Rio Grande's Provo Switcher rambles slowly through farm fields with 11 cars of Moroni turkey feed for transloading to semi trucks at Spanish Fork Sugar Factory. Today this rural retreat hosts a bi... (more)

The unmistakable pitch of a single chime air horn and a Caterpillar diesel engine announce the arrival of Sperry Rail Service car 144, testing for defects along Rio Grande's westward main track at... (more)

While horses enjoy a beautiful winter's afternoon, a well powered Rio Grande train #252 departs Springville for Pueblo. I never did find out the story behind the pooled BN power, a rarity around U... (more)

The second Utah Railway coal empty of July 9, 1994 roars east with 112 cars up the 0.8% eastward main track near Springville, Utah. The early to mid 1990s were the heady 'good old days' for the UT... (more)

A partly cloudy evening in Utah County finds Rio Grande's Railblazer train #102 heading east up the Mapleton Bench near Springville. Check out the variety of old school piggyback trailers includin... (more)

Two Warbonnet GEs and two Cascade Green EMDs lead a 103 car BNSF Riverback, CA - Denver, CO trackage rights manifest east of Springville on UP's Provo Subdivision.

In the late 1980s, the Denver & Rio Grande Western offered 14 hour piggyback service between Denver and Salt Lake City for $299. Nicknamed the 'Railblazer', an extra short train #102 is pictured c... (more)

A trio of Rio Grande four axle EMDs lead SP's PRGVR (Provo to Geneva, Road-switcher) down the Tintic Branch with 15 cars for Spanish Fork. This right of way at Dry Creek is now lined with new home... (more)

BNSF manifest to Denver runs thru Springville at track speed.

On Utah Pioneer Day 1986, Rio Grande's Provo Switcher glides east through Springville where it will soon hang a right onto the Tintic Branch. The two gondolas will be set out on the team track at ... (more)

A Utah Railway coal empty approaches rural South Main street crossing in Springville, Utah.

Captured during the 'Golden Hour', the second section of Rio Grande train #52 climbs the 1.1% Westward Main Track along the Mapleton Bench east of Springville, Utah.

Remember when coal trains were a little more interesting? A Rio Grande SD40T-2/SD50 combo leads a trio of UP SD60s east through Springville, bound for the coal mines in Carbon County. You wouldn't... (more)

With a well matched trio of trusty SD40-2s for power, Union Pacific's LUL57 local departs Springville on the Sharp Subdivision. On this particular day, the 57's work included stops at Spanish Fork... (more)

Rio Grande's Tintic Local sets out a pair of SP box cars on the Rabbit Track at Springville, Utah. Pictured at right is my little brother Dan, who was 10 years old at the time. Chasing trains was ... (more)