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By:Quinn Clegg
Dates:9/20/2012 - 9/20/2012
Album Info:This album will contain present day Union Pacific,BNSF and Utah Railway Operations as well as 1990's classics from my vast collection of Southern Pacific/Rio Grande archives.
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DRGW 5358,SEPTEMBER 1993.
Title:  DRGW 5358,SEPTEMBER 1993.
Description:  Rio Grande 5358 pulls out of Provo Yard to head east on an empty coal train with SP 7435 on the point. Back in the early to mid 1990's the old Rio Grande Mainline became a ''tunnel motor'' railroad.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/18/2013 9:50:52 PM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5358(SD40T-2) SP 8303(SD40T-2)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
DRGW 5359,SEPTEMBER 1992.
Title:  DRGW 5359,SEPTEMBER 1992.
Description:  Rio Grande SD40T-2 5359 leads a Southern Pacific Manifest passing Union Pacific's OMIGV that is backing into Geneva Steel with it's load of taconite.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 12/2/2012 3:21:57 PM
Location:  Orem, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5359(SD40T-2)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
DRGW 5384,NOVEMBER 1993.
Title:  DRGW 5384,NOVEMBER 1993.
Description:  Many of you probably have seen my original picture of 5384 scanned from a print on this site,I went back and found the negative to this picture and re scanned it at 4800 D.P.I. The results are just mind boggling,Even with the simple 35mm point and shoot camera I had back then. Here Rio Grande 5384 prepares to head west down Union Pacific's Provo Subdivision to Lynndyl. Note the Rio Grande coal hoppers behind 5384.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 3/8/2013 2:08:25 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5384(SD40T-2)
Views:  254   Comments: 0
DRGW 5384,NOVEMBER 1993.
Title:  DRGW 5384,NOVEMBER 1993.
Description:  Here's looking at the front of 5384 scanned from the same negative. Remastered from the original print. Rio Grande 5384 waits to head west across Union Pacific's Provo Subdivision towards Lynndyl.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 3/9/2013 2:33:10 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5384(SD40T-2)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
DRGW 5388,BACKMAN'S CROSSING,1993.
Title:  DRGW 5388,BACKMAN'S CROSSING,1993.
Description:  Who could go wrong with seeing ''Old School'' Motive Power on a train these days? Here,Rio Grande 5388 leads an eastbound manifest at Provo's Backmans Crossing.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 1/26/2013 2:12:54 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5388(SD40T-2) SP 8304(SD40T-2) SP 7437(SD45R)
Views:  581   Comments: 0
DRGW 538>, JULY 1992.
Title:  DRGW 538>, JULY 1992.
Description:  Rio Grande SD40T-2 5389 leads a Southern Pacific manifest past Geneva Steel. Both the steel mill and Rio Grande 5389 are gone.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 10/17/2012 2:31:55 PM
Location:  Orem, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5389(SD40T-2)
Views:  229   Comments: 2
DRGW 5410,NOVEMBER 1993.
Title:  DRGW 5410,NOVEMBER 1993.
Description:  Rio Grande 5410 leads a Southern Pacific Train east bound about four miles north of Provo along the old Rio Grande Mainline. Busy I-15 can be seen in the distance.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 3/3/2013 11:24:08 PM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5410(SD40T-2)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
DRGW 5503,SUMMER 1993.
Title:  DRGW 5503,SUMMER 1993.
Description:  Two Rio Grande SD50's along with a Rio Grande Tunnel Motor are in charge of a loaded Southern Pacific coal train heading west at Thistle. Back in 1983,a mudslide forced the relocation of both the highway and Rio Grande Mainline,also damming up the Spanish Fork River creating Lake Thistle.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 12/23/2012 1:13:39 AM
Location:  Thistle, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5503(SD50)
Views:  507   Comments: 0
SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S OAGJF,OCTOBER 1992.
Title:  SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S OAGJF,OCTOBER 1992.
Description:  Southern Pacific's OAGJF passes by Provo's 8th North Crossing with a ''nearly pure'' set of Rio Grande Locomotivep with a pooled Burlington Northern SD40-2. It was rare to see Burlington Northern Locomotives in Utah in those days. Who would've guessed that the Burlington Northern SD40-2 would be a harbinger of things to come in just a few years.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/4/2013 12:58:32 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5376(SD40T-2) DRGW 5506(SD50) BN 6759(SD40-2)
Views:  617   Comments: 0
DRGW 5511,NOVEMBER 1992.
