Restoring Strongknob Fill
Doug Harrop Photography • August 5, 1986
Mr. Harrop stepped outside the cab of his GP9 to capture this view of a ballast train working in tandem with his rip rap "rock train" on the Strongknob fill, 52 miles west of Ogden, Utah.
A series of passing storms culminating on June 14th completely washed away a total of 11 miles of right of way in the Great Salt Lake. Crews working 24 hours a day, seven days a week reopened the route to through trains on August 22, 1986. Heroic by any measure.
Restoring Strongknob Fill
Doug Harrop Photography • August 5, 1986
Mr. Harrop stepped outside the cab of his GP9 to capture this view of a ballast train working in tandem with his rip rap "rock train" on the Strongknob fill, 52 miles west of Ogden, Utah.
A series of passing storms culminating on June 14th completely washed away a total of 11 miles of right of way in the Great Salt Lake. Crews working 24 hours a day, seven days a week reopened the route to through trains on August 22, 1986. Heroic by any measure.