RailPictures.Net Photo: AMTK 336 Amtrak EMD F40PH at Soldier Summit, Utah by James Belmont
 
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» Amtrak (more..)
» EMD F40PH (more..)
» Detour, D&RGW Subdivision 6 
» Soldier Summit, Utah, USA (more..)
» August 16, 1986
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» AMTK 336 (more..)
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Back in the 1980's, it seemed the EMD F40PH locomotive would be around forever. The combined California Zephyr-Desert Wind-Pioneer train climbs Rio Grande's 2% grade through Detour on the way east to Chicago.
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