Engineer Bob Pace pilots his EMD 'Cadillac' SD9 through D&RGW's Provo Yard. If I had a time machine, I'd ask Eddie Anderson, the Provo Trainmaster how come a BN refrigerator car ended up in Provo.... (more)

Rio Grande's Provo Switcher approaches 9th West crossing in Provo with a long train of cars from Geneva Steel.

Rio Grande's Provo Switcher returns from Geneva Steel with a long cut of 18,000 series Keigley rock train (dolomite) hoppers. At left, a cut of GS gondolas used for sugar beet loading on the Tint... (more)

Late in 1976, Provo Trainmaster Eddie Anderson requested EMD SD7/SD9s to handle heavy tonnage trains between Geneva Steel and Provo. The newly arrived 5310 is photographed working the west end of ... (more)

Rio Grande's Provo Switcher sets out three bulkhead flat cars to the Anderson Lumber spur at 6th South and 2nd West in Provo. The brakeman is communicating to the engineer with hand signals via a ... (more)

Rio Grande GP9 5922 meets caboose 01471 at D&RGW's Provo Yard. The 01471 was built at D&RGW's Burnham shop in Feb. 1955, painted black with twin yellow horizontal stripes to indicate it was 'Radio... (more)

Union Pacific's Provo Switcher departs the joint UP-Utah Railway yard with a rebuilt Baldwin/MKO DS-4-4-10, bound for the steel mill at Geneva Works. This qualifies as one of the coolest caboose h... (more)

Here's a peek into Union Pacific's Provo, Utah car shop. At left, TR5 #1875B - 1875A undergoes minor repair work while at right SW9 #1846 receives routine maintenance on 'the jack track'. This ste... (more)

On a hot July afternoon in '77, Union Pacific's Provo Switcher cruises south down the Big 4 Distributing spur, dodging numerous late model cars in a local wrecking yard. Check out the four man swi... (more)

One of Utah County's biggest employers, United States Steel's Geneva Works, appears to be working at capacity as Rio Grande's Provo Switcher departs the mill with 60 cars for Provo Yard. Include... (more)

All is quiet on a snowless Christmas Eve at Provo Yard in 1976. One of Union Pacific's TR5 "cow and calf" switchers takes the afternoon off at the engine servicing facility. Provo terminal was hom... (more)

On a rainy afternoon in Happy Valley, an EMD TR5 'Cow and Calf' pairing work the west end of Provo Yard while the Delta Local awaits departure for Lynndyl and points west. Back in the 1960s and 70... (more)

On Dec. 5, 1970, Rio Grande's Provo Switcher has been assigned the task of hauling former Union Pacific 2-8-0 #618 from Provo Yard to the mouth of Provo Canyon. Here the train curves slowly from t... (more)

On Dec. 5, 1970, Rio Grande's Provo Switcher has been assigned the task of hauling former Union Pacific 2-8-0 #618 and six cars to the mouth of Provo Canyon. Here the train moves slowly up the bra... (more)

Rio Grande's Provo Switcher interchanges hopper cars with the Union Pacific and Utah Railway at Provo, Utah. The melting snows along the Wasatch Mountains illustrate the onset of spring.