December Trains
Author: amtrakswchief 4
Photo Gallery
Ex-Rio Grande and Ex-MoPac lead an MNA train north out of Adrian, MO.
An empty Coal train heads north and slows to a stop to wait for a southbound grain train.
A loaded grain train with all Southern Belle hopper cars and a Southern Belle on the point (and a soon-to-be southern belle behind it) heads south through the town of Amsterdam, MO.
A Loaded Grain train and an empty coal train meet right in the middle of main street in Amsterdam, MO.
A green signal tells an oncoming grain train to proceed!
A KCS grain train goes over the humps just to the south of Amsterdam, MO.
A restricting signals shows the indication of Proceed at Restricted Speed at the south switch of the siding at Drexel, MO. I took this because I have never seen a Lunar aspect before.
A KCS manifest train screams through Amsterdam, MO headed south.
Amtrak train 3, the Southwest Chief stops to fuel up before heading west.
Multiple locomotives are fueled at Argentine Yard in Kansas City
Amtrak train 3, Highball
When the students of the National Academy of Railroad Sciences enter the "field training" phase they come here and train with these locomotives.
An empty coal train heads north on the Ft. Scott Subdivision. The picture wasn't very well lit, so I used the "Sephria" feature and I think it looks pretty cool.
A UP manifest train heads east at Santa Fe Jct. I used a little color saturation to bring the color out of the UP eninges. The train will pass by Union Station just a few moments after passing this location.
Amtrak train 4 hit a car the night before near Albequrque, NM. A freight unit led the rest of the trip.
Two GEVO's and a Dash-9 lead a grain train through Santa Fe Jct.
An NS raodrailer train rushes east out of the sunset toward Kansas City.
A woman engineer is in control of this train as she powers towards Memphis on the H KCKMEM1 02.
Ex-Rio Grande GP60 idles while waiting for work.
The Rio Grande gets its revenge as the UP shield decal is peeling slowly.
A UP manifest train sits at Muncie. The conductor rode with what seemed to be a manager to check out a defect on a car in the train. I would assume the train went into emergency there.
Although in the half hour we were there, there was no train, this signal remained green until just before we left it changed to Diverging Clear.
Red Class Lights
White Class Lights
Green Class Lights
Merry Christmas from Zach and I. Take a look at the class lights if you dont get it! RED and GREEN!!!
After my Land Rover overheated on the drive accross Kansas, some hole-in-the-wall NAPA shop temporarily fixed it. After leaving the shop we saw this on the way back to the highway.
One of UPs brand new Chevy's is already out on the job.
One of the older DRGW no trespassing signs at the south switch of the Colorado Springs Siding that reads: "PROPERTY OF THE D&RGW R.R. CO. PERSONS ENTERING UPON OR CROSSING ARE TRESPASSERS AND ASSUME ALL RISKS"
"First" SD70MAC still powering along and hauling coal.
An empty coal train heads north through Palmer Lake, CO wit the 9400 on the point. Neat catch.
A northbound empty UP coal train races north blowing snow around on its way.
Two GEVO's and a MAC head accross the bridge just south of Larkspur with an empty coal train.
My rover started to over heat again, and when I pulled over a loaded coal train came south outta the fog and snow.
There are no words to describe this picture
uh... like the last picture, no words to describe this.......
A BNSF freight train take the crossover at Bijou. The third locomotive would be set out at Colorado Springs a few minutes later. The locomotive to be set out (BNSF 2789) had really bad flat spots on it.
This ACe pushes the snow off the rails as it progresses slowly in a switching move.
The Main track is lit with a proceed indication at north Colorado Springs siding.
UP 1350, ex-DRGW GP40-2 awaits its next assignment as the local in Colorado Springs. The Martin Drake Power Plant gives off steam in the background.
The ex-Rio Grande depot in downtown Colorado Springs (now Giuseppe's) is lit up for Christmas.
Ex-Rio Grande narrow guage steam engine 168 sits quietly on display in Colorado Springs.
The Pueblo to Denver local trains sits at Colorado Springs while it prepares to do work. A few moments later another train overtakes this one.
A train passes the Drake train power at Colorado Springs
This manifest train heads south at Palmer Lake with an ex-conrail eninge.
A southbound coal load at Castle Rock with two GEVO's on the point.
Neat bucket truck at Burnham shops in Denver
Ex-RioGrande GP30 sits peacefully at Denver Diesel.
A southern belle came in on the Chicago to Denver Z train.
Heres the rail heritage. A Rio Grande, Southern Pacific, Katy, and MoPac. All we need is CNW and WP.