New General Electric P42DCs lead Amtrak's California Zephyr east along the old Rio Grande in Spanish Fork Canyon.

With early signs of the changing of the seasons, Rio Grande train No. 136 enters Spanish Fork Canyon at Gomex on Sept. 26, 1987.

Rio Grande's daily #101 train glides downgrade through Spanish Fork Canyon just west of Castilla. When was the last time you spotted a 1973 Pontiac Catalina? Both the lead locomotive, a GP40-2, an... (more)

A perfectly matched quartet of Utah Railway SD40s lead an eastbound coal empty through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon. The Utah was very busy hauling unit coal trains in the early to mid-... (more)

Union Pacific pool power leads Rio Grande coal train #735 west through Spanish Fork Canyon. The 84 car train was loaded at Skyline and will be delivered by the UP to the Intermountain Power Plant ... (more)

A trio of new GE P42DCs lead Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 east through Spanish Fork Canyon at Mill Fork.

With seven box cars of Coors beer from Golden, SP's Denver, CO to Oakland, CA Forwarder glides downgrade through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon.

Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 passes beneath the stern profile of 'Old Man Moe' in the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon. Moe's nickname was coined by veteran Utah railroad historian Vern J... (more)

A well matched quartet of EMD SD40s lead a Utah Railway coal empty east through Spanish Fork Canyon approaching the U.S. Highway 6 overpass at Detour.

A perfect springtime morning in 1989 finds a Southern Pacific SD45T-2R leading Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 east through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon. The SP 6776 was built the SS... (more)

Among my archive of photos taken of the Rio Grande Zephyr, this one has always been a favorite. Train #18 is winding its way through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon amid broken clouds and n... (more)

On a rainy morning in Spanish Fork Canyon, the clouds parted in time to illuminate the Rio Grande Zephyr train #18 climbing east through Detour on May 15, 1977.

A pair of new GE AC4400CWs lead Southern Pacific's Salt Lake City to Denver manifest east through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon. The SP really put this pair of newbies to the test with 12... (more)

A Union Pacific Willow Creek export coal train zigs and zags downgrade through Spanish Fork Canyon near Mill Fork.

A pair of new GE P42DCs lead Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 east by the Detour set out track in Spanish Fork Canyon. The snowy flanks of 10,685 ft. Mt. Loafer are visible on this May 31, 1997... (more)