Aug. 6, 1996. Due to a big grass fire on the Leamington Cutoff, the train was rerouted to Los Angeles via the Provo and Sha... (more)

The sunflowers were in bloom and the corn fields were ready to harvest as Southern Pacific's OANSF blasted through Riverton on a warm Aug. 23, 1996 evening. The merger with the Union Pacific Railr... (more)

Southern Pacific's Roper to Denver manifest blasts through Riverton with Conrail 6612 (C40-8W), 6176 (C40-8W), and 5563 (SD60M) pulling 92 cars on Sept. 18, 1995.

A pair of Chicago & North Western SD60s and Union Pacific SD40-2s pull 104 loads of Minntac iron ore bound for Geneva Steel on July 6, 1994.

Chicago & North Western and Union Pacific C40-8s pull 120 Minntac iron ore empties from Geneva Steel through Riverton on June 8, 1994.

A colorful mix of power including two GP38s, two GP10s, and two SD20s pull a 79 car RUT211 local through Riverton on May 29, 1998.

Cutting it close, but I was still able to get my shot of the Utah Railway Provo to Ogden train at 8:10p.m.

EMD power from Southern Pacific, Chicago & North Western and Motive Power Industries pull a 90 car MDVRO through Riverton on July 27, 1997.

96 loads of Minntac iron ore for Geneva Steel, pulled by a trio of new EMD SD9043MACs, rolls through Riverton on Sept. 1, 1997.

How could the UP do this to my Rio Grande? The former 5366 sits at Riverton with a new UP number and a fresh coat of Armour Yellow and Harbor Mist Gray paint.

When They Were New: If you spent any time along Union Pacific mainlines in 1997, you likely witnessed new EMD SD9043MACs on UP trains. UP 8096 and UP 8140 pull a 47 car AHNOA through Riverton on t... (more)