Sperry Rail Service employees give their track detector car a good bath while a Rio Grande manifest makes a pickup at Provo Yard.

On a pleasant autumn afternoon at Provo Yard, Rio Grande engineer Bob Pace makes a few mechanical adjustments to SD9 #5314. It appears the number boards could use a little tinkering as well.

Two EMD GP9s (5931, 5904) and two EMD SD7s (5300, 5302) prepare to depart Provo for Roper Yard in South Salt Lake. Provo offered one of the more photogenic backgrounds for a switching yard along t... (more)

Glowing in fresh Aspen Gold paint, Rio Grande caboose 01442 takes a breather at Provo Yard.

Before I received my driver's license late in 1977, I railfanned via an Azuki 10 speed bicycle. I happened to be riding across the University Avenue viaduct in Provo on August 21st and caught this... (more)

On a fine October 1977 afternoon, a pair of Rio Grande SD9s await their next assignment on the mainline out of Provo Yard. D&RGW 5308 and 5309 were built new by EMD for the Rio Grande in July 1957... (more)

On Father's Day 2012, a busy moment is captured at Provo Yard: a BNSF Provo-Stockton manifest prepares to depart for Roper Yard, the RUT611 awaits departure for Ogden and the RUT211 switcher class... (more)

On a spectacular springtime afternoon, Rio Grande's Provo switcher works a cut of cars near the joint UP-Utah Railway yard. The steep track in the foreground was built for the Union Pacific to tra... (more)

With a nearly full moon in the azure blue sky, a Rio Grande manifest breaks free of the 'downtown' speed restriction just west of Provo, Utah.

While the afternoon switcher works the drill track, a westbound manifest sets out its train at Rio Grande's Provo Yard. One of the benefits to photographing trains in the Provo area are the incred... (more)

Union Pacific's LUL57 local departs Provo Yard for a trip west along the Sharp Subdivision. EMD SD40-2s 3530, 3602, and 1561 lead 30 cars with stops planned for Spanish Fork, Martmar, Lynndyl, and... (more)

Here's the Rio Grande I adored as a kid: Six four axle high horsepower EMDs hauling freight through my hometown of Provo. There was a speed restriction through the city limits. Once a train approa... (more)

On New Year's Eve 1976, a Rio Grande lumber drag heads east through Provo Yard.

Having just returned from Ogden, Utah Railway's RUT612 local backs its train into Provo Yard at CP RG699, Ironton. Gotta love the rare US&S Searchlights that protect the control point's crossover ... (more)

Count them: One, Two, Three, Four, FIVE SD45s!!! Here's the only time I ever saw a Rio Grande train with five big SD45s for power. This hotshot westbound is heading through Provo Yard moments befo... (more)