Utah Switcher
A gorgeous October day sees a switcher out of Martin heading up the Utah mainline to the Wild Cat Oil Load-Out. The lead locomotive SD40 CEFX 3103 exCP 5566 was built in 1966.
The bridge the train has just crossed once spanned the Rio Grande branch to the coal mines near Standardville. Just beyond the bridge was Jacobs where the Utah Railway's own Standardville branch departed from the mainline. The branch was built on a steep 3.9% grade for 3.6 miles......
Utah Switcher
A gorgeous October day sees a switcher out of Martin heading up the Utah mainline to the Wild Cat Oil Load-Out. The lead locomotive SD40 CEFX 3103 exCP 5566 was built in 1966.
The bridge the train has just crossed once spanned the Rio Grande branch to the coal mines near Standardville. Just beyond the bridge was Jacobs where the Utah Railway's own Standardville branch departed from the mainline. The branch was built on a steep 3.9% grade for 3.6 miles......