An extremely short Denver to Riverbank, CA manifest approaches the east switch of Agate in the Utah Desert in the rapidly setting evening light. The train has three C44-9CW's (13,200 horsepower) to take the 13 cars in tow across the desert.
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Amtrak moves quickly in the middle of the Utah desert! Here, the train is moving at track speed (around 75 MPH) as it tries to make it to Soldier Summit before night fall.
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It is getting late in the afternoon (around 5pm) as Amtrak 5 moves swiftly through the desert just west of Agate. The train has left Ruby Canyon behind and has sped up to track speed at 79 MPH.
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