A trio of clean Burlington Northern & Santa Fe motors lead a 53 car Denver - Stockton trackage rights train through the former D&RGW horseshoe curve near Gilluly on Aug. 6, 2000.

East and westbound Rio Grande trains meet at the U.S. Highway 6 overpass at Gilluly on Sept. 25, 1977. The eastbound has two GP40-2 helpers coupled behind the caboose for the shove to Soldier Summ... (more)

BNSF Railway's Lincoln, NE to Provo, UT trackage rights manifest descends the former D&RGW at Gilluly.

UP's Salt Lake City to Denver manifest climbs eastward through the photogenic upper Gilluly horseshoe curve on the climb to Soldier Summit. The 80 car train is 4681 feet long with 6133 tons moving... (more)

Alco RSD-4's 303 and 305 lead Utah Railway coal empties back to the mines over D&RGW trackage rights at the horseshoe curve at Gilluly, Utah

A pair of distributed power units trail BNSF Railway's Denver-Provo trackage rights manifest down UP's Provo Subdivision at Gilluly.

BNSF Railway's Denver-Provo descends UP's Provo Subdivision at Gilluly. The second unit, former Santa Fe C44-9W No. 681 was recently pulled from long term storage and placed into active service.

A ten car Council Bluffs to Salt Lake City officers special glides downgrade through Gilluly the evening on June 20, 2000.

A Utah Railway coal empty meets a Union Pacific coal load at Gilluly on May 30, 1998. The UTAH train will soon load at Wattis Plateau while the UP train loaded overnight at Savage.

A Union Pacific passenger special takes a tour of the former Rio Grande on the big Soldier Creek fill at Gilluly.

A westbound Rio Grande manifest freight descends the grade from Soldier Summit through the horseshoe at Gilluly on March 27, 1977. A GP40-2, a GP35, and three GP30s lead the colorful train with a ... (more)

On the afternoon of Monday, August 16, 2010, a westbound Union Pacific coal train descends the Soldier Summit grade on the Gilluly Loops. In the foreground cars travel east on U.S. Route 6.

Amtrak's Eastbound California Zephyr climbs the hill at Gilluly preparing to traverse through the switch backs.

A busy moment is captured on Kodachrome at Gilluly: D&RGW Dispatcher 5 Jack Lawrence has held a heavy eastbound lumber drag on the eastward main track to allow the Sunday morning Rio Grande Zephyr... (more)

An D&RGW coal train is gradually working it's way down the Gilluly Loops. After this 180 degree turn the tracks will straighten out a bit as the grade eases on the way to Salt Lake City.