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Smelter Slag Ballast

A Rio Grande work train crew dumps slag ballast along the westward Main Track east of Springville, Utah the morning of July 22, 1988. The D&RGW used smelter slag for track ballast systemwide, sourced from Leadville, Colorado and Midvale, Utah.

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Uploaded on November 17, 2021
Taken on May 1, 2013