After performing geometry tests in Spanish Fork Canyon, an FRA test train departs Thistle with a high green signal aspect east to Rio, Narrows, Gilluly, Soldier Summit and ultimately, Helper. Rio ... (more)

An FRA track geometry test train has stopped at the west end of Rio Grande's Thistle Yard. D&RGW business car 'Wilson McCarthy' is along for the ride, spotted near the location of 1983's mudslide ... (more)

United States Department of Transportation track geometry cars T-1 and T-3 (with Federal Railroad Administration staff on board) test Rio Grande's eastward main through Spanish Fork Canyon. D&RGW ... (more)