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I hope I haven't posted this before. This was last years road trip. South of Crawford NE is the old Belmont tunnel. Belmont Tunnel (Nebraska) - Wikipedia

Another site of a roundhouse in Miles City MT. Aren't you into the roundhouses Moss?

Keeps diesel exhaust from entering the cars.

A short of entering the Moffat Tunnel in CO last Tuesday on Amtrak. It's 6.2 miles long and takes the train about 10 minutes to get through it. They tell you to stay in your current car until they clear the tunnel. Both times coming and going someone didn't do this and you hear a raised voice...

He mentions at least two more turntables on this line.

Watching a home brew documentary on the Milwaukee RR. Malden WA had a turntable.

I booked my first Amtrak train. SE Iowa to Glenwood Springs Colorado and back spending one night in Glenwood Springs. If I like it I may book long trips in the future.

I was binge watching videos of people that frequently travel on Amtrak. More than one of them has said never book a flight at your destination anywhere near scheduled arrival time.

Anyone ever take an Amtrak trip? My brother and SIL did a few years ago to Flagstaff. They had mixed feelings on it. I wouldn't mind going from Western IL to either Salt Lake or Sacramento then fly back.

At the power plant we had 4 pumps (2 for each unit) that were high voltage 4160V and 4000 hp if memory serves correct. They were used to pump Mississippi river water to cool the steam.

Interesting as I live just over 100 miles from that railroad plant.

Is that a narrow gauge diesel?

This YTer allegedly derailed the train and filmed it.

A friend sent a YT link of a couple doing the Denver CO to Moab UT scenic route. They only travel during the day and spend the night at a hotel in Glenwood Springs. The basic trip is $1,699 or a fancier upgrade with food and exclusive lounge car options over $2K. Since they are the lowest...

Somebody had a bad day.

Tram roads were used in the Missouri Ozarks to harvest Oak back in the day.

Ooops Train derails into Yellowstone River in Stillwater County

Looks like Taft MT is nearest to the portal but you rent a few miles up I90 at Lookout Pass Ski Resort and they shuttle to the portal. They pick you up over in Idaho. You can also use your own bike. The Route of the Hiawatha Scenic Bike Trail (Official Website)

That's now a bike trail. I'm not much of a cyclist but rented a bike and rode that about 7-10 years ago.

I never put much focus on it but that's they ours was. Long enough hoses to freely move during the dump.

along with what ArlyA said we had a 400? H.P. DC motor connected to a carriage that ran along side the train. It had an arm that would grab the knuckle between cars and pull it to the next position. The positioner would slow down and set metal chocks when it stopped. The chocks were on the cars...

We had a Heyl & Patterson at the plant but ours was enclosed. I hated working on anything in the coal yard. That dust is so fine with the western coal. When the plant switched to western coal around 95' they had to dig a big hole into the former flood plain next to the Mississippi. This was to...

I have a picture somewhere of an old logging RR trestle in Idaho. I visited the old incline logging railroad near Clarkia ID many years ago. There's and abandoned locomotive in the woods. This site talk about it. AbandonedIdahoClimax

Concerning my previous post I found an old topo map that has all three tunnels on it. The long ones are a mile or so each then a short one. Tunnel 3 is in the lowerleft corner above Clems

Darn rabbit holes... Tunnels: Glenwood (Tunnel 3)

A little string trimmer action and those lines be good as new. 🤪

It's long gone but Grandin Missouri had a roundhouse. I also believe Willow Springs had one. The National Park Service NPS link has some info on how railroads came to the area for the logging industry. I think it was about the laate 90's and was dating a girl who went along on a camping trip. WE...

An issue I have is I believe some ebikes are allowed on some trails. Yet my dual sport motorcycle is not. If motorized vehicles are not allowed, fine but don't make exceptions for ebikes.

Moss, that point is the western edge of the parking lot right where there is a notch in the pavement. red dot marks that spot. Some of the older earth maps are a little better I think.

