An unpatched Chicago North Western C44-9CW leads a loaded coal train over the last leg of the climb to the top of Soldier Summit.
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This train is progressing down the 0.68% grade just east of Colton. Note that the train is not following the right-hand rule, running the "wrong way" on main one.
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After stopping at the west end of Soldier Summit to be crossed over from main two to main one, this eastbound coal empty is starting to accelerate. The train is actually a Utah Railway coal train, using leased UP power on the point.
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Colton is the location where the Pleasant Valley Subdivision (which runs 21 miles to the Skyline Mine) breaks off from the mainline. Here, a westbound coal load has passed the branch line, running the "wrong way" on main two.
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After loading at the Savage mine east of Price overnight, this westbound coal load is running through the steepest part of the climb from Helper to Soldier Summit.
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With the sun setting to the west, this eastbound coal empty is approaching the location of the Thistle mudslide that closed the mainline for almost three months in 1983.
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Utah Railway's RUT611 local is preparing to leave the Provo yard and head back to Ogden where it originated yesterday. The local runs west out of Provo on Sunday's, Tuesday's and Thursday's, and east out of Ogden on Monday's, Wednesday's, and Friday's.
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The eastbound California Zephyr is passing the branch to Martin, UT (headquarters for the Utah Railway) as it is approaching its station stop in Helper, UT.
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Three Utah Railway SD50s hook onto the end of a westbound coal load leaving Martin (headquarters for Utah Railway). The helpers will cutoff at Colton and return to Martin for another assignment.
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A 28mm lens is just wide enough to capture the image of an eastbound train wrapping around Castle Gate.
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A coal empty heading for the Castle Valley Spur to load at the Savage mine. Sunlight was a rare thing on this day, and it came out at just the right time. The Price River is particularly muddy right now!
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An unpatched Santa Fe Warbonnet (SF 898) is leading the westbound Denver to Stockton out of the siding of Kyune.
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After stalling out on slick rails, the westbound Denver to Stockton train is back on the move on main one just west of the Nolan Tunnels. Note that the lead unit is an unpatched Santa Fe Warbonnet!
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A storm is moving in close to the area as a coal empty climbs up the Pleasant Valley Sub toward the Skyline Mine. Utah State Highway 96 runs right next to the tracks here.
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A loaded coal train is coming off the Pleasant Valley Subdivison from the Skyline Mine. It was announced in the second half of 2003 that the Skyline Mine will be shut down in March or April of 2004.
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