On Memorial Day '89, Rio Grande's Railblazer had just two trailers out of the Roper Piggyback Terminal in South Salt Lake. Even though this was a legal holiday, the D&RGW protected the service, ha... (more)
With plenty of help from the SP, Rio Grande's 126 train grinds its way east through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon on Sept. 5, 1988. Utah's typically azure blue skies turned grey for weeks... (more)
On a snowy Christmas Eve morning in 1987, Rio Grande train #101 kicks up a little snow at Castilla in Spanish Fork Canyon. Three box car loads of Coors Beer (from Golden, CO) are coupled behind th... (more)