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"Barrel Town"

An EMD GP40 leads a Western Pacific train originating at UP North Yard through Grant Tower in Salt Lake City, Utah on Feb. 23, 1980.

 

The westbound train is passing through an area nicknamed "Barrel Town", a heavily contaminated parcel of land that would one day become a superfund cleanup sight. Looming in the background is the Utah State Capitol Building, completed in 1916.

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Uploaded on December 6, 2024
Taken on February 23, 1980