A solid set of Southern Pacific pool power leads Rio Grande's 177 train through Lehi City minutes after sunrise on June 15, 1989. The lead engine is an EMD GP40P-2, one of only three such units on... (more)

A Southern Pacific SD45T-2R leads Rio Grande's 146 train through Lehi on April 4, 1989. The SP 6776 was built the SSW 9160 by EMD in July 1972. I probably should have bought that house when I had ... (more)

A pair of Southern Pacific tunnel motors lead Rio Grande's Helper Local east through Provo Yard on a wintery Dec. 30, 1988 afternoon. The 6821, an SD45T-2, was rebuilt at Southern Pacific's Sacram... (more)

With a snazzy four pack of GP60s on the point, Southern Pacific's Denver to Roseville Forwarded cruises west through the Jordan Narrows with 40 cars.

With a new EMD GP60 on the point, Southern Pacific's CHSZT stack train glides west through Mud Cut in Mapleton.

Southern Pacific's MOVCC coal empty curves by a brilliant patch of quaking aspen on the Pleasant Valley Sub, bound for the load out at Valley Camp.

You can tell by the rusty coupler that the SP 350 is brand new! A fine three pack of GE AC4400CWs lead the second section of a Geneva Steel to Coop coal empty east through Spanish Fork Canyon whil... (more)

Approaching Narrows
An eastbound Southern Pacific freight passes the colorful red rocks west of Narrows, Utah, on August 6, 1996, back when SP’s AC4400CWs were still pretty fresh.

A Utah Railway coal train passes a Southern Pacific train of the same commodity at Soldier Summit, Utah, on September 7, 1995. At the time, Utah hauled its trains with a fleet of rebuilt SD40s, wh... (more)

Substitute power in the form of two brand new GE AC4400CWs lead a Southern Pacific Oakland, CA to Denver, CO intermodal train east through Spanish Fork Canyon at Castilla.

One of the best years for colorful fall leaves in Spanish Fork Canyon was in 1994. On Sept. 22nd, saturation is at its peak as Southern Pacific's MNGVC (Minntac, MN - Geneva, UT) ore train glides ... (more)

A pair of new GE AC4400CWs lead Southern Pacific's DVROM (Denver - Salt Lake City) manifest through Price Canyon just west of Lynn. A pair of Rio Grande SD40T-2s are visible shoving on the rear of... (more)

A new generation of power leads Southern Pacific's Denver to Salt Lake City manifest at Riverton, Utah. SP 225 is a GE AC4400CW, blt. June 1995 while the SP 502 is an MK5000C, blt. August 1994. Th... (more)

On January 4, 1996, Utah celebrated 100 years of statehood. To mark the occasion, the Southern Pacific ran a passenger special along the D&RGW between Green River and Salt Lake City, stopping in t... (more)