A Rio Grande 144 train is about to reach the summit of the Soldier Summit grade.
An eastbound Southern Pacific freight passes a coal train laid up with locomotive issues on top of Soldier Summit, Utah, on September 7, 1995. Note the white sand on top of the rails in front of S... (more)
In a winter snowstorm, a Utah Railway coal train thunders over the top of the grade at Soldier Summit, Utah, on February 2, 2006.
An eastbound Southern Pacific coal train passes another laid up with locomotive issues on top of Soldier Summit, Utah, on September 7, 1995. Note sand on the rails in front of SP GE AC4400CW No. 3... (more)
A westbound Utah Railway coal train, with Union Pacific power on the head end, gets underway after cutting out the helpers at Summit, Utah, on June 21, 2004. Afternoon storms are moving east, and ... (more)
Five (six mid train) of the very unique motors for the Utah Railway have 104 loads of coal in tow, almost to the top of Soldier Summit.
Sanders ON and just creeping upgrade to the summit doesn't stop this crew from having a little fun, those with Eagle eye's can spy a Naked Blonde in the cab.