Title:  DRGW 5511,NOVEMBER 1992.
Description:  Southern Pacific's SNUPC heads out of Provo bound for Union Pacific's North Yard in Salt Lake City.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/17/2013 10:00:49 PM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5511(SD50)
Views:  373   Comments: 0
DRGW 3003,APRIL 1994.
Title:  DRGW 3003,APRIL 1994.
Description:  Rio Grande GP30 3003 trails behind 3007 and Rio Grande GP40 3085 on Southern Pacific's Salt Lake City-Grand Junction Manifest.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:57:26 PM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 3085(GP40) DRGW 3007(GP30) DRGW 3003(GP30)
Views:  641   Comments: 0
DRGW 3014,APRIL 1994.
Title:  DRGW 3014,APRIL 1994.
Description:  Rio Grande GP30 3014 shoves the UTO4L (Provo Local) into Geneva Steel. 3014 passes the Iconic D&RGW Searchlight Signal. In the early to mid 1990's when I recording Utah County's Railroad History,It was still possible to find Rio Grande GP30's working the locals between Salt Lake City and Provo
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 10:20:00 PM
Location:  Orem, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 3014(GP30)
Views:  547   Comments: 0
DRGW 3007,EARLY SPRING,1994.
Title:  DRGW 3007,EARLY SPRING,1994.
Description:  A scene that could've been taken 10 years earlier,Three Rio Grande GP30's in the small Rio Grande Speed Lettering shove Southern Pacific's UTO4L (Provo Local) into Geneva Steel. The area has changed drastically since that time,An overpass now stands where this grade crossing once stood. The crossing had been somewhat of a thorn in the railroad's side for many years blocking traffic in both directions on busy Geneva Road.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 12/23/2012 12:44:07 AM
Location:  Orem, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 3007(GP30) DRGW 3003(GP30) DRGW 3008(GP30)
Views:  617   Comments: 0
DRGW 5387,JUNE 1993.
Title:  DRGW 5387,JUNE 1993.
Description:  Rio Grande SD40T-2 5387 leads a set of pure Rio Grande power light engined back to Roper Yard after dropping off a coal train to the Union Pacific at Provo.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 10/21/2012 2:21:14 PM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5387(SD40T-2)
Views:  522   Comments: 0
SOO 6023,MARCH 1994.
Title:  SOO 6023,MARCH 1994.
Description:  Soo Line SD60's were definately a rare visitor to Utah in the 1990's. Here SOO 6023 awaits it's next assignment at Provo.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/11/2013 1:09:34 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SOO 6023(SD60)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
SOUTHERN PACIFIC SD40,OCTOBER 1993.
Title:  SOUTHERN PACIFIC SD40,OCTOBER 1993.
Description:  What was despised by train enthusiasts back in the 1990's wnuld be considered a ''Sight For Sore Eyes'' today. A classic Southern Pacific SD40 heads up a westbound manifest in the fall of 1993.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/7/2013 3:17:05 PM
Location:  Ironton, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Views:  1003   Comments: 0
SP 8340,APRIL 1994.
Title:  SP 8340,APRIL 1994.
Description:  Southern Pacific SD40T-2 8340 in charge of the Roseville,CA-Alton&Southern ''Quality'' Train (RVASQ).At Provo's Backman's Foundry Crossing.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 11/26/2012 12:34:42 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 8340(SD40T-2)
Views:  338   Comments: 0
SP 8629,JUNE 1994.
Title:  SP 8629,JUNE 1994.
Description:  Three newly rebuilt Southern Pacific SD40M's head up a westbound manifest at American Fork. To get a trio of clean Southern Pacific Locomotives was a sight for sore eyes in those days. Back in the early to mid 1990's,The Rio Grande Mainline between Provo and Salt Lake City was really busy with trains.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 1/2/2013 3:22:21 PM
Location:  American Fork, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 8629(SD40M-2)
Views:  319   Comments: 1
SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S DVGVC,SUMMER OF 1993.
Title:  SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S DVGVC,SUMMER OF 1993.
Description:  Before there was BNSF Trackage Rights trains across Utah,There was BN Pool Power. Here two Burlington Northern SD60M's 9274,9214 and Southern Pacific SD45 No.7452 head up a short lived Iron Ore Train DVGVC. Back in 1993 Burlington Northern and Southern Pacific pooled power on an Iron Ore Train between Denver and Geneva Steel.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 12/30/2012 9:40:43 PM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 7452(SD45R)
Views:  283   Comments: 0
SP 7368,NOVEMBER 1993.
