Western Railroad Discussion > Dashing through the snow

Back on the fourth, the Kyle RR was to run a plow train. Turned out they neglected the plow. Anyhow, I was headed out of town when I got the call and prompty turned around and headed to Kansas. Worth the trip:)
East of Goodland,KS I came upon the eastbound train after getting a relief crew at Dresden.
The previous crew had cut off and ran ahead five miles cleaning out the cut ahead. Here the train passes through the mess.
Farther along on the west side of Clayton the drifts showed up.

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Gittin' her done!!

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Trestle near Robertson, KS. They would put their train away here and run light the rest of the way to Phillipsburg as there were bigger drifts to come.
Nearing Almena,KS.

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Between Almena and Prarie View there isn't much access as the roads weren't plowed. But we got lucky with one passable.
After they made Pburg we headed west and camped at Goodland to see if we could catch the Limon side train somewhere. We did.
Vona,CO. Parked, waiting for a rested crew. And that wouldn't show till dark:(
Enjoy.

 

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Awesome set of photos! You done did good. Thanks for sharing.

Great pictures. And a nice variety of paint schemes in the lashup.

Spectacular, absolutely spectacular.

Dick Ebright
Roosevelt, Utah

Those look funny, shame nobody had a bag of carrots.

I wonder if hitting those drifts ran the slack in on the train?

Simply stunning photographs!!  Gprgeous!!  Thank
you so much for getting these magnificent photos
and for posting them here!!  You were certainly in
the right place at the right time!  wow.......  IsOTD!!

Certainly looks like it was worth the trip. Would love to photograph some drift busting like that, but wouldn't want to work in those conditions.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

Freaking incredible, knowing the area the roads must have been a riot! You're right though,
those shots will be worth the effort for many years to come. A for effort!

Out

That's pretty neat! I'd say next time they should maybe use the plow! === === = === JLH

Very well done.  Thanks for sharing.

A+ big time!!
I wish I could have been 2 places at 1 time after seeing these great shots...

Lance/199

Grand set of images - well done.

Michael McInerney
Marion, South Australia,

GREAT stuff....!!  Thanks for posting.

Wow  These are just super spectacular.  In the past I mave have a seen 1 shot in action but never a complete step-by-step adventure like this. Thanks for being there.
Brian Stevens

Fantastic stuff!

Ridiculous! Thanks for getting out there.

T