On a beautiful summer morning at the former Rio Grande Gilluly Horseshoe, SP's Roseville to Alton & Southern manifest grinds upgrade with 72 cars on Aug. 31, 1996. The train still has 700 feet of ... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific coal train passes another laid up with locomotive issues on top of Soldier Summit, Utah, on September 7, 1995. Note sand on the rails in front of SP GE AC4400CW No. 3... (more)

An EMD SD45T-2 leads Southern Pacific's Kansas City to Oakland Forwarder through Riverton the evening of Aug. 23, 1996.

An eastbound SP train has just finished it's descent from Tehachapi pass at Mojave

A trio of new GP40-2's led an eastbound into Topeka on the "Cotton Rock" exRock Island Golden State route.

On a stormy evening in Utah County, a Southern Pacific Arco, Colorado to Moapa, Nevada coal train passes a Minntac, Minnesota to Geneva, Utah iron ore train at Ironton on Aug. 17, 1996.

After shoving a westbound train to Kyune, a pair of Rio Grande SD40T-2 helpers glide east across the Willow Creek girder bridge at Castle Gate on August 11, 1996.

After a 28 mile descent from Soldier Summit, SP's Minntac to Geneva iron ore train throttles up for a short section of level track approaching the Thistle Tunnels on August 11, 1996.

A quartet of Rio Grande tunnel motors including my favorite, 5355, because of a cab ride I received on the Craig Branch, have a coal train in tow near the site of Mill Fork on Rio Grande's Soldier... (more)

By the summer of 1996, it was GREAT to catch a quartet of old EMD tunnel motors leading a freight along the former Rio Grande mainline. The GE AC4400CW revolution had taken over most of the mainli... (more)

On a crystal clear Utah County morning, Southern Pacific's Geneva, Utah to Terror Creek, Colorado coal empty rolls east through Springville on Feb. 20, 1995. It appears 11,752 ft. Mount Timpanogos... (more)

Looking more like a scene out of the 1980s or even the 1970s (minus alternations to gyralites, class lights, horn relocations, etc.), a group of five Rio Grande GP40-2s have been serviced and awai... (more)

Rio Grande GP40-2s 3122, 3120, and 3105 lead a 14 car Midvale Tramp through a rural area near Magna on July 26, 1996.

A colorful mix of EMDs lead a Roseville to Roper Forwarder into Roper Yard on July 24, 1996. The four unit set has 13 loads of piggyback trailers on the draw bar.