By the early 1980s, the Rio Grande Zephyr was losing money. To reduce costs, the D&RGW was looking for ways to economize. By the summer of 1982, they tested alternative power arrangements to reduc... (more)

UP's Denver to Roper intermodal Z train was taking the curve out of Provo headed to Salt Lake City.

A Trailways Silver Eagle coach, running as a substitute for the last run of the Rio Grande Zephyr, makes a station stop at Provo, Utah on the morning of April 24, 1983. Due to the Thistle landslid... (more)

A 16 car National Railway Historical Society passenger special arrives at Backman's Curve in Provo on June 25, 1997.

Back to back SW10s await an assignment beneath the majestic Wasatch Mountains at Provo Yard on March 2, 1997.

SP 218 and SP 194, new GE AC4400CWs, await an assignment at Provo Yard on July 18, 1995.

Built by EMD in February 1975, a speed-lettered SP SD45T-2 idles away at Provo Yard on Sept. 25, 1994.

An SW10/SD40-2 combo work Provo Yard's afternoon switch job on March 31, 1996.

After merging with Union Pacific in 1995, Chicago & North Western Railroad locomotives could be found all over the Union Pacific. A GE C40-8 and an EMD SD40-2 meet more than a thousand miles from ... (more)

A GE C44-9W and two MPI MK5000Cs await an assignment at Provo Yard on Nov. 23, 1995.

Back-to-back SW10s make a set out at Big Four Distributing Co. in Provo.

A Chicago & North Western SD40R is pictured having been serviced, awaiting an assignment at Provo Yard on Aug. 20, 1995. The CNW 6564 was built Penn Central SD45 No. 6237 in August 1968. It would ... (more)

Electro-Motive, Conrail, Locomotive Management Services, and Union Pacific power mingle at the Provo engine servicing facility on a stormy March 12, 1995 afternoon.

Factory Fresh Conrail Quality: New GE C40-8W units are ready to pull a Union Pacific Wattis Plateau to Long Beach coal train at Provo Yard on January 25, 1995. These units were part of a fleet of ... (more)