DRGW 3014 and 3003 with caboose 01487 at Rocky, CO, Dec 10, 1983.

A variety of Rio Grande and one SP diesel locomotives at the diesel service area in Denver.

Rio Grande GP30s No. 3003 and 3001 pull a 14 car Provo Local through the Utah County town of Lehi on January 23, 1994.

Conductor Floyd Guymon boards the Fourth South Switcher after chatting with two local kids about safety around railroad tracks. At the time, Floyd had 32 years of seniority with the Rio Grande and... (more)

Rio Grande GP30 No. 3003 and GP40-2 No. 3120 lead a 13 car Fourth South Switcher through a patch of farmland in North Salt Lake on July 1, 1996.

Southern Pacific's former Rio Grande Roper Diesel Shop in South Salt Lake appears to be in a time warp. Present on the evening of June 8, 1996 are GP30s 3003 and 3008, SW1200 139, and GP40-2s 3124... (more)

Union Pacific’s West Local traverses the Rocky Spur above an eastbound coal train tied down in the siding at Rocky, Colorado, on January 27, 1998. Power for the local is Rio Grande GP30 No. 3003... (more)

Union Pacific’s West Local crosses over Colo. Highway 72 just west of Leyden, Colorado, on January 27, 1998. Leading the train is venerable Rio Grande GP30 No. 3003.

Two Rio Grande GP30s power Union Pacific’s West Local on the Rocky Spur above Rocky, Colorado, on October 23, 1997.

Rio Grande EMD GP30 No. 3003 and GP40-2 No. 3100 are on a work extra dumping ballast west of Leyden, Colorado, on February 12, 1999. A company front-end loader piles it along the right-of-way so t... (more)

At the end of a long summer day, SP's Tintic Local rambles through southern Utah County with 39 loads of dolomite for Geneva Steel.

SP's UT04L local departs Provo with 21 cars for Roper Yard on Aug. 8, 1993.

Rio Grande's 662 local heads east through Lehi with GP30s 3003, 3016, and 3004 for power on July 11, 1988. In less than a year, both of these road crossings (3rd West and 4th South) would be close... (more)

Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp local departs Welby Yard with a single box car for loading at Interstate Brick in the Bagley Industrial Park. Welby was essentially the end of urban sprawl along Rio Gra... (more)

25 years ago, the southwestern Salt Lake Valley was primarily vast open space peppered with farm houses and dry wheat farms. Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp stands out among the nothingness approaching... (more)