UP 8813 West and company roar down the 2.65% grade of the #1 track through Newcastle with 12,321 tons of manifest from Roper, UT to Roseville, CA on the drawbars.
The World speed-record lok crosses the highest trestle along Semmeringbahn. The sun rose up to the perfect height, shooting trough the morning fog. Some said that a modern train is inappropriate o... (more)
A spider's web is cast under a sign advising passing motorists to watch for locomotives. Locomotives that last touched these rails five years ago at the East Broad Top Railroad.