A Burlington Northern Santa Fe grain train descends Union Pacific's Provo Subdivision at Gilluly, Utah. As a condition of the UP-SP merger in 1996, the BNSF was granted trackage rights along the f... (more)
Union Pacific's Salt Lake City to Denver manifest glides east down former Rio Grande rails at Kyune. The heavy train is entering the steeper 10 mile segment of 2.3% grade.
Having topped 7440 ft. Soldier Summit, a long heavy lumber drag (interchanged with the Southern Pacific at Ogden) prepares to activate dynamic braking for the 25 mile descent to Helper, Utah.
Bathed early morning light with good color saturation, the Rio Grande Zephyr train #18 climbs through Gilluly, Utah. 7440 ft. Soldier Summit is just 10 additional miles away by rail.
Two Alcos lift Utah RRs empty coal hoppers eastward up Rio Grandes Soldier Summit en route back to its own property near Helper. Just ahead are the horseshoe curves at Gilluly.