A Union Pacific TR5 'Cow and Calf' and a short train depart Provo for a journey to the Western Warehouse Spur at Hardy in Lindon. Jan. 24, 1976

A Union Pacific TR5 'Cow and Calf' depart Provo for a journey to the Western Warehouse Spur at Hardy in Lindon. Jan. 24, 1976

Even though the essential elements of the steam era are gone, a few structures remained at Provo Yard throughout the 1970s. SW9 No. 1845 takes a breather near the old turntable alongside car shop ... (more)

A pair of blue flagged Utah Railway cabooses meet at Provo Yard on Dec. 21, 1975. Alco RSD-4 No. 307, assigned to work the Provo Switcher, idles away near the office building.

The morning switch crew prepares to board a Utah Railway RSD-5 at Provo Yard on Dec. 14, 1975.

Utah Railway RSD-5 No. 305 makes a switch move at Provo Yard on a fine Nov. 1974 afternoon.

Rio Grande's Provo Yard hosted two trains per day in the 1970s. The Provo Switcher, with SD7 5303, will haul traffic between Provo and Geneva Steel while the Tintic Local, with GP9 5923, will work... (more)

A Rio Grande SD7 idles away the evening spotted just outside the Provo yard office. Scanned from a Kodak Plus-X negative exposed through a 35mm Canon FT camera. Sept. 1975

The last GP7 on the Rio Grande roster pauses between switch moves at Provo Yard on Feb. 15, 1976.

While searching for a suitable location to photograph the pending Rio Grande Zephyr, we spotted the Provo Switcher milling about in the former Salt Lake and Utah Railroad interchange yard called '... (more)

The 'rebuilder's' plate for Western Pacific GP35 #3005 reflects the sun's rays quite nicely at Union Pacific's Provo Yard on March 4, 1984.

The train conductor working on Rio Grande's Provo switcher ties down his caboose on the eastward main track at Provo on June 7, 1977. The D&RGW 01504 was built new by International Car for the Rio... (more)

When the D&RGW removed its first generation EMDs from local duties out of Provo in October 1984, it assigned GP40 and GP40-2s as replacement power. The 3130, built by EMD in March 1983, takes a br... (more)

Ahhh . . . the joys of wintertime railroading! Crew members of Union Pacific's Provo Switcher dig out snowy switch points that lead to the Lehi Block Company at Cutler.

A pair of consecutively numbered EMD SD9s switch the west end of Rio Grande's Provo Yard. Both were acquired by the D&RGW from EMD in July 1957 and retired late in 1991.