Title:  SP 7368,NOVEMBER 1993.
Description:  Southern Pacific SD40R 7368 heads east on the Roseville,CA-Alton&Southern ''Q''Train in late fall sunlight at Provo's Backman Grade Crossing.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 2:02:12 PM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 7368(SD40R)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
DRGW 5352,NOVEMBER 1993.
Title:  DRGW 5352,NOVEMBER 1993.
Description:  Southern Pacific's ARLHC pulls around the coal tracks at Provo headed by Rio Grande SD40T-2 5352 to be handed off to the Union Pacific for the trip to Los Angeles with export coal.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 11/18/2012 11:39:50 PM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5352(SD40T-2)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
SP 8551,EARLY SPRING OF 1994.
Title:  SP 8551,EARLY SPRING OF 1994.
Description:  Southern Pacific's ASROM heads west towards Roper Yard just four miles north (Railroad West) of Provo. Snow covered Mount Timpanogos can be seen between 7331 and 9256.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 12/6/2012 12:37:02 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 8551(SD40T-2) SP 7331(SD40R) SP 9256(SD45T-2)
Views:  662   Comments: 0
DRGW 3117,NOVEMBER 1992.
Title:  DRGW 3117,NOVEMBER 1992.
Description:  Southern Pacific's DVROM rolls through Provo with a combination of Rio Grande and Southern Pacific Diesels along with a former Conrail leased GP38.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/17/2013 9:51:33 PM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 3117(GP40-2)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
SSW 9655,SUMMER OF 1994.
Title:  SSW 9655,SUMMER OF 1994.
Description:  Southern Pacific's DVRVF heads towards Salt Lake City on a rather hot,summer afternoon.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 1/4/2013 2:27:17 PM
Location:  American Fork, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SSW 9655(GP60)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
SP 6854,JUNE 1993.
Title:  SP 6854,JUNE 1993.
Description:  Southern Pacific's GJROM(Grand Junction-Salt Lake City Manifest) waits for a new crew and to pick up some light power coming out of Geneva Steel. The SP Tunnel Motor behind 6854 in ''Kodachrome Paint'' was featured in a previous picture.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 12/18/2012 1:46:19 AM
Location:  Orem, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Views:  921   Comments: 0
DRGW 5373,OCTOBER 1992.
Title:  DRGW 5373,OCTOBER 1992.
Description:  Southern Pacific's KCOAF approaching Provo's 8th North Grade Crossing.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/17/2013 8:13:28 PM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5373(SD40T-2)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S OAGJF,OCTOBER 1992.
Title:  SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S OAGJF,OCTOBER 1992.
Description:  In the early 1990's,It was getting rare to see a pure set of Rio Grande Locomotives on Southern Pacific Trains on Rio Grande's home rails. Here we have Southern Pacific's Oakland,CA-Grand Junction Forwarder with a ''nearly pure'' set of Rio Grande Power approaching Provo's 8th North Crossing featuring a Burlington Northern SD40-2 along with a Rio Grande SD50 No.5506.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/4/2013 12:46:58 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5376(SD40T-2)
Views:  283   Comments: 0
DRGW 3007,EARLY SPRING,1994.
Title:  DRGW 3007,EARLY SPRING,1994.
Description:  Three Rio Grande GP30's shove Southern Pacific's UTO4L(Provo Local) into Geneva Steel back in the early spring of 1994. In the early to mid 1990's it was still possible to find Rio Grande GP30's working locals between Salt Lake City and Provo. With the small Rio Grande Speed Lettering,This scene could've been taken 10 years prior.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 12/23/2012 7:46:04 PM
Location:  Orem, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 3007(GP30) DRGW 3003(GP30) DRGW 3008(GP30)
Views:  509   Comments: 0
DRGW 3011,NOVEMBER 1992.
Title:  DRGW 3011,NOVEMBER 1992.
Description:  Southern Pacific's Provo Local enters Provo at the 820 North Grade Crossing with a train out of Geneva Steel. The trio of 30 year old Rio Grande GP30's will deliver it's train to the Rio Grande Provo Yard before heading back to Salt Lake City.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 12/24/2012 1:18:02 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 3011(GP30) DRGW 3008(GP30) DRGW 3001(GP30)
Views:  902   Comments: 0
SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S RVASQ,NOVEMBER 1993.
Title:  SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S RVASQ,NOVEMBER 1993.
