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» February 16, 2009 |
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| On a spectacular President's Day afternoon, two big GEs lead Union Pacific's Skyline, UT to Barstow, CA coal load out of the 3009 ft. Thistle Tunnel through Billy's Mountain in Spanish Fork Canyon. These tunnels were bored by the Denver and Rio Grande Western following the devastating landslide and subsequent flooding in 1983 that necessitated a major line change. Trailing the string of aluminum rapid discharge hoppers are two more sisters providing dynamic braking as the train drops down the western slope of the Wasatch Range. |
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