An EMD TR5 'cow and calf' pulls Union Pacific's very first SD40 through Provo Yard on April 3, 1977. Note the damaged offset side hopper car parked in the nearby Utah Railway yard.

Here's photographic evidence that there was steam on the Denver & Rio Grande Western mainline in 1977. A Bucyrus Derrick was called out of Roper Yard to clean up an eight car derailment at Provo o... (more)

The all business look of an EMD SD45 leads a Utah Railway coal load into UP's interchange yard at Provo. The 9146 was built by EMD for the Southern Pacific in March 1970. The Utah Railway acquired... (more)

A new arrival from Helm Financial is prepped to serve on the Utah Railway on June 13, 1985. Southern Pacific 9149 was built by EMD for the SP in March 1970. It served on the Utah Railway hauling c... (more)

Santa Claus delivered exactly what I asked for on Christmas Eve, 1976.

A group of wreck damaged Union Pacific hopper cars await an uncertain future at Utah Railway's Provo Yard on June 15, 1979.

A pair of new EMD SD40-2s await an assignment at Provo Yard on March 21, 1980. Simple workhorse units, many of which are still serving on the UP.

Spotted on the Jack Track in the Provo Car Shop, Utah Railway RSD-4 No. 307 gets a traction motor changeout on Nov. 23, 1978.

Excitement was in the air at Provo Yard the evening of April 3, 1985 when a quartet of Burlington Northern F45s arrived via the UP from Portland. The BN 6613, 6607, 6608, and 6606 were leased from... (more)

Utah Railway RSD-15 No. 400 idles away the afternoon at Provo Yard on Dec. 18, 1976. It was built the Santa Fe 9822 by Alco in July 1959.

Happiness is finding a string of bright blue Rock Island hopper cars in your hometown! ROCK 700193 and company are at Provo Yard, ready to be loaded with Utah bituminous coal on June 25, 1978.

The Rio Grande had complained for some time that Utah Railway's Alco powered coal trains were too slow on its mainline across Soldier Summit. To remedy the problem, the UTAH established a pool pow... (more)

A quartet of Utah Railway Alco RSD-4s assigned to the Martin Turn idle away on the service rail at Provo Yard on Jan. 22, 1978.

Utah Railway RSD-4s 302, 303, 301, and 307 depart Provo Yard with a Martin Turn on Oct. 23, 1977.

Many people don't know that Utah Railway painted a locomotive in Bicentennial colors. Alco RSD-4 No. 304 was repainted at the Martin Locomotive Shop in solid white (in lieu of gray) with blue hood... (more)