Mille Post 60! Winter Park Hill, Colorado
Union Pacific 7794 East, leads a heavy eastbound 116 car coal-load up the twisting 2% grade of Winter Park Hill. The train could be heard struggling out of Tabernash for 20 minutes before reaching MP60 at Kings Crossing. The freshly shopped GEVO has just transversed a series of sharp 10 degree curves, as well as a tight horseshoe curve. Heavy eastbound trains are brought too a crawl when reaching this spot, and if a train is going to stall it is usually here. The DRGW once thought of realigning Winter Park Hill on a new 1% grade, but it was decided to be too costly.... So today the assault on Winter Park Hill remains the toughest obstacle for eastbound tonnage originating between the Wasatch Mountains and the Rocky Mountain Front Range...
Mille Post 60! Winter Park Hill, Colorado
Union Pacific 7794 East, leads a heavy eastbound 116 car coal-load up the twisting 2% grade of Winter Park Hill. The train could be heard struggling out of Tabernash for 20 minutes before reaching MP60 at Kings Crossing. The freshly shopped GEVO has just transversed a series of sharp 10 degree curves, as well as a tight horseshoe curve. Heavy eastbound trains are brought too a crawl when reaching this spot, and if a train is going to stall it is usually here. The DRGW once thought of realigning Winter Park Hill on a new 1% grade, but it was decided to be too costly.... So today the assault on Winter Park Hill remains the toughest obstacle for eastbound tonnage originating between the Wasatch Mountains and the Rocky Mountain Front Range...