Photo By: Kevin Morgan
 

I can certainly think of worse views to take in while working than this! The Potash Local is pulling a string of 36 empty covered hoppers in near the Potash mine, a pair of GP40Ns currently in charge of the cars. Of note, UP 1540 was originally delivered to Western Pacific in April 1980 as WP 3550.
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Location Information
City or County and State
Grand County, UT

Subdivision
Cane Creek (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
Potash




Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific
Model
GP40N
Primary Unit Number
UP 1540

Paint Scheme
UP Lightning
Symbol
LGB51B-28
Train Type
Potash Local

Primary Unit Past Number(s)
ex-UP 3007 / nee-WP 3550



Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Canon / Canon EOS R6m2
ISO
200
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
47 mm
Shutter
1/320 seconds
Aperture
f/7.1


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