The Wendover Local
Another oldie from a trip to Salt Lake City more than a dozen years ago.
A classic 'snoot nosed' SD40-2 (blt. May 1978) leads the eastbound LUE50 Wendover Local back from its namesake to Roper Yard as it approaches the west end of Garfield Yard at MP768.2 on UP's Lynndyl Sub. The Massive Kennecott Copper Co. smelter and refining complex dominates the scene in the background at the base of the Oquirrh Mountains where they meet the south shore of the Great Salt Lake. The 1215 ft high smokestack is the 4th tallest on the planet.
The trackage in this photo is relatively new having opened for use in June of 1997 after a year long project to relocate about 8.5 miles of the former UP and WP mainlines and build a new Garfield Yard. This project that saw the tracks moved north closer to I80 and the lake was to accommodate a huge expansion of Kennecott's tailings pond at Magna and consequently the project was entirely financed by Kennecott. The western end of the new alignment begins about where the curve is that the rear of the train is just swinging through.
Garfield, Utah
Friday February 13, 2009
The Wendover Local
Another oldie from a trip to Salt Lake City more than a dozen years ago.
A classic 'snoot nosed' SD40-2 (blt. May 1978) leads the eastbound LUE50 Wendover Local back from its namesake to Roper Yard as it approaches the west end of Garfield Yard at MP768.2 on UP's Lynndyl Sub. The Massive Kennecott Copper Co. smelter and refining complex dominates the scene in the background at the base of the Oquirrh Mountains where they meet the south shore of the Great Salt Lake. The 1215 ft high smokestack is the 4th tallest on the planet.
The trackage in this photo is relatively new having opened for use in June of 1997 after a year long project to relocate about 8.5 miles of the former UP and WP mainlines and build a new Garfield Yard. This project that saw the tracks moved north closer to I80 and the lake was to accommodate a huge expansion of Kennecott's tailings pond at Magna and consequently the project was entirely financed by Kennecott. The western end of the new alignment begins about where the curve is that the rear of the train is just swinging through.
Garfield, Utah
Friday February 13, 2009