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Western Railroad Discussion > UP 1989 Special zipping through Kirkwood Station, St. LDate: 03/05/11 01:23 UP 1989 Special zipping through Kirkwood Station, St. L Author: bowmcsx Decided to visit Kirkwood Station for some railfanning today. I could tell something was up the minute I got out of my car as the railfain activity was unusually high for a Friday. No sooner got my gear out of the vehicle when I was informed that UP would be running a w/b special today and it would be passing Kirkwood in 40 minutes.
Little did I know what I was in store for. Luckily the forecasted rain and thunderstorms held off for the event. A bit overcast for the roll by, but I'm not complaining given my good fortune to just happen to be at Kirkwood at just the right time. Met a lot of fellow railfans for the first time today, to include a fellow TO member Enjoy Kevin Kelly Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/11 19:40 by bowmcsx. You must be a registered subscriber to watch videos. Join Today! Date: 03/05/11 03:21 Re: UP 1989 Special zipping through Kirwood Station, St Author: KB5WK Excellent video. Nicely done.
Date: 03/05/11 06:30 Re: UP 1989 Special zipping through Kirwood Station, St Author: DaveL Please say this is a "quiet zone".......Only the bell for a gated crossing ???
DaveL Date: 03/05/11 06:55 Re: UP 1989 Special zipping through Kirwood Station, St Author: Atsf814 I was wondering the same thing....no horn?
Date: 03/05/11 12:29 Re: UP 1989 Special zipping through Kirkwood Station, S Author: mospken Yes, Kirkwood, MO is a quiet zone. Last summer the city placed concrete dividers at all UP street crossing.
mospken Date: 03/05/11 16:30 Re: UP 1989 Special zipping through Kirkwood Station, S Author: MojaveBill The last car is a theater car, fairly common for many years on several RRs. The seats face to the rear and are tiered so everyone has a good view. I've ridden them on CSX and BNSF...
Bill Deaver Tehachapi, CA Date: 03/05/11 18:23 Re: UP 1989 Special zipping through Kirkwood Station, S Author: stlrailfan Kevin,
nice video and good to meet you yesterday. Mark Mautner Maryland Heights,Mo Date: 03/05/11 20:49 Re: UP 1989 Special zipping through Kirkwood Station, S Author: ironmtn Well done! It was a treat to see this from a location where I have spent many happy hours, and boarded many trains. Thanks for posting this!
Date: 03/06/11 08:04 Re: UP 1989 Special zipping through Kirkwood Station, S Author: navy5717th mospken Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, Kirkwood, MO is a quiet zone. Last summer the > city placed concrete dividers at all UP street > crossing. > > mospken Could you or anybody else from the area, please post some pictures of these concrete dividers? How do they obviate the necessity for whistles at crossings? TIA, Fritz in HSV, AL Date: 03/07/11 13:53 Re: UP 1989 Special zipping through Kirkwood Station, S Author: UPTRAIN Because the only way around the gates is through them.
Pump navy5717th Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > mospken Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Yes, Kirkwood, MO is a quiet zone. Last summer > the > > city placed concrete dividers at all UP street > > crossing. > > > > mospken > > Could you or anybody else from the area, please > post some pictures of these concrete dividers? How > do they obviate the necessity for whistles at > crossings? > > TIA, > > Fritz in HSV, AL Date: 03/08/11 10:04 Re: UP 1989 Special zipping through Kirkwood Station, S Author: RailVideo Nice one! What's the hump for on the first car behind the loco? Is it a generator car?
Date: 03/09/11 20:57 Re: UP 1989 Special zipping through Kirkwood Station, S Author: bowmcsx |