UP 7277 leads the CWELB west as it passes through Payson

A trio of GE Dash 8 series locomotives pull a Skyline to Barstow coal load through southern Utah County on May 20, 1990.

With the rugged Wasatch Mountains in the background, UP's CUPMA pulls 85 coal loads along the former Provo Subdivision approaching Payson on Feb. 5, 1995.

Rio Grande's Tintic Local crosses a pile trestle over Union Pacific's Provo Subdivision in Payson. The 668 is bound for loading at Geneva Steel's Keigley dolomite quarry in Genola.

A pair of Rio Grande GP30s glide west along the Tintic Branch on the outskirts of Payson.

Rio Grande's 'Rock Train' rambles slowly down the Tintic Branch for another load of dolomite at Keigley.

On Christmas Eve 1989, Amtrak's Desert Wind train #35 takes a detour via UP's Provo Subdivision (now the Sharp Sub) west of Payson. A derailed LAAPZ stack train on the Lynndyl Sub at Warner (Tooel... (more)

Hay there! A new GE C40-8 leads an extra section of UP's Wattis Plateau to Intermountain Power coal load on the Provo Subdivision (now the Sharp Sub) west of Payson. From left to right, 11,749 ft.... (more)

A Union Pacific GE U30C and three leased Rio Grande SD45s lead export coal west on the Provo Sub (now the Sharp Sub) near Payson, Utah. The UP 2918 would be retired from the active roster on Sept.... (more)

SP's PRGVR 'Elberta Turn' meets UP's CSRLA (Sharp, UT - Los Angeles, CA) export coal train at the Payson trestle in southern Utah County. The UP train had stopped briefly for a red signal at CP C7... (more)

A pair of snazzy Jenks SD40N rebuilds lead Union Pacific's LUL57 'Lynndyl' local beneath the Rio Grande Tintic Branch trestle at CP C735, West Payson. The 204 ft. long pile bridge has been out of ... (more)

UP's LUL57 local glides toward the main after setting out a single load of fertilizer at the Intermountain Farmers Association Distribution Center at Payson. Historically this spur was built in 19... (more)

On a fine autumn day in 1987, D&RGW train 665 crosses the Payson trestle with a trainload of Keigley dolomite for Geneva Steel of Utah. The wood pile bridge crosses both a local creek and Union Pa... (more)

Power for Union Pacific's LUL57 local moves toward the mainline after setting out a load of fertilizer at the Intermountain Farmers Association Distribution Center at Payson. Historically this spu... (more)

How would you like an EMD SD60M rambling a few feet from your living room? Union Pacific's LUL57 'Lynndyl local' is in the process of setting out a load of fertilizer along a short spur track lead... (more)