Utah Railway's Alco's 402, 401, 403 doing what Alco's do best. Tom Ellis photo.
An ex Santa Fe Alligator waits for the afternoon run up the hill
HIAWATHA UT Aug 22 1981 -- Utah Railway RSD15s 402, 401 and 403 smoke it up as they begin to pull on a cut of cars at the Hiawatha loadout. Unit 403’s smoke show puts much of the area in shadow.... (more)
A Utah Railway Provo to Martin Turn cruising east through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon on June 23, 1976.
A quartet of Alco RSD-15s and a single RSD-12 lead a train of coal empties into Martin Yard on Feb. 19, 1977.
The Utah Railway has historically rostered interesting secondhand diesel locomotives. They acquired a quartet of RSD-15 'alligators' from the Santa Fe in 1975. The UTAH 402, 401, 400, 403 and RSD-... (more)
Power for a Provo-Martin turn glides through Provo Yard on Feb. 19, 1977. RSD-15s 402, 401, 400, 403 and RSD-12 600 will haul coal empties east to Carbon County for loading at Hiawatha.
A quartet of Utah Railway Alco locomotives depart Provo Yard on a Martin Turn. Three former Santa Fe RSD-15s are followed by a LASCO RSD-12 on June 23, 1976.
ex-ATSF 9839
Battered, but still miles to go before it will go to sleep next year. Pentax MX; Kodachrome
As Beebe might say, this Mesolithic beast looks as old as the surrounding terrain and just as rough. Pentax MX; Kodachrome