The Battle For Sherman Hill.

[Chacal]

Well, actually my experience of Wyoming is different. It's pretty spectacular, particularly as you travel west. I'm thinkin
Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Rocky Mountains...

Also aliens!

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[GogebicChief]

Much of Wyoming is pale and dated.

I know of where You speak... I spent what seemed like 10 years there, ( Actually 3.5) when was stationed at the USAF's "Wyoming Missile Ranch" FE Warren AFB. The only Combat Base in SAC with no aircraft or runways.

[FanRailer]

I love how the description says... "features a torturous 1.5 percent westbound climb". They are calling a route that has soft curves and only a 1.5% grade "torturous"!

The long grade on the east slope of Sherman Hill is no easy task for heavy freights ... I doubt Union Pacific built the low-grade Harriman Cutoff (Track 3) alternative just for the heck of it ....

A 4000 class Big Boy is rated at 3250 tons over the 1.55% grade of the original westbound main line and 5800 tons over the 0.82% grade of track 3. That's almost double the tonnage rating for a single locomotive; certainly nothing to sneeze at.