A brief patch of sun illuminates UP's Roper to Helper freight as it travels eastward through the broad expanse of Spanish Fork Canyon near Castilla.

Southern Pacific GP40-2 No. 7132, one of the first units to wear the new 'speed lettering' livery, was recruited to lead Amtrak's California Zephyr from Salt Lake City to Denver on June 8, 1991. T... (more)

Union Pacific's Salt Lake City to Denver freight emerges from the Thistle Tunnels on the morning of the Summer Solstice, 2013.

A Utah Railway IPP coal empty roars east through Rio on UP's Provo Subdivision. The 104 car train will load in Carbon County at Wildcat. In the background, the rapidly depleting snowpack on 10,551... (more)

A Utah Railway IPP coal empty emerges from the 3009 ft. Thistle Tunnel on UP's Provo Subdivision. The 104 car train will load in Carbon County at Wildcat.

A Utah Railway IPP coal empty roars through Spanish Fork Canyon at Diamond Fork crossing east of Castilla. The 104 car train will load in Carbon County at Wildcat.

Back to back EMD SD40-2s lead Burlington Northern & Santa Fe's Stockton - Denver trackage rights train through Rio in Spanish Fork Canyon.

A Utah Railway crude oil train emerges from the 3009 ft. Thistle Tunnels bound for Helper to reload. The inbound crude is trucked from the Uintah Basin and shipped by the Utah Railway to Salt Lake... (more)

Rio Grande auto train 179 rambles west along the shoreline of 'Thistle Lake' on D&RGW's newly relocated mainline in Spanish Fork Canyon. The atmosphere is filled of dust as contractors rebuild US ... (more)

One of the Rio Grande's newest GP40-2s was pressed into work train service, hauling rip rap in air dump cars on Feb. 14, 1988. The shoring up of the rising Spanish Fork River made the effort neces... (more)

A sunny springtime morning in Spanish Fork Canyon finds Rio Grande train 136 climbing east through Rio on March 26, 1988.

Descending Soldier Summit, this westbound coal train leaves a mountain storm behind.

On Christmas Eve '87, Rio Grande train No. 142 climbs east through Spanish Fork Canyon approaching Castilla.

The second section of Rio Grande's 100 train roars eastward through Spanish Fork Canyon at Diamond Fork crossing. Train No. 100 was interchange received from the SP at Ogden and delivered to the B... (more)

Here's one of my favorite locations to catch trains in Spanish Fork Canyon. UP 8344 East rattles the facing crossover switches at CP RG677 Rio with 10,551 ft. Mt. Loafer looming in the background.... (more)