Description:  SP SD40T-2 approaches Provo's Backman's Crossing with the Roseville,CA-Alton&Southern ''Q'' Train.Although seldom appreciated at the time, Southern Pacific tunnel motors today would be a sight for sore eyes,Even grungy ones!
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 10/10/2012 1:55:23 PM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 8526(SD40T-2)
Views:  414   Comments: 0
SP 9300,NOVEMBER 1993.
Title:  SP 9300,NOVEMBER 1993.
Description:  Southern Pacific's SNTAC rolls through rural countryside near the city of Orem along the old Rio Grande Mainline. This seen has changed greatly over the past 20 years. New Condominiums now fill this once rural landscape.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 3/2/2013 2:48:02 AM
Location:  Orem, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 9300(SD45T-2)
Views:  666   Comments: 0
DRGW 5349,MARCH 1994.
Title:  DRGW 5349,MARCH 1994.
Description:  Southern Pacific's UT16L roars into Provo led by pwo Rio Grande Tunnel Motors plus a Union Pacific SD40-2 to boot. This train carried trash to the ECDC facility near Helper.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/11/2013 1:02:29 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5349(SD40T-2)
Views:  411   Comments: 0
SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S PROVO LOCAL,SUMMER OF 1993.
Title:  SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S PROVO LOCAL,SUMMER OF 1993.
Description:  Southern Pacific's UTO4L(Provo Local),Pulls into the Rio Grande Yard at Provo to perform switching duties.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 1/10/2013 3:02:29 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 7667(GP40-2) DRGW 3011(GP30) DRGW 3003(GP30)
Views:  511   Comments: 0
SP 8552,MARCH 1993.
Title:  SP 8552,MARCH 1993.
Description:  Souphern Pacific Tunnel Motor No.8552 pulls a very long string of coal empties out of Geneva Steel (About 180 Cars) towards Provo with the CHOAF passing on the eastbound track.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 1/20/2013 9:10:51 PM
Location:  Orem, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 8552(SD40T-2) DRGW 5501(SD50) SP 9342(SD45T-2)
Views:  798   Comments: 0
SP 6823,SUMMER OF 1993.
Title:  SP 6823,SUMMER OF 1993.
Description:  Five Count Em'Five! Southern Pacific tunnel motors chug along like fine tuned hotrods with a loaded coal train of mostly Rio Grande Hoppers at Orem's Lakota Junction.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 1/10/2013 2:54:12 AM
Location:  Orem, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 6823(SD45T-2R)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
SP 7105, MARCH 1993.
Title:  SP 7105, MARCH 1993.
Description:  Southern Pacific GP40M-2 No.7105 along with it's other SP Mates delivers a coal train to the Union Pacific.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 10/4/2012 2:26:52 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 7105(GP40M-2)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
SP 7435,SEPTEMBER 1993.
Title:  SP 7435,SEPTEMBER 1993.
Description:  Southern Pacific SD45 prepares to leave Provo with an empty coal train,Note:The Rio Grande coal in the foreground!
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/18/2013 9:44:28 PM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 7435(SD45R)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
SP 7435,SEPTEMBER 1993.
Title:  SP 7435,SEPTEMBER 1993.
Description:  Southern Pacific coal empties approaching the 400 South Overpass in Springville.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/18/2013 2:04:30 PM
Location:  Springville, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 7435(SD45R) SP 8303(SD40T-2) DRGW 5358(SD40T-2)
Views:  602   Comments: 0
DRGW 5388,BACKMAN'S CROSSING,1993.
Title:  DRGW 5388,BACKMAN'S CROSSING,1993.
Description:  Southern Pacific SD45R No.7437 all rebuilt,repainted,and relettered in ''Rio Grande Style'' speed lettering is seen behind two other speed lettered locomotives with a shiny red snoot.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 1/26/2013 2:36:47 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  DRGW 5388(SD40T-2) SP 8304(SD40T-2) SP 7437(SD45R)
Views:  791   Comments: 0
SP 7444,8th NORTH,SUMMER OF 1992.
Title:  SP 7444,8th NORTH,SUMMER OF 1992.
Description:  Southern Pacific SD45R No.7444 built in 1966 makes an appearance on an eastbound train.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 1/14/2013 1:49:14 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 7444(SD45R)
Views:  306   Comments: 0
SP 9194,MARCH 1993.
Title:  SP 9194,MARCH 1993.
