Burnham shops has a wreck train sitting there--it seems to be owned by "Marcus Rail". At any rate, the classic lines of D&RGW 3006 are unmistakable:
Yes, the original 1963-vintage numbers are still on the flanks fo the cab. The overpass near me is shadowing the unit heavily. I was running out of light, and had to shoot fast!
Two drawbarred ex-D&RGW flats These, DODX 36006 A and B rolled into the yard tracks at North Salt Lake this morming while we were out doing some move in the UTA yard. You can see the D&RGW marks below the black paint with the DODX, but not in the photo (sorry). Nice to know they are still rolling!
My brother and I were getting in some cross country (Nordic) skiing. The railroad grades were perfect for acclimating this old "sea level" man to the altitude before we tackled some more strenuous routes. Years ago when trains were still running, we followed the old roadbed left over from before the tunnel was dug.
How were the roads? I love driving along Tennessee Pass in the summer but have been reluctant to try it in the winter. That had to be pretty neat to ski on the railroad grades. Hemi I need for you to give me some of your secret railfan locations in Denver. You captured some cool equipment. Ben
Highway 24 was kept clear by the plows. We had no problems. I suppose it can get bad if it is snowing heavy and you don't have chains or 4WD, but the weather was nice. On Saturday we followed the tracks to Buena Vista and then followed 24 to Colorado Springs. There was a lot of wind out on the flats. Just had to slow down for that. Yeah, the railroad right of way was real nice for skiing. Was not steep enough to need a helper.
Thanks. Nordic encompasses any skiing where the heel on your boot is not attached to the ski. We did not do anything near as intense as what you see in the Olympics but did have a lot of fun. The start of one trail north of Vail on Red Sandstone Rd. was well groomed by snow cats for the first few miles. We were able to skate up a good portion of it leaving some nice herringbone tracks behind us. However we were carrying packs and were pretty wasted by the time we got to the trail that split off to go to a 10th Mountain Division Hut where we spent the night. On the way back we got enough speed to cut some nice telemark turns in the cat track. Did not find any railroad right of ways up there though. Would have had to go another 30 miles to find the Moffat Route.