Here's about 1940 in the Philadelphia area. I tried to get the most RR stuff in one screen grab. The red dot was just a random waypoint to get me started.

measuring on satellite view it's 4-500ft.

No.

I saw some guys video on this tunnel so I made a waypoint. I visited this back in October while camping in the area. This is maybe 10 miles west of Williams AZ. Lat 35.24684 Lon 112.33375

Caught it this morning. I was surprised at the number of chasers and scrapped plans to leapfrog up to Scott City.

Big Boy arrives in Poplar Bluff tomorrow afternoon.

Yes.

The steam train arrives in Poplar Bluff next Friday and then heads out on Saturday. I hope to catch it at Dexter or up near Scott City

I did that back in the late 90's?? Nice to sit back and just enjoy the trip.

The scene from Thelma and Louis where they drive off the cliff was filmed just a few miles from those potash ponds.

Do the cog railway. I think it just reopened this year after several years of being shut down. I've rafted the Royal Gorge and the part of the deep gorge is relatively short.

There was an illegal scrapping operation that happened out in Utah near Elberta. I think it is/was the Tintic RR. It was 14 miles of UP track. Also a bunch of containers burglarized in this video of a passing train.

When I was there the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson KS had an SR71 in the lobby. They also have the Apollo 13 Command Module.

This came up in suggestions. They even have some film footage for the last 10+ minutes.

On the live railcam (youtube) at Kearney Nebraska they used to have these crossing horns that were automatically triggered. Sometimes for no apparent reason. I heard the horn was directed at traffic and not as loud as a train horn. I noticed recently they have been removed and someone said it...

I smell creosote and it reminds me of the River King Runaway Mine Train at Six Flags Over Mid America (now Six Flags St Louis). That would have been back in the 70's.

The coal power plant I worked at took about 24 hours from a cold startup to tying online. That's why smaller peaking plants are often natural gas driven. throw a switch and tying online in minutes.

RE: South Dakota. The lines beyond Kadoka have been pulled up via satellite views. I was looking at this section a couple weeks ago possibly via an entry on Abandoned Rails website. I'm always looking for places to take my little railcar.

I've camped at a spot where the Cumbres and Toltec stops to sometimes take on water. I'm up on a hill zoomed down. You hear the whistle blast about 20+ seconds in.

There's an excursion that goes up through Royal Gorge. I also see they have reopened the Pikes Peak cog railway this year. I did that years ago and enjoyed it. I walked up on the first train in the morning and a few seats had not sold. Looks like reservations would be the way with it being...

Photo I forgot to post back in August while on a camping trip. This is the old roundhouse in Evanston WY. The old turntable and the place turned into a reception type hall. I took that photo through the window.

Speaking of trestles this one is near Butte Montana. It looks like it served the mine. The tracks are still there and somewhat maintained. The last photo was a bike trail and now shows as an attached thumbnail so ignore it. There was a gate across trestle entrance. Approach to trestle A...

Here is Ames Brothers Monument in Wyoming. The old rails went right by it. Ames Wiki There was an old roundhouse just NE of the spot you can sort of make it out in this sat image. It's right off I80. When I was there I wasn't aware of the roundhouse and was really more out exploring for the...

After seeing MossRoad's google street view I did some poking around. In some areas it's hard to tell what they did as it went west. One road they took out the overpass. Eventually it met a north south line. They turned it into a wye just SW of Chadds Ford. There is an old bridge with rails in...

Part of an old rail spur for logging near St Joe Idaho. Note tree growing out of top of tunnel.

I took these last September on the old Denver Rio Grande Western that has been dead for awhile. From what I heard is if they abandoned it completely another RR can come and and claim it. I saw numerous boxes open with the wiring stripped. This is near Leadville CO at the Tennessee Pass tunnel...

The view of what's left of the old Bannock Pass tunnel and inside the tunnel standing at about the regular grade. The other end of this tunnel has been blasted shut as it was too unstable. This is Pipestone Pass RR tunnel near Butte MT. You would drive right over it on highway 10 and...