Amid plenty of new snow, Union Pacific's Skyline, UT to Barstow, CA coal load descends Soldier Summit at CP RG677 Rio, Utah. A trio of manned helpers are cut into the train to assist with air & dynamic braking on this frigid 15 degree afternoon. The lead motor, UP 6956, is a GE AC6000CW, built the UP 7567 in November of 2000. The Union Pacific utilizes a ballast regulator to remove snow along the Provo Sub and evidence of that is visible along the right of way.
An exclamation attributed to TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson, it is this eponymous expression of which certain images convey man and machine versus nature . . .
