A coal train loaded at the Hiawatha loadout. Passes a new coal tower being built at Wattis. The combo of F45's would only last the rest of this month, as a pure set. Ex SP SD45's would come on the... (more)
Utah Railway F45s No. 6613, 6606 and SD45 No. 9147 load a train of UP coal hoppers at the Plateau mine at the foot of Gentry Mountain on Aug. 13, 1985.
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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?
A quartet of UT's SD40's are running around their train at Wattis loadout before returning downgrade to Helper
A Utah RWY train with UP power loads high in the Cliffs west of Price, UT. The Wattis load-out would close soon after this photo was taken.