The summer scenery on Soldier Summit is truly fantastic! Case-in-point is this eastbound Utah Railway coal empty charging up the western slope of Soldier Summit at the crossover at Rio.
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MK50-3 #5005 leads an IPPX coal empty eastbound on Main 2 through the crossover at Rio. The train is headed for the Wildcat Loadout on Utah Railways own line southwest of Helper.
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This eastbound coal load is on the move at the crossover of Rio. This crossover was installed by the Rio Grande after the mudslide of 1983 permanently closed the Thistle crossover.
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