On the last day of April, 1967, a spring blizzard is closing in as the PVSC, UP’s daily Provo-Salt Lake City local, eases down the hill behind GP9 297 and a string of motive power worthy of a ma... (more)

While Mt. Timpanogos plays peek-a-boo through the clouds, Union Pacific's PVSC train rambles through American Fork, Utah on Nov. 22, 1986. The Missouri Pacific (yes, MP) GP40 No. 651 was built as ... (more)

Union Pacific's Provo to Salt Lake City freight emerges from Rio Grande's Subdivision 6 mainline onto home rails at Lakota Junction on Aug. 3, 1986.

During the 1960s and 70s, it seemed the reporting mark 'UP' meant 'UnPredictable'. The morning PVSC (Provo-Salt Lake City) freight is blue flagged, awaiting departure from Provo Yard on January 24... (more)

Union Pacific's PVSC local awaits its turn to enter Rio Grande's eastward main track while both east and westbound trains breeze by at Lakota Junction. In the fall of 1985, the old diamond interlo... (more)

Union Pacific's PVSC makes a set out for Wycon Chemicals on the Provo Subdivision at Hardy.

During the summer of 1986, farmers in the southeastern United States experienced severe drought conditions. A group of farmers in northern Utah County decided to help by donating a box car load of... (more)

On a spectacular February afternoon in 1988, Union Pacific's PVSC departs Provo with a flat car to set out on the Hardy Beet Spur in Lindon. UP 91 is an EMD GP40X from a small fleet of six units U... (more)

On a hazy January afternoon in 1985, Western Pacific caboose 455 awaits a return to Salt Lake City on the PVSC local. Built for the WP in 1950 by International Car, the 455 had two months left to ... (more)

What at first appears to be a Missouri Pacific terminal is in fact Union Pacific's Provo Yard. The PVSC local prepares to depart town for North Yard in Salt Lake City.

On a cold winter's night at Union Pacific's Provo Yard, an EMD TR5 'cow and calf' and a GP20 await a call to duty with a fresh layer of snow on the ground.

Here's an example of a power lash up that made the Union Pacific a 'Diesel Spotters Guide' dream come true in the 1960s and 70s. An EMD GP9, a DD35B and a GP30B prepare to depart Provo Yard for No... (more)

On an overcast February morning in 1978, an A-B pair of EMD DD35s lead Union Pacific's Provo to Salt Lake City manifest under the University Avenue overpass in Provo, Utah. The wood structure at r... (more)

The Union Pacific Railroad of the 1970s was very different from today's carrier, in particular with regard to motive power. UP's daily Provo to Salt Lake City local departs Provo Yard with a nice ... (more)