Passenger Trains > Amtrak 6 on the Overland Route

I happened to come across Amtrak 6 detouring on the Overland Route this morning, here's a few photos of it and a subsequent ZG1SC train heading west.

1, 2, & 3) Amtrak 6 is seen here at Emory, UT heading east on the uphill track

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Christmas Card Pics for sure man, nice job!

Since we were heading west, and I had to get off at the Emory exit for the first shot, there was no return to I-84 going west. And I didn't really want to drive all the way to Echo on a completely snow covered road. So we doubled back to the Castle Rock exit to return to westbound I-84. That gave me the chance to shoot the ZG1SC train coming down the hill there.

4, 5) ZG1SC coming around the tight curve at Castle Rock, and a wider view of the whole train snaking back in the distance. It was quite a lengthy train, but had just the four units on the point.

6) One more shot at Henefer, UT.

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Great shots, thanks for posting them.

Wow, does it ever look cold there. I was forced to endure yet another day of bright sun, blue skies and temperatures in the 70s here in Carpinteria today. I don't think I would last 10 minutes in that snow.

Excellent, mopac1978! I'll vote IOTD for the first shot leaning into the curve-- thanks for sharing!

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Great shots of train number 6. Will train number 5 go through western Wyoming this afternoon?

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Track a train shows both in Wyoming. We can just imagine how you "happened" across the shot. Probably drove 1500 miles and waited in the cold most of the night for the "grab shots" to appear. Am I right?

badtanker1987 Wrote:
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> Great shots of train number 6. Will train number 5
> go through western Wyoming this afternoon?
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Looks like #5 went via the Wyoming detour on both the 23rd and 24th of November.

Why the detour?

NewRiverGeorge Wrote:
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> Track a train shows both in Wyoming. We can just
> imagine how you "happened" across the shot.
> Probably drove 1500 miles and waited in the cold
> most of the night for the "grab shots" to appear.
> Am I right?


Actually, we were just traveling west for a family visit. I happened to check the CAD screens as we passed Wasatch, and I saw AMT 6 on the screen. After an initial "what the" moment I quickly realized it was a detour and headed for the first safe shot, not wanting to stop on the shoulder of the road given the snow conditions at the time.

Nice set of shots. I'm almost tempted to chase in Weber Canyon during the winter.

Bob Wilcox
Charlottesville, VA
My Flickr Shots

Thanks for posting these shots and their narrative, MoPac. The last time I was on the detour, I stayed up after SLC and really took in the terrain as we made the ascent. It's an interesting area and not one that gets covered on TO very often. Nice work!

TraneMan Wrote:
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> Why the detour?


Rock slide in Gore Canyon on the Colorado normal routing.

Great series and worthy IOTD. Really atmospheric;
like someone else said you "can really feel the cold"
in these images. Many of us wish we could get out there
east of Ogden, and have a look at this historic part of the
UP, but it's hard to do so thank you for the pictures!

Nice photography -- what is the heritage of the bag car?

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Reminds me why I only worked the full summer the year I braked on the Wyoming Division(1964) Nice to see these while hunkered down in cozy California.

Steve Donaldson
Pacific Grove, CA