Greetings,This website will deal mainly with train activity south and west of Salt lake![]() City,Utah. I will be featuring photos from the early 1990's to the present,Hopefully I will be ![]() able to obtain some photos prior to that time from the 1970's and 1980's. This website will ![]() feature photos of Rio Grande,Southern Pacific,Union Pacific and Utah Railway around Provo. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Southern Pacific SD40-T2#8365 basks in sunlight in Union Pacific's Provo Yard in the Summer of 1999,Testament to the![]() merger phases that SP has been through in the last thirteen years up to 1999. The Southern Pacific''Speed Lettering'',Was ![]() Rio Grande Inspired. ![]() ![]() |
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In The Early 1990's,It was still possible to find Rio Grande GP30's roaming on the former Rio![]() Grande Mainline between Salt Lake City and Provo.In December 1992,Southern Pacific's Provo ![]() Local approaches Provo's 820 North Grade Crossing with tonnage out of Geneva Steel.Once ![]() GP30's 3017,3023,3015 drop off it's load of rolled steel at Southern Pacific's former Rio Grande ![]() Provo Yard,It will take it's outbound west train back to Roper Yard in Salt Lake City. These ![]() famed GP30's were built in 1962,Rio Grande was amongst several railroads at that time to ![]() purchase these stylish locomotives. ![]() ![]() Quinn Copyright 2003 ![]() |
As a condition of the Southern Pacific/Union Pacific Merger,Burlington Northern Santa Fe was![]() granted trackage rights between Denver and Stockton,California.On April 25,1998,BN 8031/ ![]() Santa Fe 5024/ LRCX 9524/ BN 8038 lead a westbound unit coil steel train through Provo.This ![]() train is running from Birmingham,Alabama to Pittsburg,California on former Rio Grande Rails.In ![]() just one hour,This train symboled U-BIRTPIT-1 will complete the rest of it's journey to ![]() Pittsburg,CA from Salt Lake City on former Western Pacific Rails. ![]() ![]() Quinn Copyright 2003 ![]() |
In April 1997,Utah Railway became BNSF's local switching agent between Provo and Ogden![]() switching local industries.New yards were built at Provo,Midvale and Ogden. In order to fill it's ![]() new duties,Utah Railway purchased old and worn-out Santa Fe and Burlington Northern GP20's ![]() and GP35's. ![]() ![]() On December 27,1997,Utah Railway's RUT 309 Job rolls westbound out of Provo with local ![]() BNSF Tonnage bound for Utah's Yard at Midvale.In charge of this train are three former Mid- ![]() South GP10's 1074/1045/1073 along with a former BN GP35# 2163.A green signal at milepost ![]() 701.3 awaits them for the trip to Midvale. ![]() ![]() What A Treat It Is To See Vintage Geeps from the 1950's and 60's leading a Utah Railway ![]() Local in the final years of the twentieth century. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |