An interesting lashup of Santa Fe, Burlington Northern, and MidSouth geeps lead Utah Railway's RUT311 local up UP's Bingham Industrial Lead in West Jordan. Snowy 9,026 ft. Mt. Olympus marks the ea... (more)

A pleasant autumn afternoon in '97 finds a mix of Santa Fe, Mid South and Burlington Northern power leading Utah Railway's RUT311 local through West Jordan.

Six well matched Utah Railway GP38-2s lead the RUT310 local up the former D&RGW Bingham Branch in West Jordan. At left, the newly completed West Jordan City Hall stands proudly at No. 8000 Redwood... (more)

With a long cut of sulphuric acid tank cars from Kennecott, Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp approaches the New Bingham Highway crossing at Welby, Utah. You would hardly recognize this location today wi... (more)

With a vintage three pack of GP30s for power, Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp approaches 78th South street crossing on the Garfield Branch near Welby, Utah. You would hardly recognize this location tod... (more)

A pair of General Electric 125 ton, 3000 Volt 'Magna Motors' lead a 90 car train of copper ore from the Bingham Canyon Mine bound for the smelters at Garfield. Built in 1947, these boxy GEs made e... (more)

Where Rio Grande GP30s once trundled along at 20 mph on a section rail branchline, today Siemens S70 LRVs cruise along at 65 mph on ribbon rail with ABS signaling through the Bagley Industrial Par... (more)

On a beautiful June evening, a trio of EMD GP39-2s lead a Kennecott Copper ore train along the High Line just north of Central Junction.

A pair of GE 125 ton 'Magna Motors' make one of their final runs hauling ore empties between the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine and Magna, pending retirement and replacement by new diesel powered EMD ... (more)

A 68 car Kennecott Copper ore empty glides through a curved cut on the High Line approaching Central Junction. Downtown Salt Lake City is visible to the right of the 910, located about 12 miles aw... (more)

The times they are a changing! Kennecott Copper Corp. dieselized its Utah ore haulage lines late in 1978, banishing the GE 'Magna Motor' 125-ton electrics to the history books. Pictured at Central... (more)

A trio of EMD GP39-2s lead a long train of copper ore from Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Copper Mine to the Bonneville Concentrator in Magna, Utah.

A trio of EMD GP39-2s lead 90 cars of copper ore from Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Copper Mine to the Bonneville Concentrator in Magna, Utah.

A pair of General Electric 125 ton, 3000 Volt 'Magna Motors' lead a 90 car train of copper ore from the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine, bound for the car dumpers at Magna, Utah. Built in 1947, the box... (more)

A pair of General Electric 125 ton, 3000 Volt 'Magna Motors' lead a 90 car train of copper ore from the Bingham Canyon Mine bound for the car dumpers at Magna. Built in 1947, the boxy GEs made eas... (more)