Western Railroad Discussion > Rio Grande on the Rock at Night

After having been dropped off in Topeka, KS just a few hours earlier from the A-RLNSR, UP's Rio Grande heritage unit #1989 was commandeered for use on the M-TPASX, a symbol I've never seen before. To get it ready for it's trip to East St. Louis, they had to spin it around the Wye at SJ Jct., including this short trip onto the ex-RI Golden State Route. Seeing that technically, the DRGW purchased the SP in 1988, this engine is on "home rails," as the SP took control of the GSR after the Rock's demise.

The video here is of the '89 as it was coming into Topeka on the A-RLNSR at Menoken Jct.

Heads up to those across Missouri and into the St. Louis area!

- Jeff Carlson

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Great Doppler effect with the K5 horn.

Regards, Jim Evans

Technically it home rails are in colorado. After all the DRGW was in colorado...

upheritage6 Wrote:
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> Technically it home rails are in colorado. After
> all the DRGW was in colorado...

Yeah, I know. But for eight years, this piece of rail was owned by the Rio Grande, by way of their purchase of the SP.

Thanks for looking!
- Jeff

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bnsfsd70 Wrote:
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> upheritage6 Wrote:
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> > Technically it home rails are in colorado.
> After
> > all the DRGW was in colorado...
>
> Yeah, I know. But for eight years, this piece of
> rail was owned by the Rio Grande, by way of their
> purchase of the SP.
>
> Thanks for looking!
> - Jeff
>
> Posted from iPhone


LOL...wow.

Pump

FiveChime Wrote:
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> Great Doppler effect with the K5 horn.
>
> Regards, Jim Evans


Thanks. I'm not much of a "horn" person, so I edited out the two long blasts to get a quicker upload and get to the train itself more quickly. In the future, is that something people might be interested in hearing?

Thanks,
Jeff