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Passenger Trains > The little engine that couldDate: 08/31/15 12:04 The little engine that could Author: photobob As posted below #14 hit some debris putting the lead unit out of commission. Here she is at Dunsmuir this morning over 5 hours late with only one unit. I have never seen #14 with only one unit so I had to go up to Saw Mill Curve near the top of the climb out of the Sacramento River Canyon to see it crawl by. By golly it rolled by me at 22 MPH nearly track speed.
Robert Morris Photography    Date: 08/31/15 12:12 Re: The little engine that could Author: tplowman91 Absoloutely beautiful shots! Yes, it's a rarity to see this... almost looks like the Texas Eagle or the City of Naw'Leans, but much longer, of course. Great work!
Date: 08/31/15 12:55 Re: The little engine that could Author: Margaret_SP_fan Beautiful photos, as always, photobob! And I
absolutely love the thread title -- very creative! They got lucky that the 136 was in great condition. SUCH a gorgeous area -- the Dunsmuir area, and environs...... (Wonder what the debris was that they hit? Very glad no one got hurt then!) Date: 08/31/15 13:18 Re: The little engine that could Author: TCnR Were you running down hill at the time?
I was curious how well they made the hill, I guess it's all down hill after Kirk. Saves them a few bucks by not renting a 200 ton locomotive to push around. ------------------------------------------------------- ...By golly it rolled by me at 22 > MPH nearly track speed. > > Robert Morris Photography Date: 08/31/15 16:15 Re: The little engine that could Author: zfan Great pics!! I agree it does look like the Texas Eagle.
Date: 08/31/15 16:20 Re: The little engine that could Author: bakersfielddave Dont give Amtrak operating managers any 'ideas' over this !
Date: 08/31/15 19:37 Re: The little engine that could Author: ProAmtrak Nope, but they knew what it took and I take it no problems getting into Portland and Seattle!
Date: 08/31/15 22:18 Re: The little engine that could Author: GenePoon Margaret_SP_fan Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > (Wonder what the debris was that they hit? Long steel pipe laid across the track in an attempt to derail the train. Instead it tore off the main reservoir on the lead unit AMTK 175. Date: 09/01/15 08:42 Re: The little engine that could Author: hazegray GenePoon Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Margaret_SP_fan Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > (Wonder what the debris was that they hit? > > Long steel pipe laid across the track in an attempt to derail the train. Instead it tore off > the main reservoir on the lead unit AMTK 175. Such creative minds in California! Date: 09/01/15 11:18 Re: The little engine that could Author: timecruncher Seems to me this would be an incident the FBI should be looking into. Domestic terrorism unless there is a local jihad group where the incident occurred.
timecruncher Date: 09/01/15 12:02 Re: The little engine that could Author: dan kids you would think, or an adult with enough toxins in him to be a kid, unless the pipe was meant to disable a freight for theft. UP special agent told me some families specialize in this, over a few generations
Date: 09/01/15 12:54 Re: The little engine that could Author: pecosvalleychief I rode #11 with one unit over the Cascades in 1998. A rail broke in the Portland yard derailing our trailing unit and locking the couplers so we lost BOTH units. Stole a new unit off a Cascade then added a freight unit which went belly up in Eugene. Over the mountains we go with one unit only to run out of fuel on the main south of Chico. DOH!
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