SP's Minntac, Minnesota to Geneva Steel, Utah iron ore train emerges from the Thistle Tunnels through Billy's Mountain featuring the massive landslide that lead to their construction 12 years earl... (more)
Three GE C44-9Ws and a single SD40T-2 pull a Minntac to Geneva iron ore train through Spanish Fork Canyon on January 22, 1995.
Southern Pacific AC4400CWs No. 248 and 128 lead a 105 car MNGVC through the Gilluly horseshoe the morning of Aug. 24, 1996. Two additional AC4400CWs are cut in mid train as distributed power units... (more)
After a 28 mile descent from Soldier Summit, SP's Minntac to Geneva iron ore train throttles up for a short section of level track approaching the Thistle Tunnels on August 11, 1996.
One of the best years for colorful fall leaves in Spanish Fork Canyon was in 1994. On Sept. 22nd, saturation is at its peak as Southern Pacific's MNGVC (Minntac, MN - Geneva, UT) ore train glides ... (more)