Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 pauses for fuel and passengers at the Rio Grande passenger station in Salt Lake City.

One of the hottest trains on UP's Overland and LA&SL routes, the Canal Street to Los Angeles trailers gets a new crew and a thorough inspection at North Yard in Salt Lake City.

Union Pacific SD45Ms #60-65 were rebuilt from standard EMD SD45s by Morrison Knudsen at Boise, Idaho, during 1980 to 1982 as a test program using Sulzer 16ASV25R-30 diesel engines from Switzerland... (more)

A well maintained Bucyrus-Erie derrick crane awaits a call to duty at UP North Yard in Salt Lake City.

A newly rebuilt Amtrak Material Handling Car awaits a call to service at the Rio Grande depot in Salt Lake City. The MHCs worked systemwide in general service including bulk mail and baggage handl... (more)

I've always thought how cool it would be to have a family member who is a railroad engineer or conductor. A local mom takes her son to see off his dad working the cab of Amtrak's California Zephyr... (more)

As the sun descends in the western sky, the American Orient Express luxury cruise train departs Salt Lake City for Oakland, California. The track alignment and the cityscape surrounding this outbo... (more)

On a partly cloudy afternoon, a quartet of Southern Pacific EMDs and a bay window caboose depart Salt Lake City for Ogden. Union Pacific's derrick/work train, complete with a gondola loaded with '... (more)

The unmistakable profile of a Union Pacific DDA40X glides through North Yard by the powerhouse in Salt Lake City. The 6923 was built by EMD for the UP in Dec. 1969, and would be traded back to EMD... (more)

A Southern Pacific SD40R takes a break at the Union Pacific passenger station in Salt Lake City. The 7361 assisted Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 overnight from California to Utah. Rio Grande... (more)

Appearing forlorn awaiting a return to service, WP GP35 3020 sits outside UP's North Yard Shops in Salt Lake City. The 3020 was wrecked in July 1982 on WP's Reno, Nevada branch. After the WP-UP me... (more)

A lashup of derelict WP switchers and GEs await an uncertain future, stored in UP's South Yard in Salt Lake City. The Sacramento Northern 607 is an NW2, built as an EMD demonstrator in Oct. 1939. ... (more)

Amtrak road and switch power takes a break at the Rio Grande passenger station on 5th West and Broadway in Salt Lake City. The Amtrak 283 is an EMD F40PH while the 551 is a former Santa Fe SSB1200... (more)

Utah Railway's RUT309 local rumbles slowly along the future site of Salt Lake City's Gateway Mall. In the background (at left) the brick and sandstone Wilbur S. Henderson building looms on the cor... (more)

Rio Grande SW1200 #135 rambles east along Becks Hot Springs with 17 cars for the 4th South Yard in downtown Salt Lake City.