Pacing the Rio Grande Zephyr along Highway 6, as the fireman peers into the rising Utah sun.
Westbound Utah Railway coal drag rolling out of the Thistle Tunnels.
Rolling downgrade at Thistle, Utah 5004 West rolls towards Provo, UT.
Union Pacific's MRONY, aka the 'Macaroni', climbs east through Spanish Fork Canyon on a sunny June 20, 2014 morning.
Union Pacific's MRONY heads east on Main 1 through CP RG677 'Rio' on June 20, 2014. The old time Rio Grande era signals at this location are scheduled for replaced with new tri-lights when PTC is ... (more)
UP's Trona to Skyline coal empty emerges from the Thistle Tunnels on June 6, 2014. The UP 6718 and UP 5696 are still in the tunnel, shoving on the rear of the 95 car train.
Amtrak's California Zephyr glides east through Spanish Fork Canyon on June 16, 1990.
Santa Fe RSD-15 No. 9823 leads a Utah Railway coal train east through Spanish Fork Canyon on July 10, 1975.
The Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 18 departs Thistle on its daylong journey from Salt Lake City to Denver. Nov. 2, 1975
Bob Pace of Thistle, Utah purchased D&RGW caboose 01120 from the Rio Grande in 1960. It was built at D&RGW's Burnham Shops in Denver in 1924. The caboose became a local landmark along Hwy. 6 until... (more)
Rio Grande caboose 01477 brings up the rear of a lumber train departing the small town of Thistle on a snowy Nov. 11, 1975 morning.
A Rio Grande lumber train rolls east through the small town of Thistle on a snowy Nov. 11, 1975 morning.
A set of Union Pacific pool power units lead SP's IPSNC through Spanish Fork Canyon at Castilla.
SP's Denver to Roseville Forwarder emerges from the 3009 ft. Thistle Tunnel in Spanish Fork Canyon on June 19, 1993.
SP's Denver to Roseville Forwarder snakes down the Soldier Summit grade just outside the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon. Every time I witnessed this intermodal train it appeared to be a flagsh... (more)