The Potash Local, being led by a C40-8 and an SD40-2 make their way around the Colorado River in the canyon in which the Potash plant is located. The train is about two miles from the end of the line.
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The Potash Local has reached the end of (roughly) 30 mile journey down the Cane Creek Subdivision. On this Friday afternoon, the local was led by a C40-8 sporting "baby wings" on the nose.
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Having descended down to the level of the Colorado River, the Potash Local follows SR-279 through a Canyon about three miles from the end of the line at the Potash plant.
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The Potash Local departs the mainline at Brendel (the Crescent Junction exit on I-70) and turns south on the Cane Creek Subdivision. The terrain starts off very open in the Utah Desert, but will change rapidly as the branch approaches the Colorado River.
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The Potash Local reaches the end of the branch at Potash. The branch parallel's the Colorado River here.
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The Potash Local is seen exiting the mainline at Brendel and entering the 35 mile Cane Creek Subdivision.
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