Scott and Jennifer, workers at America West Resources loadout near Helper, Utah, set batch and volume controls on a Kanawha Scale System to flood load 103 aluminum hoppers of Utah coal for the 950... (more)
It seems far removed today, but in the mid-1970s, Rio Grande coal train swing helps were powered by EMD GP30s, GP35s, GP40s, and GP40-2s. A healthy five pack of four axle EMDs are pictured cutting... (more)
UP 7230 Lifts a Manifest over "Rio Grande's" Soldier Summit. The grade where the head-end locomotive sits is the steepest portion of Solider Summit according to old DRGW grade profiles. A knuckle... (more)
UP7183 claws at the severe grade in Price River Canyon. A unit train of coal with 7 total locomotives (2x3x2) makes an impressive sight, filling the senses as it blasts skyward towards Solider Su... (more)