The coal load out at Castle Gate is now gone, along with the MK50-3 on the Utah Railway. Thank goodness for pictures.

UTAH Railway SD40's 9002-9007-9008-9009 with empties headed to Martin at Castle Gate, Utah. May 9, 1996. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

A Union Pacific West Elk coal train grinds up Soldier Summit passing by Castle Gate, UT. Its a fight for the summit as soon as trains leave Helper battling the ruling 2% grade to Castle Gate and 3... (more)

CASTLE GATE UT Aug 22 1981 — EMD built this GP9 (b/n 20525) for the Rio Grande in June 1955 as DRGW 5923. In January 1977 Utah Power & Light Co. purchased it, repainted it and it became UPLX 592... (more)

An empty tank car train is rolling down Soldier pass with the towering Castle Gate rock near the mouth of Price Canyon in the background. Pulling are Morrison Knudsen built MK5000C from 1994/1995,... (more)

A GE AC4400CW shoving this westbound Union Pacific coal train bound for California is only a few miles into its run up Soldier Summit on the former Denver and Rio Grande Western mainline which, de... (more)

An empty Utah Railway coal train winds through Castle Gate on UP's Provo Sub. The train, led by a matched set of MK50-3s, will divert onto home rails a little over one mile to the east at the apt... (more)

After crossing Soldier Summit, Union Pacific’s LJP44 local from Salt Lake City approaches Helper as it drops downgrade out the the Price River Canyon at Castle Gate, Utah, on December 1, 2004. T... (more)

A Union Pacific westbound passes the surviving gate of Castle Gate. A twin formation on the opposite side of the valley was destroyed when U.S. 6 was widened through the area.

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr drops downgrade off Soldier Summit in Price River Canyon, and is about to cross Highway 191 at Castle Gate, Utah, on May 10, 2006.

A couple of Utah Railway units have attached themselves to the rear of a BNSF manifest and will help shove them to the top of Soldier Summit.

The sanders are wide open as a Utah Railway coal train tries to gain traction up the Price River Canyon.

With two Rio Grande SD40T-2s added as a point helper, a westbound freight climbs along the Price River at Castle Gate, Utah, on the afternoon of September 7, 1995. The helpers will be removed at K... (more)

A quartet of EMD SD40s lead a Utah Railway coal empty east through Price Canyon at Castle Gate on Jan. 20, 1992.