Photographed on the Summer Solstice of 1986, Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 leans into a super elevated curve on Rio Grande's westward main track at Mapleton, Utah. The grade separated and le... (more)

Rio Grande priority train #187 glides west through the farming community of Mapleton.

A Rio Grande manifest glides west through Mapleton while 11,749 ft. Mt. Timpanogos looms large in Utah's Happy Valley.

On a warm and sunny July 1988 morning, Rio Grande's Maintenance of Way forces dump carloads of steel mill slag (utilized for track ballast) at milepost 693 of the westward main track at Mapleton, ... (more)

With 10,193 ft. Spanish Fork Peak looming in the background, Utah Railway's CUWIP coal load enters Mud Cut at Mapleton, Utah.

The Rio Grande Zephyr, train #18 heads eastward on the shorter but steeper westward main track at Mapleton, Utah. The little streamliner will soon enter Spanish Fork Canyon leaving 11,749 ft. Mt. ... (more)

The Rio Grande Zephyr, train #18 charges east on the shorter but steeper westward main track at Mapleton, Utah. The little streamliner will soon enter Spanish Fork Canyon while 11,749 ft. Mt. Timp... (more)

Union Pacific's Salt Lake City to Grand Junction manifest curves eastward along main #1 at Mapleton, Utah.

Union Pacific's Salt Lake City to Denver manifest heads east into a super elevated curve on main #1 at Mapleton, Utah.

Union Pacific's Denver to Salt Lake City manifest emerges from Mud Cut on main #1 between Castilla and Springville, Utah. The lengthy 102 car train had it's Provo yard pickup cancelled, making the... (more)

In 1994-1995, SP's new C44-9W's looked great leading iron ore trains between Minntac, Minnesota and Geneva Steel in Utah. These classy new units were quickly replaced by hoards of brand new GE AC4... (more)

Having just departed the confines of Spanish Fork Canyon, Union Pacific's Skyline UT to Barstow CA coal load descends the relatively flat pastureland of the rural community of Mapleton, Utah. 10,9... (more)

Here's a locomotive consist you'll only find on the Utah Railway: Four MK50-3's and a single SD50S lead an IPPX coal empty on Main #1 at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon. 11,749 ft. Mt Timpanogos ... (more)