An MWCX covered hopper car derailed on UP's MNYRO 23 on Christmas Eve in Provo, Utah. Crews quickly removed it from the right of way so Amtrak's California Zephyr could pass through on its way fro... (more)

SP's Oakland to Denver Forwarder zigs and zags through Price Canyon east of Colton on June 19, 1993.

A group of 13 Western Pacific GP7s, GP9s, and GP20s await disposition in Union Pacific's South Yard in Salt Lake City. The WP 703 was retired in Apr. 1985 and sold to Mountain Diesel Transportatio... (more)

A Rio Grande GP60 assigned to work the Creede Local turns on the wye near the historic D&RGW roundhouse in Alamosa, Colorado. The sturdy brick structure that served both narrow and standard gauge ... (more)

Union Pacific's daily Kansas City to Oakland auto train glides west through Provo with 59 cars on October 6, 1996.

While thunderstorms pound the nearby Wasatch Mountains, a Southern Pacific Denver to Roper manifest departs American Fork siding on Aug. 14, 1994.

The Rio Grande Heritage SD70ACe awaits departure from the former D&RGW yard at Helper, Utah. This northeasterly perspective faces the Helper Canyon area of the rugged Book Cliffs, leading to the f... (more)

Union Pacific's LUF51 local enters the Provo Subdivision main while Rio Grande's hot DVROT glides by at Lakota Junction. The track at upper left and upper right once crossed the D&RGW at grade unt... (more)

A pair of Utah Central Railway GP15-1s switch the Cargill Flour Milling Spur along G-Avenue at 25th Street in Ogden.

On April 30, 1989, a group of senior D&RGW officials received a 'Grande' retirement party, stopped briefly at the depot at Helper, Utah. Soon the exclusive 'party on rails' will be on the move, he... (more)

Rio Grande 3109 leads a 29 car Fourth South Switcher through Grant Tower in Salt Lake City. Aug. 25, 1995

Rio Grande GP9 5922 meets caboose 01471 at D&RGW's Provo Yard. The 01471 was built at D&RGW's Burnham shop in Feb. 1955, painted black with twin yellow horizontal stripes to indicate it was 'Radio... (more)

A dramatic storm system looms large, chasing Union Pacific's Provo-Denver manifest over Utah's Soldier Summit.

Oops! An errant box car has wedged itself into the side of a Rio Grande SW1200 near the wye at Roper Yard in South Salt Lake. Perhaps a steel chain and careful maneuvering will take care of it.

In June 1988, Amtrak assigned EMD SW1 #736 to work coach switching duties at the Rio Grande depot in Salt Lake City. This pioneer EMD yard goat nicknamed ‘Lil’ Toot’ was built in January 194... (more)