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

After a full day of working on a new light rail line, a group of track building machines meet at Midvale on UTA's Mid-Jordan line. The assembled machines include a ballast regulator, a tamper and ... (more)

A triplicity of Rio Grande cabooses (DRGW 01468, DRGW 01503, DRGW 01447) follow train #142 east through Lakota Junction on August 29, 1987.

Rio Grande SD40T-2 No. 5354 has coupled to the rear of the LJI44-22 and prepares to shove the 'Dirt Train' east to Soldier Summit the afternoon of July 22, 2000. 5354 has received the so-called 'H... (more)

A Union Pacific Utah Statehood Centennial train cools its wheels in downtown Salt Lake City on Jan. 3, 1996.

The Rio Grande hauled several carloads of pipe for a natural gas pipeline project for Kern River in Utah's Goshen Valley. A pair of GP30s and two GP40s haul the heavy train along the foothills of ... (more)

Appearing to be right out of the box, a Utah Railway MK5000C gleams in new paint at the IPP Railcar Service Center in Provo, Utah. The 5003 was built new by MPI as a demonstrator in Southern Pacif... (more)

A Chicago & North Western SD40R is pictured having been serviced, awaiting an assignment at Provo Yard on Aug. 20, 1995. The CNW 6564 was built Penn Central SD45 No. 6237 in August 1968. It would ... (more)

A Southern Pacific SD40T-2 is spotted just outside Union Pacific's North Yard shops in Salt Lake City. The 8370 was built new by EMD for the SP in April 1978.

Forty years ago today, Utah Railway Alco RSD-4s No. 300, 301, 302, 305 and RSD-5 No. 306 are ready to haul a Martin Turn out of Provo Yard on December 26, 1976.

Minutes after helping the MRODV-11 manifest freight to Soldier Summit, Rio Grande 5355, 5400, and 5406 drift down the hill to Castilla to shove yet another eastbound train to the top. July 11, 199... (more)

Nevada Northern Railway's 'Highliner' departs East Ely yard for points north through Nevada's remote Steptoe Valley. This perspective is via the old U.S. Route 93 bridge, now demolished. NN 109 is... (more)

Here's one for the Alco fans! An RSD-12, two RSD-4s and a single RSD-5 shove a long train of coal empties up the steep Wattis Branch the morning of Sept. 3, 1978. The 600 is a former Chesapeake & ... (more)

A Union Pacific SD7 awaits repairs at North Yard in Salt Lake City on Feb. 22, 1977. It was built as the UP 780 by EMD in June 1953, later retired as UP 455 in March 1980, sold to Precision Nation... (more)

Ogden Union Station joined the National Train Day festivities with slide show presentations, model train modules, mini train rides, vendors, and train equipment. Pictured from the roof of UP gas t... (more)