The Utah Railway use to be a steady player on Soldier Summit with their coal trains out of Martin and areas around Helper. Back in 2001 we see a coal train near Kyune tackling the 2% grade. A big ... (more)
Eastbound mixed at Kyune Siding with UP 5341 (ES44AC), UP 1616 (SD40N), UP 6106 (SD60M) and UP 1623 (SD40N) and a brandnew UP 8894 (SD70AH) at the rear.
Four unique Utah Railway MK50-3 locomotives, along with EMD GP40 No. 3001 power a short 30-car coal empty down the eastern grade of Soldier Summit at Kyune, Utah, on the afternoon of May 9, 2006.