Rio Grande Business Car 100, the 'Wilson McCarthy' is spotted on the house track at Castilla on July 16, 1983. This happened to be the first day Amtrak's California Zephyr trains #5 and 6 ran acro... (more)
It looked like all hope for a good railfanning day was lost when a semi slipped down an embankment and onto the tracks right around daybreak. However, UP and DOT crews quickly cleaned up the mess.... (more)
On July 4, 1983, the D&RGW opened a new mainline through the Thistle Tunnel, bypassing the old town of Thistle buried beneath a 300 foot natural dam and submerged beneath a new lake. The first thr... (more)
Rio Grande's priority piggyback train #101 glides west through Spanish Fork Canyon at Castilla. Train 101 was interchange received from the BN at Denver and delivered to the SP at Ogden.
Cloud remnants from an overnight thunderstorm cling to the verdant slopes of Mt. Loafer while Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 heads east through Spanish Fork Canyon.