The UP gets a lot of snow, making exploring its old mines a special challenge in the winter. The snow is more than 6 feet deep in this picture, and firm enough to walk on.
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Presumably, in a nuclear blast the antenna would be blown flat and pop back up, allowing communication even after a near-direct hit.
The fantastic red elevator that is Pool #61, built 1928.
If it weren’t for the fact there were trees growing from it, and that I cropped out the end of the rail approach, one might think this is still used occasionally.
One of a few dozen steel bed frames left in the rubble of the collapsing building.
Vines are finding their way into the roundhouse.
The end of one of the scrapped turbines. Judging by the aborted attempt at cutting it in half, the scrappers had some trouble with this one.
The guard shack protecting the Nike launch pad.
These wide spools sit atop the abandoned tracks that lead to the train shed, which was later repurposed into a truck shed.
Spare parts ready for this building’s reactivation.