Part of the agreement with the US Surface Transportation Board to allow the UP and SP to merge was for a second carrier to provide competition between Denver, CO and Stockton, CA and the BNSF agre... (more)
On June 26, 1993, a faded 'Kodachrome' Southern Pacific SD45R was called to serve on Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 from Salt Lake City to Denver.
Twenty years ago, one could still find SP through freights along the D&RGW with pure Rio Grande power. SD50 #5513 is pictured leading the EUCHX (Eugene, OR - Chicago, IL) with heavy forest product... (more)
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)
On a beautiful Spring morning in 1986, Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 glides east on D&RGW rails at American Fork, Utah. Snowmelt on 10,620 ft. Flat Top Mountain of the Oquirrh Range is well ... (more)
UP's LJL41 switch job drags a heavy train of coil steel along the Provo Industrial Lead at American Fork, Utah. Wouldn't it be nice to have a railroad in your front yard? Residents along Pacific D... (more)
A modern interpretation of the beautiful Daylight livery of the Southern Pacific leads an Operation Lifesaver Special through the town of American Fork, Utah.
Union Pacific's LJL41 local rolls west along Pacific Drive just west of American Fork, Utah. The UPY 565 & 566 were built for the Missouri Pacific in July of 1976. The UP currently serves this seg... (more)
A Union Pacific Operation Lifesaver Special heads east along American Fork City's Pacific Drive with the Rio Grande Heritage SD70ACe in the lead.
UP 1989 makes its very first trip west to the far end of the railroad to which it pays tribute as it rolls north toward Roper Yard in Salt Lake City. This was the unit's first trip to the state o... (more)
Union Pacific's Rio Grande Heritage Unit 1989 Heads Up The M-NYRO at American Fork,Utah. Mount Timpanogos Can Be Seen In The Background.