Description:  Southern Pacific's CHOAH heads west on the eastbound track at Orem's 2000 South Crossing four miles north of Provo. The train is traveling on the eastbound main,A train with a long string of coal empties out of Geneva Steel led by SP 8552 is on the westbound main.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 1/21/2013 11:41:52 PM
Location:  Orem, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 9194(SD45T-2)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
SP 7566,SUMMER 1993.
Title:  SP 7566,SUMMER 1993.
Description:  Southern Pacific SD45 No.7566 leads an eastbound manifest at Provo's 820 North Grade Crossing. Nearly a decade had passed since the merger between Southern Pacific and Santa Fe was denied by the Federal Government in 1986. Although looking worn out and forlorn,It was still possible to catch Kodachromes on SP Train back in the early to mid 1990's.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 12/16/2012 1:04:04 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Views:  76   Comments: 0
SP 8150,EARLY SPRING,1995.
Title:  SP 8150,EARLY SPRING,1995.
Description:  A trio of Southern Pacific Locomotives head towards the Skyline Mine on SP's IPSNC. At Springville's 400 South Overpass.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/24/2013 3:10:17 PM
Location:  Springville, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 8150(C44-9W)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
SP 8236,NOVEMBER 1992.
Title:  SP 8236,NOVEMBER 1992.
Description:  It was quite common by the early 1990's to see a pure set of Southern Pacific Diesels on the former Rio Grande Mainline in Utah County. Here 8236 heads through Provo on an eastbound train. The track in the foreground was once part of Rio Grande's Heber City Branchline.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/17/2013 10:04:58 PM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 8236(SD40T-2)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
SP 8255,SUMMER 1993.
Title:  SP 8255,SUMMER 1993.
Description:  Sandwiched between a kodachrome SD45 and pooled Conrail SD40, A Southern Pacific Tunnel Motor in the classic block lettering struts along the Rio Grande Mainline at Provo's 8th North Grade Crossing with an eastbound manifest in tow.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/1/2013 2:44:26 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 8255(SD40T-2)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
SP 8281,EARLY SPRING,1994.
Title:  SP 8281,EARLY SPRING,1994.
Description:  Forlorn and worn out,Southern Pacific Tunnel Motor 8281 is in charge of an eastbound manifest about 4 miles north of Provo. An early spring storm makes for a dramatic background.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 12/14/2012 1:48:57 PM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 8281(SD40T-2)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
SP 8300,Early Spring,1995.
Title:  SP 8300,Early Spring,1995.
Description:  Back in the days of Southern Pacific Operations on the old Rio Grande Mainline in Utah County,It was a treat to find a clean SP Tunnel Motor. Here 8300 is seen on the IPSNC bound for the Skyline Mine. The Autoracks of the KCOAF can be seen passing in the other direction.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 2/24/2013 3:49:03 PM
Location:  Springville, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 8300(SD40T-2)
Views:  538   Comments: 0
SP 8531,JUNE 1993.
Title:  SP 8531,JUNE 1993.
Description:  By the early to mid 1990's it was becoming quite rare to see a Southern Pacific Tunnel Motor in the original block lettering so nice and clean like this. Here,SP 8531 makes a cameo appearance on the OAGJF (Oakland,CA-Grand Junction Forwarder).
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 12/21/2012 1:50:07 AM
Location:  Thistle, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 8531(SD40T-2)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
SOUTHERN PACIFIC SD40T-2 8549,JUNE 1993.
Title:  SOUTHERN PACIFIC SD40T-2 8549,JUNE 1993.
Description:  Southern Pacific SD40T-2 No.8549 makes a star appearance on a eastbound manifest in the summer of 1993. It was such a treat to catch a clean SP Tunnel Motor on a train back in the 1990's.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 10/9/2012 1:52:50 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
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Locomotives:  SP 8549(SD40T-2)
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC SD40M-2 NO.8666 MAY 1999.
Title:  SOUTHERN PACIFIC SD40M-2 NO.8666 MAY 1999.
Description:  SP SD40M-2 8666 leads Union Pacific's Salt Lake City-Yermo,CA Manifest into Provo on Main No.3. The location is Provo's 7th West Grade Crossing,The track has since been torn out to make way for Utah Transit Authority's ''Front Runner''. Union Pacific trains in and out of Provo now use the former Rio Grande Mainline.
Photo Date:  9/20/2012  Upload Date: 9/22/2012 1:50:00 AM
Location:  Provo, UT
Author:  Quinn Clegg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8666(SD40M-2)
Views:  310   Comments: 0


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