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.

Utah Railway Alco RSD-15 No. 403 rests at Provo Yard after returning from Martin with a coal train on May 28, 1977. The 403 was built the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 847 in June of 1960.

A Utah Railway coal empty races a Ford Futura through Springville the afternoon of Feb. 24, 1988.

Like it or not, you have to wait your turn.

Hustle Muscle on Soldier Summit

Four Alco RSD-15s and one RSD-12 pull a 'Martin Turn' through Price Canyon on May 21, 1977.

Utah Railway RSD-15s No. 401, 400, 403 and RSD-12 600 pull a Martin Turn east through Spanish Fork Canyon at Covered Bridge Drive on Feb. 12, 1977.

Green Dragons Invade Price Canyon

Three EMD F45s and four SD40-2s pull a Utah Railway Martin Turn just east of Soldier Summit on Sept. 6, 1985. The train includes 13 loads of ballast and coal empties headed to the mines for reload... (more)

A quartet of classic Southern Pacific SD45s pull a Utah Railway coal empty east out of Provo Yard the evening of May 19, 1986.

A Union Pacific CA-9 caboose trails a 23 car Utah Railway Martin Turn approaching Spanish Fork Canyon on Nov. 7, 1985.

A trio of Utah Railway RSD-15s and a single RSD-12 lead the Martin Turn through Springville on Feb. 12, 1977.

Santa Claus delivered exactly what I asked for on Christmas Eve, 1976.

I had a rare opportunity to high rail Rio Grande's new mainline through Spanish Fork Canyon while 'Thistle Lake' was still present. A Utah Railway coal load rambles west along the shoreline of the... (more)

An astonishing power consist that includes three F45s and four SD40-2s pull the Martin Turn east through Mapleton on Sept. 6, 1985. The train has 13 loads of ballast on the head with the balance o... (more)