As the sun rises and EB Manifest train crosses the state line into Ohio.

ATSF SD45u No. 5305, fresh from a rebuild and a repaint, leads Santa Fe's Phoenix to Winslow manifest freight east through Arizona's Coconino National Forest near Cosnino on Oct. 1, 1988.

The brutish, business-like appearance of an EMD SD45 leads an eastbound Rio Grande manifest freight into Provo on Oct. 17, 1976.

An eastbound mixed freight descends Medbury Hill at Reverse, Idaho on July 31, 1993.

Merger Mania Climbing the Grade to Wahsatch

Due to trackwork on the freight main, the Salt Lake Sub Dispatcher routed a Roper bound manifest through the Rio Grande Passenger Station in Salt Lake City on Aug. 13, 1997.

An eastbound mixed freight meets a local switch engine at the Rio Grande passenger station in Provo on June 26, 1976.

An eastbound manifest powers up on the approach to Spanish Fork Canyon on Feb. 19, 1977.

Here's a great example of the wonderful, interesting and innovative UP that I grew up with. With an SD45 and three DD35s for power, a Union Pacific through freight takes a break at Provo Yard on D... (more)

Five four axle EMDs pull a heavy Rio Grande manifest through Gilluly on June 12, 1977. Two GP30s were shoving on the rear of the train behind the caboose.

The distinctive rumble of two EMD SD45s and a single SD40T-2 lead a Rio Grande general freight through Narrows on a snowy Nov. 12, 1978 morning.

A pair of back to back EMD DD35s roll east through Utah's Tintic Valley approaching Boulter on Oct. 2, 1977. UP 79 and 70 were built new for the UP by EMD in 1965. When everything was working as d... (more)

A Rio Grande home built caboose trails an eastbound manifest through Soldier Summit on July 14, 1979. An open autorack loaded with new 1979 Chevy Monte Carlos take a tour of the scenic D&RGW.

A Union Pacific eastbound freight works to conquer the 1.18% grade of the old Provo Subdivision mainline near Point of the Mountain. This secondary mainline lost its status as a through route when... (more)

Rio Grande 3116 East ramps it up at Gomex for the 37 mile climb to Soldier Summit. At the time, we didn't know that within a week, the mainline through Thistle would be closed forever due to a mas... (more)