Running elephant style, a Rio Grande SD50 and two SD40T-2’s lead an eastbound freight onto the post-1983 alignment of the main line near Thistle, Utah. A huge mudslide and subsequent flooding wiped out the small town, forcing a closure of the Rio Grande main line for several months. The train is diverging from the former alignment of U.S. Route 6, while the new Route 6 is on the embankment on the right. The pre-1983 Rio Grande alignment is across the Spanish Fork.
