The Roper based Midvale Tramp spots loads of corn oil, cottonseed oil, yellow corn and white corn at Frito Lay on the Bacchus Spur in West Valley City. Somewhere along the way, Rio Grande GP40-2 3... (more)

When an SP AC4400CW fails on a heavy coal train, what do you do? You recruit a Rio Grande tunnel motor from the Helper locomotive pool. SP's Valley Camp, Utah to Moapa, Nevada coal load awaits dep... (more)

Southern Pacific's 'Dirt Train' zigs and zags through the Kyune curves along the Price River the evening of June 1, 1996. This edition of UT16L-01 local is 2100 feet long with 15 loads, 15 empties... (more)

Southern Pacific's UT04L local awaits a relief crew tied down on the American Fork siding on April 21, 1996.

Three little hot rod GP60s pull a 59 car Oakland to Denver Forwarder east through Lakota Junction on March 3, 1996. The 9776 is one of last production four axle locomotives, built new for the Sout... (more)

SP 273 and SP 160 lead a 51 car Denver to Salt Lake City manifest through 'the wiggle' just west of Kyune on July 24, 1995. A mid-train helper was cut into the DVROM at Helper Yard.

A pair of brand new GE AC4400CW units lead a 126 car SP Salt Lake City to Denver mixed freight east up the 2% ruling grade to Soldier Summit on July 24, 1995. The Southern Pacific was experimentin... (more)

A Skyline to Intermountain Power coal train meets a Valley Camp to Moapa train at Provo Yard on June 16, 1995. The mid-1990s were a great time to watch and photograph coal trains during the transi... (more)

The first unit from SP's order for 279 GE AC4400CWs leads a Trona, CA to Skyline, UT coal empty at Colton, Utah on July 15, 1995. The GE AC4400CW is similar to the C44-9W but features AC traction ... (more)

Southern Pacific was only a short-time tenant on Tennessee Pass in Colorado. Originally a part of the Denver & Rio Grande Western, the line became a part of SP when the D&RGW absorbed the larger r... (more)

Southern Pacific SD40M-2s No. 8685 and 8648 are point helpers, pulling a 75 car Roper to Grand Junction Forwarder east along the Mapleton Bench on Feb. 19, 1995. The speed lettered duo will be cut... (more)

A stopped SP SD40-2M No. 8660 (leading a CRGVC) cries out for a bath while SSW B40-8 No. 8058 (leading a KCOAF) rolls by in Spanish Fork Canyon on Feb. 4, 1995.

New Southern Pacific GE C44-9Ws No. 8162, 8153, and 8189 lead a 123 car Roper to Grand Junction manifest east through Ironton on January 28, 1995.

An 84 car Denver to Roper manifest glides west through Spanish Fork Canyon on an overcast January 2, 1995 afternoon.

Southern Pacific's 'Dirt Train' local passes through American Fork with eight EMDs and 18 cars on New Year's Eve, 1994. The consist includes the SP 8652, DRGW 5409, DRGW 3137, DRGW 3101, DRGW 3085... (more)