Like a Model on a Shelf

The Rio Grade Zephyrhugs a mountainside as it approaches Gilluly, Utah. In a few miles the climb to Soldier Summit will be complete, and the descent ... (more)

A Utah Railway tanker train heads towards Lynn, UT near Soldier Summit

The Rio Grande Zephyr had an appeal that just can’t be matched by today’s intercity trains. One element that may never return is the ability to stand in the vestibule and watch the trai... (more)

Southern Pacific's Chicago to Roper Manifest Freight creeps slowly down Soldier Summit approaching the upper Gilluly horseshoe on Aug. 24, 1996. On the point is speed lettered SD40T-2 No. 8361 fol... (more)

A pair of new EMD SD70Ms lead a 31 car ZDVRO down the 2% at Gilluly on Sept. 2, 2000.

Mature spear thistle plants greet the arrival of a well powered MRONY train on the former D&RGW at Gilluly on July 24, 2009.

I happened to be on Soldier Summit the morning of New Year's Eve 1990 when Rio Grande 5366 and four six-axle siblings lead SP's BNSZT (Burlington Northern to Oakland, Sea-Land) container train dow... (more)

The Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 17 descends the 2% grade from Soldier Summit while navigating the Soldier Creek fill at Gilluly on June 19, 1976. Note the first F9B has its access doors open in an... (more)

Southern Pacific MK Rail SD40M-2s No. 8623 & 8630 and UP SD60M No. 6121 lead an 83 car MDVRO down the 2% at Gilluly on a sunny Feb. 19, 2000 afternoon. The 8623 was built Santa Fe SD45 No. 1835 in... (more)

Union Pacific's 'First Help' provides dynamic braking for an 86 car Co-op, Utah to Valmy, Nevada coal train descending the 2% grade through the Gilluly horseshoe curve on Oct. 8, 1999. UP 8075, 70... (more)

Four SD45's bring another loaded IPP train under highway 6 and just past the lower horseshoe curve at Gilluly, UT.

Rio Grande and Southern Pacific EMDs pull Union Pacific's Salt Lake City to Denver manifest freight around the Soldier Creek fill at Gilluly on Sept. 25, 1999. DRGW 5384, SP 8641, SP 7965, and 848... (more)

The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus red train descends the 2% grade from Soldier Summit at Gilluly on June 14, 2016. The 59 car special was traveling between Colorado Springs and Las ... (more)

Eastbound DRGW train climbing toward summit of Wasatch at Gilluly

Westbound DRGW stack train descending from Soldier Summit at Gilluly