After a 28 mile descent from Soldier Summit, SP's Minntac to Geneva iron ore train throttles up for a short section of level track approaching the Thistle Tunnels on August 11, 1996.
An SP Roseville to Kansas City Manifest emerges from the Thistle Tunnels with 87 cars and three SD40T-2s shoving on the rear. The Southern Pacific Railroad had a month of independence remaining un... (more)
Southern Pacific AC4400CWs 136 and 129 pull a 52 car RODVM through Spanish Fork Canyon on April 8, 1996. Behind the power are nine DRGW Difco air-dump gondolas scheduled to be set out in Helper Ya... (more)