Born and raised in Boise, Idaho,[1] Griffiths inherited his fondness of railroading from his uncle Fred Luff, a pensioned brakeman.
In the 1930s, Griffiths began to record the railroad industry through black-and-white photography.
He also was one of the few known cinematographers in the region to ever film steam locomotives at work.
His photograph "Union Pacific Challenger #3712 pushes train out of Ogden, Utah, 1956" was included in the Center for Railroad Photography and Art 20 Memorable Railroad Photographs of the 20th Century.
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