I thought that they routed the CZ over the UP through Borie and up over Sherman Hill during the Thistle slide. IIRC the train was too be discontinued soon anyway and only the last week or so of DRGW service was affected. By the time the slide was cleared Amtrak had taken over. grant
True, mostly. Didn't the detoured SLC passengers take the San Fransisco Zephyr from Chicago? The SFZ connected the RGZ at Denver, and during the mudslide cleanup, they ran over UP, Amtrak-style. IIRC, the RGZ was canceled west of Grand Junction. I guess the SFZ could have run west as well as the RGZ. Now I'm confused..
BR Class 37 (Built by EE in the 60's) Okay, not the prettiest of loco's (the telephoto on the shot above probably doesn't flatter it's looks either!)..... But they have lots of character to watch....here's a bit of video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw4U1WVAtAw
My noses... Here's my noses: Key: AUAR- Austin Area Terminal Railroad, longest shortline in Texas, from Burnet, Texas to Giddings, Texas UP FEF-3 #844 in Austin, Texas: AUAR GP40 #189 in Burnet, Texas: AUAR MP15DC #63 in Burnet, Texas: UP SD40T-2 #2945 in Austin, Texas:
More of mine... Key: A&TC- Austin & Texas Central excursion railroad GRR- Georgetown Rail Road, shortline connecting Georgetown, Texas to the UP in Round Rock, Texas. TRE- Trinity Railway Express commuter railroad The noses of several assorted locomotives at the Temple, Texas enginehouse: A&TC RSD15 #442 in Bertram, Texas: TRE F59PH #565 in Ft. Worth, Texas: GRR S12 #1007 in Georgetown, Texas:
Wasn't your dad on that train? The leader looks to be an SD50, if that number is what I think... Here's a MRL ACe popping out of Mullan Tunnel:
A photo my wife took last year while we took the scenic route from Vancouver BC back to Calgary. MRL ACe 4305 being set up in Missoula. Caught it later that day leading a BNSF run-through East over Mullan on it's first revenue run. grant
Yes, the Rock Island TA's were among the first EMD passenger car bodies built by GM rather than by a passenger car builder.
Preeetty classy. Now, here's an example of how not to do a nose job.... BR's class 47, another 1960's design - not exactly the prettiest thing, but neat, tidy and workable.... Virgin needed some modern diesel power to move it's electric trains when away from the overhead wires, and rescue any failures, so they had 12 (later upped to 16) class 47's rebuilt with EMD 12-645's and restyled, becoming class 57, and carrying names based on the 'Thunderbirds' TV show (rescuing trains in trouble being part of their role). Here's the restyled nose of 57305 'John Tracy' - a little plain maybe, but not a bad effort.... When Virgin's new high speed trains with Scharfenberg couplings started coming on line, the re-shopped the 12 original 'Thunderbirds' with retractable scharfenbergs, the four later build loco's I think had them from new! This is the new look on 57303 'Alan Tracy' - pretty it aint!
