| Title: |
SSW 8069 |
| Description: |
A Cotton Belt B40-8 leads the CHOAF (Chicago - Oakland) downhill at Detour. Originally the route up the west side of Soldier Summit was a 4% grade that closely followed the current grade of US Highway 6. A new double track line with a 2% grade was constructed in 1913 betweeen Detour and the Summit. |
| Photo Date: |
9/7/1990 Upload Date: 7/15/2016 5:28:05 PM |
| Location: |
Detour, UT |
| Author: |
Richard Kundert |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SSW 8069(B40-8) |
| Views: |
369 Comments: 2 |
