Any Route, Any Era, Any Time! - 2024 Edition

[wwhall]

^In the latter days of the SP before the UP merger, a lot of their motive power was in pitiful mechanical condition. Train crews that I knew who worked on the old Rio Grande told me back then that if a train was called to run over the old Rio Grande with SP power, an extra locomotive was almost always added because it was nearly certain that at least one of the SP locos would fail during the trip. SP crews loved to get a train with former D&RGW power because the Rio Grande had always maintained their locomotives much better, even though they were usually filthy from running through all the tunnels on the old Rio Grande.

[CSRX]

I don't know much about the SP, but I know they slapped as much power as they could on trains, whatever the power was.

A manifest with mostly lumber products, heading out of Klamath Falls for points south.

[mishtahshneaks]

[defect_detector]

Not sure what I like more, the simple SP leader, or the Kodachrome trailing. Awesome shots of awesome power!

Appreciate it man. I've got a bunch of other variants I've built as well that are coming along as well, snoot, ex DRGW... It's a mission. Then I'll get back to SD40R's.

But for now, running stuff that is already done.

[CSRX]

Not sure what I like more, the simple SP leader, or the Kodachrome trailing. Awesome shots of awesome power!

[defect_detector]

Shasta.

[cfriedri]

A few shots of a short CN 303 getting out of Capreol and westward

[Unoriginal]

Diamond.

[geepster775]

pumpkin patch.

[CSRX]

Ha that brings back some memories - used to cut out the last car instead of just the EOT hoping that the brake pipe would hold the air long enough for the junky ones to "catch up".

I remember one time, I did just that, waited a full minute and it didn't do anything. So I was like, okay well, I'll slowly open up the air and see what it does. Still nothing. Okay, I guess you are good to go if you are.good with it. Soon as they started moving, the marker finally came to and dumped the whole train. 🤦

I swapped markers and tossed that one in the pile of "needs fixing" haha.

[cfriedri]

"Showing armed"
"Okay dump it"
"Good test, showing zero"
"Yep zero here too"

Probably the best part of the job is seeing if they will test correctly, or dump the whole train because of a massive delay on those old junker EOT's. haha

Ha that brings back some memories - used to cut out the last car instead of just the EOT hoping that the brake pipe would hold the air long enough for the junky ones to "catch up".

[Timbit]

CP Rogers Pass Route
Activity by Everett Keating CP 112 East CPKC 9375, CP 8888 CP8920 DPU CP 9802
Thanks for looking
Tim

[jbtower]

EOT tested and active; waiting for air to charge.

Just another summer day in the midwest Neil you can feel it in this one for sure!!!!

[CSRX]

EOT tested and active; waiting for air to charge.

"Showing armed"
"Okay dump it"
"Good test, showing zero"
"Yep zero here too"

Probably the best part of the job is seeing if they will test correctly, or dump the whole train because of a massive delay on those old junker EOT's. haha

[qballbandit]

EOT tested and active; waiting for air to charge.