Not your typical power set at Rio Grande's Roper Yard in the 1980s! The D&RGW's famous F9 trio were assigned to work ballast trains after the demise of the Rio Grande Zephyr. The 5771, 5762, 5763 ... (more)

Showing off its new Genesee & Wyoming colors, Utah Railway GP38-3 #2007 heads west approaching East Roper with 17 cars for the Tesoro Refinery in Salt Lake City.

A single GE U30C provides enough muscle to drag a long transfer of cars from Union Pacific's North Yard in Salt Lake City to Rio Grande's Roper Yard in South Salt Lake. The 2850 was built new by G... (more)

A classic SSW bay window caboose departs Salt Lake City for Roseville, CA.

A Southern Pacific SD45R awaits a call to serve at Rio Grande's Roper Diesel Shop in South Salt Lake. Apparently the 7510 was regarded as the 'ACE' at some point in time. Growing up a young kid, t... (more)

A trio of big '45 series EMDs lead an eastbound Rio Grande freight into Roper Yard in South Salt Lake. My hometown was more than 90 miles from Ogden, and the opportunity to witness anything Southe... (more)

A Sperry Rail Service defect detector car takes a breather on a snowy March 1977 afternoon in Rio Grande's Roper Yard. SRS 144 features a CAT diesel motor, a full kitchen, and sleeping quarters fo... (more)

A Utah Transit Authority test train blasts by new high density housing under construction in South Salt Lake.

A pair of EMD SD7s await servicing at Rio Grande's Roper Diesel Shop in South Salt Lake. The 5304 & 5303 were part of a five unit order from EMD in May 1953. After 38 years of service, all five we... (more)

A Rio Grande SW1200 switches a pair of iconic cabooses in D&RGW's Roper Yard in South Salt Lake.

Parked along the service rail at the Roper diesel shop, Rio Grande GP40-2 #3123 awaits its next assignment east out of South Salt Lake. The 3123 was built by EMD in Sept. 1974, a member of a fleet... (more)

A single GE U23B leads a Western Pacific local at the north end of Rio Grande's Roper Yard in South Salt Lake. The train consist includes a pair of D&RGW ballast loads and a long cut of mill gondo... (more)

The evolution of EMD road power awaits a call to duty on the east and west hooky tracks outside the Roper diesel shop in South Salt Lake. It's pretty amazing how open Rio Grande's Roper terminal w... (more)

Rio Grande's West End Switcher at Roper Yard passes beneath the pedestrian bridge near the diesel shop in South Salt Lake. D&RGW 135 was built new by EMD for the Rio Grande in January 1965. It wou... (more)

With the rugged Wasatch Mountains in the background, a Rio Grande SW1000 works the east end of Roper Yard in South Salt Lake. The 148 was part of a 10 unit order from EMD, delivered between 1966-1... (more)