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Heritage Friday, 2013
On 2 and 3 February 2013, northern California saw two heritage units in two days, UP 1996, the SP heritage unit and Amtrak 822.? I knew both were coming, but obligations on Saturday did not let me get out to track side for the 1996 going east through Roseville on the KOAMN (stack train, Oakland to Marion, Arkansas, near Memphis), instead I headed out later to see a manifest getting ready to leave town. It appeared to have originated elsewhere, not Roseville, perhaps it was a Fresno-North Platte train. I followed it east up the mountain, shooting it at Roseville, Rocklin, Newcastle, the Auburn Ravine trestle, Bowman, Weimar and then drove to Secrettown and started to hike in to the site of the trestle.? Shortly after I arrived at Secrettown, I heard a train, which seemed odd as I should have been at least 15 minutes ahead of the manifest. The train turned out to be the KOAMN, with 1996 as the DPU. OK! After the stack train passed, I walked a bit farther east and shot the manifest when it showed up a few minutes later, then as I was getting ready to leave, the westbound signal was green and soon a downhill manifest, which looked like the MRORV (Roper Yard, Salt Lake City to Roseville) came around the corner. I shot that at Secrettown, Weimar and Clipper Gap.? Later that night I went to the Rocklin station and shot 2 eastbounds passing it as streak shots, trying out long exposures at f/22.? Amtrak heritage unit 822 was coming west on #5 on Sunday and I barely made it to Roseville Road west of Control Point Citrus Heights before the Zephyr arrived. I hung out for about an hour, hoping that a westbound BNSF train would leave Roseville yard. It was stopped in a spot that allowed me to see it, but photography was impossible with the buildings in the way. UP provided a some action, but eventually, I gave up and west home before the BNSF train left.? Still, not at all a bad weekend of train watching. The whole album is at? Here are some of the photos: The stars of the show. 2-2-2013, Rocklin, eastbound manifest behind 7826 2-2-2013, Newcastle, eastbound manifest behind 7826 2-2-2013, Bowman, eastbound manifest behind 7826 2-2-2013, Secrettown, eastbound KOAMN (Stack train, Oakland to Marion, Arkansas) behind 7729 2-2-2013, Secrettown, eastbound KOAMN (Stack train, Oakland to Marion, Arkansas) DPU 1996 2-2-2013, Weimar westbound manifest behind 7204 2-2-2012, Rocklin eastbound baretable train. 3 Feb 2013, Citrus Heights, westbound Zephyr with 822 as the second unit, behind P42 25 Mike Tisdale |
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Triangle Thursday, 1984
August 18, 1984?? Near Bryrup, Denmark? ? Triangle railcar at Vrads, Denmark. This is a preserved line in Jutland. It has an 0-6-0T, but the day i rode it, this Triangle gas-mechanical railcar was running the service. In August and September 1984, I was on a deployment to Karup, Denmark with the US Air National Guard. We had more people than we needed and everyone had a lot of time off. I made a point of riding the private railways of Jutland as well as the "Veteran Railways', preserved lines. The Veteranbanen Bryrup-Vrads goes between its namesake towns through a hilly area with woods and a lake. https://veteranbanen.dk/ https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g2209770-d4346272-Reviews-Veteranbanen_Bryrup_Vrads-Bryrup_Silkeborg_East_Jutland_Jutland.HTML https://www.facebook.com/Veteranbanen/? ¡ª at Veteranbanen Bryrup-Vrads. Mike Tisdale |
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Long Ravine Wednesday, 1976, 1984, 2016
A few out the vestibule of #6 at Long Ravine photos over the years. 31 October 1976, February 1984 and 4 June 2016. Long Ravine is just east of Colfax, California on the Donner Pass line. Yeah, I know, I just posted a photo taken here from trackside. The October 1976 photo was the first day the Zephyr stopped at Colfax and a dozen or so cars were added to the train as far as Sparks, Nevada and run back extra that night. The lead SDP40F and FP7s were cut at Sparks to take the train back. By that time, these were the only 2 ex-SP FP7s still running. The February 1984 photo was on the first trip Anne and I took together to Reno, about a month after we started dating. There have been MANY more trips over Donner since then, ranging from trips to Truckee or Reno to trips to the east coast to visit her family in New Jersey and Florida. One of the F40s must have died and an SP SD40T-2 was leading. The 4 June 2016 trip had the last Siemens ACS-64 electric that was built in Sacramento for service in the Northeast. Heritage P42 156 was put on that day for the occasion. We were going to Truckee on that trip. Mike Tisdale |
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Palisade Monday, 2019
