UP 3297 west has just crossed the Green River bridge at Green River, Wyoming and is beginning it’s climb up Peru Hill. This is the Montpelier Local and it will head west to the small town of Granger and then northwest up the Oregon Short Line into southern Idaho. Scanned from a color print.
The EMD SD (special duty) series are a strong and reliable kind of locomotive which still serve America's rails today. They have proved themselves reliable by clocking in several million miles of freight service over several decades.