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LegomanBill May 8, 2017

  1. LegomanBill

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    Amtrak's Test California Zephyr, Glenwood Springs, CO, circa March 1983 (Beyer Patton)
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    Rolling through Glenwood Canyon, circa March 1983 (Beyer Patton)
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  2. HemiAdda2d

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    Before the Thistle mudslide... Wow!
     
  3. Kurt Moose

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    That second pic could be for an Amtrak ad, nice!
     
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    Rolling through Glenwood Canyon, circa March 1983 (Beyer Patton)
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    Pioneers on the Columbia, April 1982 (Beyer Patton)
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  5. Kurt Moose

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    The Pioneer, my Dad's favorite train!:love:
     
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    Amtrak Superliner Sleeper 32027, Las Vegas, NV, March 1983 (Beyer Patton)
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    Nighttime at Ogden, March 1983 (Beyer Patton)
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    Amtrak Hi-Level Coach-Dorm 39927, Rawlins, WY, October 1981 (Beyer Patton)
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    The Pioneer at Portland, April 1982 (Beyer Patton)
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  8. HemiAdda2d

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    Interesting difference in height between Hi-level cars and the new Superliners.
     
  9. r_i_straw

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    Always one of the spotting features of the heritage Santa Fe cars built by Budd. The Pullman and later built Superliners also do not have the corrugated sides and roofs.
     
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    The SFZ with UP GP40X 9004 on point, Rawlins, WY, October 1981 (Beyer Patton)
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    UP E9A 951, Cheyenne, WY, Autumn 1981 (Beyer Patton)
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    Class lights white. Running as an extra. Amtrak must have encountered a power failure.
     
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  12. HemiAdda2d

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    Did the F40s all have cab signal equipment installed to lead in UP territory? I would assume so, and either the power had a problem, or the cab signal system was inoperative.
     
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    UP 3985, Cheyenne, WY, Autumn 1981 (Beyer Patton)
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    UP Rotary 900098, Cheyenne, WY, Autumn 1981 (Beyer Patton)
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    That coupler on the front of the rotary looks like it'd get yanked out pretty easily with a hand heaver hogger!!:eek:

    Good thing it was usually in the lead....
     
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    I think it's removable, used for hostling moves. But yeah, sure is fragile looking!
     
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    8444, Cheyenne, WY, Autumn 1981 (Beyer Patton)
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    UP 838, Cheyenne, WY, Autumn 1981 (Beyer Patton)
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    UP 1243 & 8444, Cheyenne, WY, Autumn 1981 (Beyer Patton)
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    8444 & 838, Cheyenne, WY, Autumn 1981 (Beyer Patton)
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    Wow, what a treat to be in that roundhouse. Interestingly, some roundhouse floors were made of tens of thousands of wooden blocks instead of cement or brick. I know of two that exist at Spencer, NC and Savannah, GA, but there may be others. Wood was chosen because it was less fatiguing to stand on all day, produced a quieter workplace, absorbed oil and grease, and parts were less apt to break if dropped. Durable Southern Yellow Pine was the preferred wood for this in the south.

    https://www.savannahnow.com/story/n...k-roundhouse-restores-rare-floor/13808636007/
     
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    Does UP still have the 838, after they donated the other historical stuff?
     
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  20. Mike VE2TRV

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    One needs to be inside a big railroad's roundhouse to understand how awe-inspiring and huge those places were.

    Big locomotives came in there, and a lot of hard work happened there. A place to feel small.

    Thanks for sharing those photos.
     

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