Rio Grade EMD GP9 5942 leads SD9 5305 as they work East Yard In Grand Junction Co in February 1990

Rio Grande GP9s 5942 and 5934 depart Gomex for Provo Yard with an empty nitric acid tank from Trojan Explosives on June 15, 1983.

It may be an icy cold January morning, but that won't stop the crew of the Tintic Local from performing their job with skill in a timely manner. GP9s 5942 and 5934 will soon hit the road with dolo... (more)

A pair of trusty EMD GP9s idle away the night at Provo Yard on Feb. 5, 1977. The following morning they will be called to haul mine empties to Geneva Steel's dolomite quarry at Keigley.

A trio of Rio Grande EMDs idle away the evening at Provo Yard on Jan. 15, 1976.

Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp wanders through dry farms of winter wheat approaching Welby Yard in West Jordan.

Rio Grande wide vision caboose 01522 trails D&RGW train #673, approaching United States Steel's Geneva Works in Vineyard.

Rio Grande's Geneva Turn departs Provo rolling west by the D&RGW passenger depot, built in 1910 and dismantled in 1986. A tiny glass enclosure with a push button heater and a pay phone for Amtrak ... (more)

Traversing fields of alfalfa and winter wheat, Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp rambles west approaching Welby Yard in West Jordan. Note the tiny plane among the cumulous clouds, preparing to land at Sa... (more)

Rio Grande's Tintic Local prepares to depart the mainline at Springville for a journey down the Tintic Branch. Today's duties will include stops at the Keigley dolomite quarry at milepost 16 and a... (more)

Rio Grande train #668 rolls slowly through Utah's rural Goshen Valley with three loads of grain for the LDS Welfare Farm elevator in Elberta.

Rio Grande local #666 exits the westward main track while ducking under US Highway 6 with a tank car of nitric acid for Trojan Explosives in Spanish Fork, Utah. D&RGW's Gomex spur was constructed ... (more)

Do you remember when railroads employed crossing guards? The Union Pacific and Rio Grande once employed men to protect switch movements in South Yard over busy 3rd North Street crossing in Salt La... (more)

With three loads of grain for the elevator at Elberta, Rio Grande train #668 rambles slowly through Utah's rural Goshen Valley on the Tintic Branch. It appears the tiny little train has the full a... (more)

During the spring of 1983, the huge Thistle mudslide closed Rio Grande's mainline from April until July. While the new bypass was under construction, Provo area crews were kept busy shoring up the... (more)