Rails Around Helper

by Sue Ann Martell and Western Mining and Railroad Museum

In 1880, the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad was hard-pressed to find a suitable rail route from Grand Junction to Salt Lake City. With the coal deposits of eastern Utah luring them on, railroad officials chose a difficult route over Soldier Summit. The railroad established the town where "helper" engines were attached to the heavy trains, and Helper grew into a division point with branch operations that reached into the nearby canyons to serve the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738548065
• ISBN13: 9780738548067
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.3" x 9.2"