A pair of leased McCloud River Railroad SD38s drag Union Pacific's LUF51 local across the Provo River bridge on May 7, 1988.

After tying down the train on the eastward main track at Ironton, SP's CRGVC (Conrail to Geneva, Coking Coal) heads light through Provo, bound for Roper Yard to tie up for the day.

Less than a year old at the time, Rio Grande's last new locomotive enjoys a quiet afternoon at Provo Yard. D&RGW 3154-3156 are wreck replacements, part of a Southern Pacific order for new EMD GP60... (more)

Proof the Rio Grande had class!

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)

The beginning and the end of an era on the Rio Grande: New EMD GP60 No. 3154 leads the CHOAT through Provo Yard on Aug. 18, 1990. D&RGW 3154-3156 are essentially Southern Pacific locomotives, buil... (more)

A clean Rio Grande caboose trails Colorado Fuel & Iron ribbon rail west of Provo on May 21, 1990.

Rio Grande's sturdy brick and tile roofed passenger station at Provo awaits the arrival of Amtrak's California Zephyr on Sept. 16, 1985. The structure was built in 1910 and demolished in 1986.

Photographed a few minutes after sunrise, Rio Grande's Railblazer train 103 roars west through Provo Junction on June 26, 1989.

Photographed at 7:10 a.m. MDT, Rio Grande's Railblazer train 103 accelerates to track speed departing a 40 mph speed restriction through Provo City on July 1, 1989. The 103 would arrive on time at... (more)

A chilly but sunny February morning in '89 finds Rio Grande's hot 101 train gliding west through Provo Yard at University Avenue. It appears that 5510's snow plow has smacked into a few things alo... (more)

Rio Grande's Helper Local arrives at Provo Junction the morning of May 18, 1986. The weed choked trackage in the foreground belonged to the Salt Lake & Utah Railroad, an electric interurban line r... (more)

Dear Tunnel Motors: We miss you dearly. Please come back! Well, I know, that is not likely to happen. In better times, Rio Grande 5380 and 5381 find themselves assigned to work the Helper Local, s... (more)

Rio Grande's Helper Local departs Provo Junction with empties retrieved off the Tintic Branch in Spanish Fork.

Looking forward to the onset of winter? Rio Grande's 140 train creates its own blizzard near the Provo Amshak on Feb. 3, 1989.