172 Degrees
Rio Grande GP40-2s No. 3102 and 3125 pull the eastbound Railblazer up a 2% grade on the Soldier Creek fill at Gilluly, Utah the evening of July 2, 1987. Trailer shipments include Nashville & Ashland City Railway and Southern Pacific "Golden Pig Service", among others. In the background, US Highway 6 takes a short cut to Soldier Summit on a steeper 4% grade, a right of way used by the D&RGW until 1913, when a line change cut the grade in half.
172 Degrees
Rio Grande GP40-2s No. 3102 and 3125 pull the eastbound Railblazer up a 2% grade on the Soldier Creek fill at Gilluly, Utah the evening of July 2, 1987. Trailer shipments include Nashville & Ashland City Railway and Southern Pacific "Golden Pig Service", among others. In the background, US Highway 6 takes a short cut to Soldier Summit on a steeper 4% grade, a right of way used by the D&RGW until 1913, when a line change cut the grade in half.