On June 19, 1993, a quartet of clean GP60s emerge from the Thistle Tunnels leading SP's Oakland to Denver Forwarder. Ten years earlier, much of this landscape was submerged beneath Thistle Lake wh... (more)

A BNSF Railway grain empty emerges from the Thistle Tunnels via trackage rights on UP's Provo Subdivision.

Southern Pacific's 80 car Eugene to Chicago manifest climbs east near Castilla on Sept. 13, 1992.

An SD45T-2R and SD45 combo lead SP's DVROM through Spanish Fork Canyon on Feb. 13, 1993.

A BNSF Railway grain train climbs east through Spanish Fork Canyon at Castilla.

A 46 car crude oil empty emerges from the 3180 ft. Thistle Tunnel minutes after sunrise on Dec. 27, 2013.

A colorful mix of EMD power leads SP's hot OACHF through a chilly Spanish Fork Canyon on January 26, 1992.

Southern Pacific's Eugene, OR to Chicago, IL bulk lumber train climbs east through Spanish Fork Canyon with a quartet of Burlington Northern SD40-2s in the lead. 10,551 ft. Loafer Mountain has ple... (more)

91 buckets of Wildcat coal descend through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon on April 20, 2000. Within a year, all four of these EMDs will be retired from service on the Utah Railway, replace... (more)

Rio Grande's lumber drag 126 roars east through Spanish Fork Canyon at the Diamond Fork crossing on May 21, 1989.

Low lying clouds clear in time for the sun to illuminate the 142 in Spanish Fork Canyon. Rio Grande Industries acquisition of the Southern Pacific is becoming more and more visible by this point i... (more)

A pair of Southern Pacific EMDs lead a 40 car Rio Grande manifest through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon. The SP 6793 is an SD45T-2, built by EMD as the SP 9203 in March 1972. It was renum... (more)

Rio Grande auto train 242 snakes through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon on May 25, 1988.

Union Pacific's Salt Lake City to Denver freight kicks up a little dust along the Provo Subdivision in Spanish Fork Canyon at CP RG677, Rio.

One of my first Kodachrome images captures the Rio Grande Zephyr, train No. 18, curving through Thistle as viewed from the Highway 89 bridge on the east edge of town. The picture was shot with my ... (more)