No, what you see are two maybe three separate trains. If you notice the upper right hand corner of the photo, there is one train. [ April 17, 2006, 11:13 PM: Message edited by: Harold R. (aka SD75MAC) ]
This is the only way high sun works to an advantage.... And even this example isn't the best.. Sherman Hill, Tack #3, Dale Jct, WY:
What year was that taken, Harold? Could be anytime from the 50's till today....... UP autoracks thunder up #3 track just west of Cheyenne--the head and tail end of this train are in the shot; hard to do sometimes:
A ride I always wanted to do... Thanks for sharing! The Durango & Silverton utilizes curves sharper than usual to make its way to Silverton.. Here's a 24-degree curve just north of Rockwood, CO:
Tunnel 6 is about to be awakened to the thunder of several (8 to be exact) locos leading the Denver-Grand Junction manifest:
Hemi, have some of the D&S too, almost the same shot, but are on film and our lost right now, but Man, What a ride
A shot of the same MRL train, ML, from a bit firther up Austin's loops: Boy, were those dynamics whining!!!!
Man, I wish I could capture a video frame that I have showing the B&M Mountaineer coming off the Frankenstein Trestle and snaking around a double-ess curve on the MEC Mountain Division in 1951 through Crawford Notch, New Hampshire. The E-7 and five American Flyer coaches look like they are snaking through yard trackage instead of on the MEC mainline to St Johnsbury, VT. I'll keep working with the capture, but I don't hold much hope...:embarassed:
D&s I was lucky to ride the D&S Millennium Train on Dec 31, 1999 and participated at the New Years Eve dance. Still have the souvenir toasting glasses.
Denver can be spied in the distance, from aboard Amtrak #6 eastbound at Clay siding, looking over a coal load sitting at Rocky Siding/Little Ten curve:
