You can run a free demo of Trainmaster 4 over this line.
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About the Potash, Utah demo Route
Leaving Potash (MP 37, elevation 3,952 feet), you head north, past the processing plant, with the Colorado River to your right and Utah route 279 in between. You follow the river as you head up Long Canyon with Amasa Back on your right and Jug Handle on your left. Passing several small canyons on the left you start to climb an average 1.1 percent grade and turn up Bootlegger Canyon to tunnel under Poison Spider Mesa. Coming out of the Bootlegger tunnel, 7,068 feet long, you overlook Arches National Park on the far side of the canyon. From here to Brendel you will roughly parallel US 191. Shortly before Seven Mile you crest the first summit (MP 23.2) and drop steeply to a small yard and one of the few grade crossings on this route, State route 313.
You again start a short 1.1 percent climb, passing Courthouse Rock to your left. After cresting the grade, you drop on about a 1 percent grade to Courthouse Wash on your right. Gradually, you climb up the wash, then Bartlett Wash, then Klondike Wash, ending up on a wide plain known as Klondike Flat. After passing under Route 191, you climb another summit (MP10.2) and drop down again. Your final 1.1 percent climb begins near MP5 and does not end until you turn on to the mainline at Brendel, having passed under I-70 and crossing the old highway (US 6/ US 50). The switch to the mainline is hand thrown with electric lock, which means you should stop, unlock it (wait five minutes), and throw it to line your movement. After your train clears the switch, you should again stop to allow a crew member time to re-line and lock the switch. Your run ends soon after leaving the branch, heading east on the former DRGW mainline.
