A double rainbow welcomes UP's Wendover Local to Salt Lake City on Sept. 12, 2013.

Southern Pacific SDP45 3204 finds itself in Utah at Union Pacific's North Yard shops in Salt Lake City. The boiler equipped passenger/commuter hauler was built for the SP by EMD in May 1967. By th... (more)

A rebuilt and repainted Southern Pacific SD40R rests at Union Pacific's North Yard in Salt Lake City. The unit was built the SP 8412 by EMD in Jan. 1966.

A quartet of Southern Pacific EMDs pull Rio Grande train No. 100 across 17th South street, approaching Roper Yard and a crew change. Train 100 began as Southern Pacific piggyback train OACHT in Oa... (more)

With a single SD40N for power, Union Pacific's LUE43 local returns to Salt Lake City with cars from the Centennial Business Park west of downtown. This North Yard based local was powered by pairs ... (more)

A colorful UP KLBG4 stacker rolls east through North Yard in Salt Lake City.

After waiting for UP's 43 local to clear CP C784, Utah Railway's RUT311 is back on the move headed for Midvale.

Union Pacific's MNPWC blasts off from Salt Lake City with six motors on the point and a seventh shoving on the rear.

Union Pacific's MWCNP arrives in Salt Lake City, ready for a crew change and a pickup at North Yard.

Many a railroad engineer I've spoken to believe the EMD SD40-2 to be one of the best all around diesel locomotives ever built. The UP 3151 seems to prove that point, having served faithfully on th... (more)

More than three years after the Union Pacific and Western Pacific merger, 13 former WP EMDs rust away near Grant Tower in Salt Lake City.

Union Pacific's Yermo, CA to Pocatello, ID freight awaits a clear signal to depart 10th West for North Yard in Salt Lake City. The train is technically on the former Western Pacific mainline that ... (more)

The Western Pacific Railroad acquired three SW1500s from EMD in May 1973. The 1503 served well into the UP merger, becoming the UP 1503, the UP 1317, and finally the UPY 1042 prior to retirement a... (more)

Western Pacific caboose 457 is pictured in new paint recently applied by the Union Pacific and assigned to work the Elko, Nevada wrecker in 1984. It was built new for the WP by International Car i... (more)

A stormy summer evening finds Union Pacific's ZLAAH-26 departing Salt Lake City for the next crew change at Green River, Wyoming.