With more than enough power to climb the 2% grade to Soldier Summit, BNSF Railway's Provo, UT to Denver, CO manifest heads eastbound through Detour, Utah. Traces of the original line can be discerned through the brush to the right of the DPU, traveling primarily along the alignment of today's US Hwy. 6. The old routing had gradients of more than 5%, requiring even passenger trains to have multiple helpers to ascend the grade from the location of this photo to Soldier Summit. Now you know how 'Detour' station got it's name.
