Western Railroad Discussion > Dark Canyon

BNSF 4648 exits Tunnel 7 and prepares to immediately enter Tunnel 8 at Dark Canyon as it heads eastbound along the Feather River Route. With a storm order in affect, the conductor was coordinating with Bronco Alpha at Intake for an eastbound escort. A couple inches of rain led to swollen creeks and tributaries throughout the area.

If anyone happens to know the symbol of this train, that would be greatly appreciated.

BNSF 4648 --- Dark Canyon --- January 10th, 2018



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/15/18 16:11 by JakeMiille.

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I wish that was part of my run... unreal!

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During the summer of 1999 the Hub Agreement went in for the pools in the Roseville Hub. I found myself working the
Re77 that winter which was Roseville to Sparks or Roseville to Portola, luck of the draw on which train you caught.
I had caught a fair number of eastbounds going to Portola, and we were doing a lot of broncoing that winter! I had
picked up all my Broncos at Intake at that point, and was comfortable with that with the Bronco always about 2 miles
ahead of you. As an SP engineer I was qualified in the canyon, but honestly still working on getting comfortable. Then
the dispatcher calls us; I figure we were going to pick up our Bronco at Intake that day as had been the practice
before. He tells us the Bronco is on at Dark Canyon and waiting to go east. I immediately am horrified, where the hell
is Dark Canyon? Thank God George Ramirez is my conductor, a real WP guy and knew exactly where we were picking up that
Bronco. All I could think of was how we would explain it if I ran right over that vehicle, your mind is constantly
turning out there when you're still not 100% comfortable.
Craig

Been down in there once in my life, and it is DARK indeed!

TJY

sp3204 Wrote:
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> your mind is constantly
> turning out there when you're still not 100% comfortable.

I don't know about you but I feel like if I were ever to truly become "100% comfortable out there", I would probably be a liability. One thing about railroading is you are always learning something new. If you are no longer learning, you are either a savant, or dangerous.

Hookdragkick Wrote:
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> I wish that was part of my run... unreal!
>
> Posted from Android


Been there done that:) It still is my favorite place to work. Wish I had stayed.