Rio Grande's Denver to Salt Lake City 'Railblazer' train 103 rolls west through the Salt Lake Valley on April 23, 1987. The Railblazer trains delivered piggyback trailers overnight between the Uta... (more)

Photographed minutes after sunrise, Rio Grande's Railblazer train 103 does its best to awaken the residents living in Provo on July 7, 1988. For the history fans, the photographer is standing on t... (more)

Rio Grande's Subdivision 6 mainline bisects the Utah County city of Lehi with broad curves at either end of town. Photographing trains in the mornings on the east side of the track was challenging... (more)

Photographed a few minutes after sunrise, Rio Grande's Railblazer train 103 roars west through Provo Junction on June 26, 1989.

At the end of a 570 mile, 14 hour overnight journey from Denver, Rio Grande's Railblazer train 103 arrives at Roper Yard in South Salt Lake the morning of July 29, 1989.

Photographed at 7:10 a.m. MDT, Rio Grande's Railblazer train 103 accelerates to track speed departing a 40 mph speed restriction through Provo City on July 1, 1989. The 103 would arrive on time at... (more)

An EMD GP40 and GP35 combo lead Rio Grande's Railblazer train 103 through Lakota Junction at 7:16 a.m. on June 12, 1989. Trains 102 and 103 departed their terminal of origin (Denver or Salt Lake C... (more)

A quiet morning in Lehi is shattered by the passage of Rio Grande's Railblazer train 103 on May 22, 1989.

Three EMD 'Hot Rods' lead Rio Grande's Railblazer train 103 through Ironton on July 9, 1988. The Saturday/Sunday Railblazers had general freight added to the head end as 'filler tonnage'.

After passing through the 35 mph speed limit downtown, Rio Grande's 'Railblazer' train 103 accelerates to 60 mph west of town at Provo Junction. The weed choked trackage in the foreground once bel... (more)

A sunny May morning in '88 finds Rio Grande's first tunnel motor leading the Railblazer through the small town of Lehi. A formation of birds appears to be frightened by the big noisy train.

Rio Grande's Railblazer train No. 103 glides west through South Jordan, about 10 miles from its destination at the piggyback ramp in Roper Yard. The two clean GP40-2s on the point had been release... (more)

Rio Grande's westbound Railblazer train #103 has the full attention of the local equestrian contingent, awaiting the start of the Lehi Roundup Rodeo. A corner of the historic Rio Grande Hotel is v... (more)

Leaving Denver behind
Rio Grande's Railblazer piggyback train heads west out of Denver near Leyden, Colorado on a hot July 9, 1989.