Just west of Grant Tower, this grain train is preparing for the journey down the LA&SL line. To get there, the train heads west out of Salt Lake City on Main 1. The train is coming through the recently rebuilt Grant Tower interlocking.
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Just down the street from the old Rio Grande depot in Salt Lake City, you can still find the Rio Grande Hotel. A lot of railroad history in this part of town.
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A look at the front of the Rio Grande depot in Salt Lake City. The last train to use the station was the California Zephyr on July 31, 1999. After that, the tracks behind the depot were removed and replaced with streets as a part of the "Gateway" project for the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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Came across this Utah Railway GP40 sitting around on the western side of Salt Lake City. It didn't appear to be on, but there were a number of rail cars in the area.
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A look at the Heritage Units on the wye track in Salt Lake City from the back. Man that Jenks Blue looks wonderful on the back of UP 1982. Really makes me wish I could have been around to shoot the Missouri Pacific back in the 70's and 80's!
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A version of the Daylight Scheme lives again. Considering the possibilities of Daylight, Black Widow, and Bloody Nose schemes, I think the design team did a wonderful job on the Southern Pacific Heritage Unit.
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Perhaps the reason Chicago and North Western chose green and yellow as their colors is due to the location of their tracks: the midwest. The colors remind me of a corn and wheat fields...just perfect!
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This shot just seemed appropriate! Looking up at the nose of the Missouri Pacific Heritage Unit.
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A look up at the Feather River Route on the long hood of the Western Pacific Heritage Unit.
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At the time of this picture, I wondered when I would see UP 1989 again. UP decided that after this event, the Heritage Units would enter into general revenue service, not necessarily along home rails.
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A look at the engineers side of the Katy Heritage Unit (UP 1988). The Katy includes aspects of both the railroads paint schemes, including maroon/red the transitions using stripes the way the green and yellow scheme did. One possible scheme for this engine was going to be red and green, but a Christmas Tree look didn't fly!
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After the Rio Grande Heritage Unit, I'd have to say the Western Pacific is my second favorite. There is great contrast in the colors and the design of the flag running up the long hood is just perfect!
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A look at the engineers side of UP 1982, the Missouri Pacific Heritage Unit.
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At the official Heritage Unit Reunion Event, all six units are lined up the west leg of the wye at UP's Intermodal Facility in Salt Lake. At 2pm, the sun was starting to swing around to provide some nice lighting on the units. The units are lined up in order of year acquired, from 1996 (Espee) behind UP 8444 back to 1982 (MoPac) in the back.
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I believe that the transition between Power Blue and Jenks Blue (using the Screaming Eagle) is one of the better transitions amongst the six Heritage Units.
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