June 21, 2019 UP 6250, DPU of 5413's westbound unit grain train and the Clamper's Eureka and Palisade RR memorial. The train is crossing the Humboldt River, which the railroad follows for over 200 miles across Nevada. It is on the former Southern Pacific line, which is generally used by westbound trains. Visible across the river is the former Western Pacific line, mostly used by eastbounds. The lines parallel each other between Alazon, near Wells and Weso, near Winnemucca as the Humboldt River is the only route across northern Nevada that does not require several climbs over mountain ranges. The Clampers are E Clampus Vitus, a group dedicated to preserving the heritage of the western United States, often the bar and bordello heritage, as well as other aspects of history. They are known for red shirts, black powder and alcohol and create and dedicate plaques at historic sites around the US. Palisade has several of their plaques as well as memorials dedicated by the state, Freemasons and other groups. The Lucinda J Saunders Chapter of E Clampus Vitus, who dedicated this memorial to the E&P, is named for "the first nymphomaniac to make the overland trek to California" http://waynewhiskey.com/lstpot/clamper/Lucinda.html The chapter serves Nevada's Eureka, Elko and White Pine Counties, an area of about 30,000 square miles with around 67,000 people. White Pine County is home to Ely and the Nevada Northern Railroad. Take the account of Lucinda with a grain of salt. The Mormons were not in Utah in 1841, they arrived in 1847, using, in places, a trail blazed by the Donner Party the year before. John Bidwell did arrive in California in 1841 and he is known as the founder of the city of Chico (home of Sierra Nevada beer) as well having his name on other places around the state. See less ¡ª in Palisade, Nevada. Mike Tisdale |
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Re: Silver Solarium Saturday, 2012
They have not completely stopped carrying them, but there are more restrictions on where they will switch them on and off a train.? You can put a car on from Oakland to Chicago, but you might not be able to get it on or off the train at places in between.? Of course a lot of trips were just part of the way, like Oakland-Reno and those are no longer running.?? Nobody is quite sure why Amtrak decided this. They could charge enough on any private car move to make a profit on the move, so it is not as though the taxpayers were subsidizing rich people riding around on the back of trains.?? Mike
On Saturday, January 29, 2022, 12:58:37 PM PST, RICHARD GREENWOOD <steam.richard@...> wrote:
Mike Has AMTRAK carried out its threat not to convey private cars any more? RSG
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Re: Silver Solarium Saturday, 2012
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Mike, do you know this came to be, that there were five private cars that day? Can't quite believe that this was only coincidence.? Seems probable that it? was a small group of AAPRCO owners who got together, yes?
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The Silver Solarium plus a roomette for two would be a great way to go from SF to Chicago.? More time, but much more pleasant than American Airlines. ? ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Mike Tisdale via groups.io ? ? Silver Solarium brings up the rear of #6, the eastbound California Zephyr at Long Ravine, just east of Colfax, California.?? ? 5 private cars were attached to the rear of Amtrak's Zephyr that day, including 3 that had been built for the original California Zephyr.? ?? ? 29 Jan 2012 ? ? ?
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Re: Silver Solarium Saturday, 2012
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýThe Silver Solarium plus a roomette for two would be a great way to go from SF to Chicago.? More time, but much more pleasant than American Airlines. ? ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Tisdale via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2022 12:51 PM To: [email protected]; Richard Greenwood <steam.richard@...>; Dieter Hochhaus <lehgudi.zwei@...>; Alwyn Smith <alwyn.smith@...>; Grahame McDonald <grahame_robert_mcdon@...>; Barry <fossilbarry@...>; Graham Bentley <graham.bentley@...>; Assen Stoyanov <assenstoyanov@...>; KennethRoberts <kenbobby1234@...>; Jock Adams <aajadams@...>; johnsagar@...; Dave Hodson <dave.hodson21@...>; Michael Nestler <munda-nestler@...>; Tony Green <lizandtony1986@...>; Roderick Moore <engineman70c@...>; Chris Bates <chrisbates31@...>; Simon Talbot <s.j.n.talbot@...>; Vic Drake <drake.victor.g@...>; Calrailfans <[email protected]> Subject: [ObservationCar] Silver Solarium Saturday, 2012 ? ? Silver Solarium brings up the rear of #6, the eastbound California Zephyr at Long Ravine, just east of Colfax, California.?? ? 5 private cars were attached to the rear of Amtrak's Zephyr that day, including 3 that had been built for the original California Zephyr.? ?? ? 29 Jan 2012 ? ? ? Mike Tisdale |
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Silver Solarium Saturday, 2012
