Western Railroad Discussion > Birds Eye View of Helper Utah

I did a flyover of the Helper Yard yesterday. It's kind of sad how empty it is nowadays. It's still a very interesting and historic place to check out.
No audio. I also sped up the video to make it not as long.
Also, I have to say that drone photography is a game changer for rail fans. It's amazing the new vantage points these things open up.

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Holy-Moly! Now I have views of the engine house and sand tower I have never seen before! I'm building a model of Helper, UT, in my "basement" including Radio KOAL, the voice of Castle Valley. But since I was not about to cross the yard tracks I never knew what the details were on the side away from the depot. Thanks coaloads! If you should do this again at Helper, from maybe a different angle, please post them as well. This video was worth my new subscription!

Wow, so empty... hard to beleive (well no, its not, just more shocking).

never saw the east end of the yard

Never knew there was track age that went around that hill to the east...very interesting...but Sad yard is empty..jobs gone...

SHM

Nice, thanks for sharing.  

Topo maps attached, Helper and Martin, from 
http://historicalmaps.arcgis.com/usgs/

Do you have any footage of the Martin engine shops & etc?  

Ted in OR

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Here's a close up view of the far east end derail-  <http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,2489474,2490548#msg-2490548&gt;

mapboy

I looked around Martin but couldn't find a convenient place to take off from. There are a lot of power lines and I wanted to keep a line of sight with the drone so I have to get kind of close. I'll have to go back after a little more planning. 
I stopped at Gilluly and recorded a train; I'll get it uploaded today, hopefully. 

If if anyone wants a copy of this video in 4k I could set up a Dropbox or something where it can be downloaded. The file size is 2.3 gigs. PM me if you'd like a link. 

Nice Gilluly video, too!  

Ted in OR