Rail roads and their tracks.

[MossRoad]

Oh, man. No kidding that's going cause someone some real grief in the future.

Yep. They were just happy there was no ground contamination. It was cheaper to fill it in with cement VS digging it out, filling, compacting, etc. Only time will tell if someone else runs into it.

Future digger:

Dig dig dig dig THUNK! What's that? Let's look. YIKES!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Make it 7 hours
I-70 closed from mud slides

If you take rt50, say hey to my friends in gunnison. Wish I was there.

 

[MossRoad]

Home

Steam engine fires up for first time in 60+ years.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Just saw that buckskin Joe, at the royal gorge closed in 2010. Bought by William Koch and moved to his ranch near gunnison.
It was used in a lot of western movies

 

[the old grind]

I've always admired the Northerns for their pulling power. Check out UP 844 with roller bearing rods, on all axles under the tender and on leading and trailing trucks obvious in the longer video.

Pacing UP 844 From High Above

Pacing Union Pacific's 844 Northern class 4-8-4 drone style! In one of the most interesting pacing shots we ever seen, UP 844 seems to be topping 75-80 MPH as she passes a freight in the opposite direction. UP #844 was ordered and designed by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1944, in order to sa

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Union Pacific #844 Fantastic Pacing Shots!

High balling UP 844 gives us magnificent pacing shots! Union Pacific's 844 driving wheels are working overtime as the locomotive careens down the tracks! Although a bit shaky at times, you can really feel the excitement of these two railfans as they pace along side UP 844 in their convertible

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All that said, there are several Berkshires in preservation, esp in the East & Midwest, and their charm is undeniable. To be an engineer one had to be a competent boiler operator. To operate a boiler one had to learn to fire it. Mom's uncle started with a shovel and retired in the '60s after operating diesels too. Talk about seeing the glory days of rail.

 

[Hay Dude]

If you take rt50, say hey to my friends in gunnison. Wish I was there.

So we actually did end up having to take 50 through Gunnison to get to Pikes Peak. An amazing drive, but I had to hurry. Took 7 hours to get from Moab to Colorado Springs because of the I70 mudslides closure. Big news out here. Might be the worst rockslides in CO history. Took out the railway along 70 and plugged up part of the Colorado River, too!
We finally made it through to Pikes Peak and took the Manitou Pikes Peak Cog Railway and it was great!
They re worked the tracks and are completing a new visitors center at the Peak. It was a lot more extensive and complex than I thought. Multiple cog trains of 2 engine powered cars run at once, so sidings were built to allow passing.
The powered cars were built in Switzerland, but they are Cummins powered! How cool is that!

Heres how they rolled long ago

A view while descending

 

[Peace]

So we actually did end up having to take 50 through Gunnison to get to Pikes Peak. An amazing drive, but I had to hurry. Took 7 hours to get from Moab to Colorado Springs because of the I70 mudslides closure. Big news out here. Might be the worst rockslides in CO history. Took out the railway along 70 and plugged up part of the Colorado River, too!
We finally made it through to Pikes Peak and took the Manitou Pikes Peak Cog Railway and it was great!
They re worked the tracks and are completing a new visitors center at the Peak. It was a lot more extensive and complex than I thought. Multiple cog trains of 2 engine powered cars run at once, so sidings were built to allow passing.
The powered cars were built in Switzerland, but they are Cummins powered! How cool is that!

Highway 50? Did you drive through Antonito, Conejos, Alamosa area? That’s where my mother grew up. Very cool road trip your on!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

So we actually did end up having to take 50 through Gunnison to get to Pikes Peak. An amazing drive, but I had to hurry. Took 7 hours to get from Moab to Colorado Springs because of the I70 mudslides closure. Big news out here. Might be the worst rockslides in CO history. Took out the railway along 70 and plugged up part of the Colorado River, too!
We finally made it through to Pikes Peak and took the Manitou Pikes Peak Cog Railway and it was great!
They re worked the tracks and are completing a new visitors center at the Peak. It was a lot more extensive and complex than I thought. Multiple cog trains of 2 engine powered cars run at once, so sidings were built to allow passing.
The powered cars were built in Switzerland, but they are Cummins powered! How cool is that!

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Heres how they rolled long ago

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A view while descending

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Very nice!! I was looking at it yesterday on google maps. Think it was sold out for next 2 weeks. Been to Colorado Springs twice, never up the mt, but once in.

I’ve done 550 from Durango to montrose, and rt 50 across to canon city and 115 from Colorado Springs. Taken 285 also from Denver to poncho springs, and down to monte vista. I really like 160 across southern co.

Also did the rocky mt nat park.

I want to go back.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Highway 50? Did you drive through Antonito, Conejos, Alamosa area? That’s where my mother grew up. Very cool road trip your on!

Drove thru alamosa a few yrs ago. I want to take the cumbres railroad sometime.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My avitar pic was taken at a ranch outside gunnison.