Silver Solarium brings up the rear of #6, the eastbound California Zephyr at Long Ravine, just east of Colfax, California.?? 5 private cars were attached to the rear of Amtrak's Zephyr that day, including 3 that had been built for the original California Zephyr.? ?? 29 Jan 2012 Mike Tisdale |
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Pepsi Can Thursday, 1994
5 March 1994, opening of new Roseville, California station. 2 P32s on a special run of a Capitol train. At the time, there were only 3 Sacramento-San Jose Capitol Corridor round trips, but one was extended to Roseville for the station opening. Caltrain gallery cars were added to the Amtrak Horizon cars that were used to the Capitols before the California Cars were delivered. Pepsi Can P32s provided the power in the pre-F59 era. The landscaping has grown a lot since 1994. UP realigned the track here as part of their rebuilding of the yard and a new platform was built. Those kids in the photo are grown up and might have kids of their own. The P32s lost the Pepsi Can paint decades ago. A group of rail enthusiasts that I was active with at the time made a day trip to the Bay Area on this train. I think we checked out a hobby store in San Francisco before heading to San Jose on Caltrain, stopping in San Mateo at another hobby store, before taking the return Capitol back to Roseville.? Mike Tisdale |
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Mound House Moon Monday, 2018
July 20, 2018? On the 49th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the moon floats in the sky above Virginia and Truckee 2-8-0 29 at Eastgate station. Mound House is a few miles east of Carson City, where the V&T crosses US 50. It is the bottom end of the current reincarnation of the V&T and in years past was where the Carson and Colorado connected with the V&T before heading out on its lonely journey to the Owens Valley. ¡ª in Mound House, Nevada. Mike Tisdale |
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Swedish Meet Friday, 1980
March 27, 1980?? My notes say that we met Da 938 on this one car train about 1130, so this might be a bit out of sequence. This would have been a half hour after the Nordpilen left Kiruna, Sweden. I was riding the Nordpilen, the "Northern Arrow" from Stockholm to Narvik, Norway. We'd crossed the Arctic Circle earlier that morning, then left most of the train in Kiruna, the big iron mining town and now 3 cars of our train were following a Da class 2-C-2 jackshaft drive electric to the port city of Narvik. We met this local coming east a half hour or so after leaving Kiruna Mike Tisdale |
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Re: Feather River Thursday, 1987
The WP Broncos have long since been replaced by hi rail pickup trucks.? I'm pretty sure that MOW crews drive them, not train operating crews. I THINK, not certain, that they run between Portola and Oroville or maybe Portola and James, as the danger of slides ends by the time the line gets to James.? James is a siding on the new line built in the early 1960s to bypass Lake Oroville when the dam was built.? ?It is visible from the highway in 2 places the line goes under the road, goes around a horseshoe curve, partly in a tunnel and then emerges to James siding and goes under the highway again. It is a few miles above Oroville. Mike Tisdale
On Thursday, January 20, 2022, 05:11:40 PM PST, Phil Burton <philip-b@...> wrote:
Mike, ? Are any of the old WP Broncos still and service.? If not, what does UP use now?? Do those Broncos work out of the crew districts? ? ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Tisdale via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2022 5:01 PM To: Alwyn Smith <alwyn.smith@...>; Assen Stoyanov <assenstoyanov@...>; Barry <fossilbarry@...>; Calrailfans <[email protected]>; Chris Bates <chrisbates31@...>; Dave Hodson <dave.hodson21@...>; Dieter Hochhaus <lehgudi.zwei@...>; Graham Bentley <graham.bentley@...>; Grahame McDonald <grahame_robert_mcdon@...>; Jock Adams <aajadams@...>; KennethRoberts <kenbobby1234@...>; Roderick Moore <engineman70c@...>; Simon Talbot <s.j.n.talbot@...>; Tony Green <lizandtony1986@...>; Vic Drake <drake.victor.g@...>; johnsagar@...; [email protected]; RICHARD GREENWOOD <steam.richard@...> Subject: Re: [ObservationCar] Feather River Thursday, 1987 ? Thank you, Richard. ? And, yes, there are many rockslides in the canyon, both on the railroad and highway side.? The highway was recently closed by a side for a couple of months, but it has reopened. ? In bad weather, trains are preceded by hi rail vehicles to warn of track problems.? These were originally Ford Broncos (as the factory that made Broncos was served by WP) and the radio call signs of them are still "Bronco xxxx".? Now that Ford is making Broncos again, maybe UP will get some. ? Mike Tisdale ? On Thursday, January 20, 2022, 03:38:58 PM PST, RICHARD GREENWOOD <steam.richard@...> wrote: ? ? Greetings ? Fantastic shot ? I bet all the pw men (gandy dancers) always wear their hard hats. ? RSG ?
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