Under the watchful eye of 10,689 ft. Loafer Mountain, Rio Grande SD40T-2s 5347, 5406, 5383, and 5371 lead a 44 car RODVM through Spanish Fork Canyon on Feb. 8, 1997.
Rio Grande SD40T-2s 5403, 5396, 5374, and 5387 pull a 67 car Roper to Denver manifest along the Price River approaching Kyune on a chilly Oct. 12, 1996 morning.
An colorful group of EMDs pull SP's RODVM through Lakota Junction the morning of Sept. 7, 1996. Leading the 80 car train are a GP60, SD45T-2, SD45R, and two SD40T-2s. The big UP-SP merger is only ... (more)
Southern Pacific AC4400CWs 136 and 129 pull a 52 car RODVM through Spanish Fork Canyon on April 8, 1996. Behind the power are nine DRGW Difco air-dump gondolas scheduled to be set out in Helper Ya... (more)
A pair of brand new GE AC4400CW units lead a 126 car SP Salt Lake City to Denver mixed freight east up the 2% ruling grade to Soldier Summit on July 24, 1995. The Southern Pacific was experimentin... (more)
Southern Pacific's RODVM works to conquer the forces of gravity (without the benefit of a helper enigne) in the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon the morning of July 24, 1995.
Southern Pacific's RODVM grinds its way east through Gilluly with 52 cars for Denver. The lead nine cars are Difcar air driven side dumps, purchased in 1984 for maintenance of way service on the R... (more)
A pair of new GE AC4400CWs lead Southern Pacific's Salt Lake City to Denver manifest east through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon. The SP really put this pair of newbies to the test with 12... (more)
The day after a horrific accident due to a rock slide that claimed the lives of 2 men West of Crescent, GP40-2's 3117 and 3128 bring down the remainder of the train that was involved in the wreck.... (more)
Something to be rarely seen again, four Rio Grande tunnelmotors drop downgrade from Tunnel #1 on the Moffat sub on their way to Denver. This sight became more and more rare as the UP took more con... (more)
Soon after the UP-SP merger, many former D&RGW SD40T-2s returned to home rails. Here a matched quad of EMD 'tunnel motors' lead a 44 car RODVM (Roper, UT - Denver, CO) through Price Canyon at the ... (more)
The very last new D&RGW locomotive leads the daily Salt Lake to Denver RODVM east through Spanish Fork Canyon at Rio, Utah. D&RGW 3154-3156 were technically replacement power for three wrecked uni... (more)
A pair of brand new SP AC4400's lead a long RODVM train into the Red Narrows area of Spanish Fork Canyon. This train was not equiped with a helper, and was slowly grinding upgrade at about 20 mph.