Robert Paul Turcic passed away in June 2025. A model railroader formerly from Hooper, Utah, he shot mostly detail and roster shots of locomotives and freight cars for reference in building scale models. His photo collection was salvaged by Parker Christensen who donated it to the WCRM for digitization.
Active in the 1990s through the 2010s, he signed all of his photos as “Paul Turcic” so the collection is labeled as such. He focused on the dwindling Denver & Rio Grande Western and Southern Pacific locomotive fleets after the 1996 Union Pacific-Southern Pacific merger, as well as Utah shortlines like the Salt Lake City Southern, Utah Railway, and Utah Central Railway.
The collection can be viewed on the museum’s Flickr page HERE.