A quartet of vintage Alcos shove a coal empty up the steep Wattis Branch to the Plateau mine on Sept. 3, 1978.

Alcos caught in the wilds of Eastern Utah

A mix of Alco RSD-12, RSD-4 and RSD-5 models lead a Utah Railway Wattis Turn through a photogenic horseshoe curve just north of Wattis Junction on Sept. 3, 1978. Tape recorders, anyone?

Here's one for the Alco fans! An RSD-12, two RSD-4s and a single RSD-5 shove a long train of coal empties up the steep Wattis Branch the morning of Sept. 3, 1978. The 600 is a former Chesapeake & ... (more)

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