Switchers SW1200 138 and 133 wait for their next duties at East Roper yard in August 1982.
Oops! An errant box car has wedged itself into the side of a Rio Grande SW1200 near the wye at Roper Yard in South Salt Lake. Perhaps a steel chain and careful maneuvering will take care of it.
Rio Grande SW1200 #138 takes a turn around the Welby wye on the Bingham Branch in West Jordan.
Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp local crosses the South Jordan Canal at 22nd West in West Jordan. This was the only time I witnessed this local with a yard goat for power. The setting here is unrecogn... (more)
On a railroad that wasn't really into switchers these were usually only found at one end or another.