On Sunday, June 10, 2012, the Utah Transit Authority ran their first test train along 24 miles of the new 45 mile Salt Lake City to Provo commuter rail extension. The little train is pictured in t... (more)

A nicely matched trio of Rio Grande SD50s (5508, 5507, 5510) power the 'Dirt Train' local through the Jordan River Narrows just east of Riverton, Utah. D&RGW management posed the 'Prospector" pass... (more)

Union Pacific's Denver-Salt Lake City manifest glides through the Jordan Narrows west of Mesa. All of the trackage and bridges pictured here are new with Utah Transit Authority's Salt Lake City to... (more)

One of the more interesting Rio Grande freights of the 1980s were the bulk forest products trains interchanged with the Southern Pacific at Ogden. Here a well stocked sample of train 146 departs t... (more)

Union Pacific's Valmy, NV to Skyline, UT coal empty exits the Salt Lake Valley while entering the Jordan Narrows just east of Riverton, Utah.

A Valmy, NV to Skyline, UT coal train curves eastward through the Jordan Narrows approaching Mesa. Crews are building a new commuter rail line parallel to UP's Provo Sub between Salt Lake City and... (more)

A late running California Zephyr offered a rare opportunity to photograph train #5 in broad daylight along the Wasatch Front. Pictured just west of Mesa siding on UP's Provo Sub, the classy 40th A... (more)

Union Pacific's Valmy, NV to Skyline, UT coal empty exits the Salt Lake Valley while entering the Jordan Narrows east of Riverton, Utah.

Utah Railway's RUT611 local glides west through the Jordan Narrows with 14 cars for Ogden. The construction of UTA's Salt Lake City-Provo commuter rail line continues parallel to UP's Provo Subdiv... (more)

Union Pacific's Skyline, UT to Valmy, NV coal train heads west over brand new trackage through Utah's Jordan Narrows. The long cut at milepost 724 was widened last year to include a right of way f... (more)

A well powered Denver to Salt Lake manifest curves through the Jordan Narrows just west of Mesa. The fourth unit out, SD40T-2 #2934, was built the D&RGW 5411 by EMD in 1980. It had been purchased ... (more)

A trio of UP units lead the third section of BNSF's Elko, NV to Provo, Utah trackage right manifest just east of Riverton, Utah. Catching a BNSF trackage rights train with UP pool power is very un... (more)

Eighteen loaded air dump gondolas trail UP 5114 east through the Jordan Narrows just east of Riverton. This work train originated at Cheyenne, WY and will tie up for the day in the old D&RGW yard... (more)

A BNSF Railway Stockton, CA to Provo, UT trackage rights manifest heads east through Utah's Jordan River Narrows about 20 miles south of downtown Salt Lake City. Utah Transit Authority is building... (more)

A UP North Platte, NE to Provo, UT coal empty heads east through Utah's Jordan River Narrows about 20 miles south of downtown Salt Lake City. Utah Transit Authority is building a 45 mile commuter ... (more)