On Christmas Eve '87, a tardy Rio Grande train No. 100 ascends a snowy and windy Mapleton Bench just east of Springville.

Rio Grande engineer Glade Collard has a clear signal to enter the mainline off the Tintic Branch at Springville on Sept. 18, 1987. This run of train No. 665 happens to include the first haul of do... (more)

After switching out a cut of cars at Provo Yard, UP's MRONY is back up to speed blasting east through Springville in the early morning sunlight. Shadowy 11,749' Mt. Timpanogos looms in the backgro... (more)

An EMD GP40-2/GP30 combo leads Rio Grande's hot piggyback train #102 east approaching Springville on the evening of April 16, 1987.

Rio Grande's 'Helper Local', train #772, retrieves three D&RGW mechanical refrigerator cars from the rabbit track in Springville.

Rio Grande's Railblazer piggyback train #102 glides east through Springville on its 14 hour overnight journey to Denver. The 102 is on the CTC equipped westward main track, which diverges from the... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr breezes east along the D&RGW in Springville, Utah.

A Rio Grande Fairmont Speeder takes the evening off, parked with a work train at Springville.

Rio Grande and Southern Pacific EMDs lead a UP export coal train west out of Provo Yard. The vast expanse of the Provo East Bay area is visible from this perspective via the 14th North bridge. Fro... (more)

During the Second World War, the U. S. government had Pullman construct a large fleet of troop sleepers. After the war, surplus cars were purchased by several railroads and converted to various us... (more)

Rio Grande's Tintic Local prepares to depart the mainline at Springville for a journey down the Tintic Branch. Today's duties will include stops at the Keigley dolomite quarry at milepost 16 and a... (more)

On June 25, 1989, Mother Nature provided a wonderful backdrop to photograph Union Pacific's Geneva to Comstock ore empty gliding west through rural Springville, Utah. The two box cars behind the S... (more)

Running about 8-1/2 hours behind schedule, Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 heads east through Springville, Utah on Dec. 22, 1989.

Rio Grande train #177 from Pueblo exits Mud Cut while descending the Mapleton Bench to Springville and points west. I have always liked the look and sound of EMD second generation geeps.

With 11,749 ft. Mt. Timpanogos looming in the background, Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 roars east through Springville, Utah. Built by EMD in Dec. 1987, the 403 was one of the last new F40PH... (more)