As the MWCNP 15 struggles up the 2.2% grade of main 1, UP 5168 glides down main 2 with a westbound Z train.
A welded rail train with two UP SD70M's rolls under the signal bridge at MP 169. The coal hoppers on the siding belong to N859, which is waiting to unload at the Eastlake power plant.
WB freight through Echo Canyon on UP's Overland Route. This shot was taken from a rest stop off of I-80.
Southbound stacks come out of the hole.
A southbound UP holds the siding at Canyon as an eastbound BNSF rounds Sullivan's Curve on the climb to Summit.
UP's Overland Route between Weber and Echo Canyons.
UP's Overland Route exiting Weber Canyon as it enters Ogden, UT.
Wow... The train is dwarfed by nature...
