Offering a nice broadside view, four MK50-3 and one SD50 desend the bottom leg of Gilluly loop, with a loaded IPP coal train.

A newer ES44AC and a clean SD70ACe leads a empty coal train upgrade in Gilluly.

A older Gevo and a newer SD70AH bring a loaded coal train down grade to somewhere out west.

Taking advantage of the wet spring, providing the green foliage on this one. A Helper to Roper Manifest descends the grade.

A loaded Intermountain Power Project coal train descends Gilluly with 2 units up front and 2 DPU's

UP's Denver North Yard to Salt Lake City Roper Yard descends through Gilluly on its way down the former Rio Grande Soldier Summit.

A trio of Rio Grande six axle motors (DRGW 5381, DRGW 5505, DRGW 5404) pull UP's hot ZRODV around the Soldier Creek fill at Gilluly on June 22, 1997.

A pair of SP AC4400CWs and a UP (ex-MP) SD50 pull a CBSSK coal empty through the Gilluly horseshoe curve on May 31, 1997.

A GE C40-8 and EMD SD9043MAC combo pull an MROKS through the Gilluly horseshoe curve on May 31, 1997.

Generally the helpers are taken off at Colten or Summit. But in the Winter months they can be left on for the decent down the canyon. Seen here on Gilluly the helpers are on the upper leg, and the... (more)

A loaded Inter Mountain Power coal train descends the upper leg of Gilluly.

With stormy weather surrounding Soldier Summit, Union Pacific’s “dirt train” LJP44 hauling contaminated dirt and trash from Salt Lake City to Helper, climbs the grade through Gilluly, Utah, ... (more)

Utah with their road power of MK50-3 and SD50's climb Gilluly in middle section of the S with an empty IPP coal train.

A westbound Utah Railway coal train drops downgrade through Gilluly, Utah, on a snowy February 2, 2006. The train met an eastbound Union Pacific coal train here at Gilluly, that can now be seen ap... (more)

One of the more impressive railroad feats around is the Rio Grande's Gilluly loop. Shaped like a giant S, it's mountainous railroading at it's finest. Here is Utah Railway's 5005 is pictured on th... (more)