Western Railroad Discussion > UP 1995 CNW Heritage Sherman Hill today

Today a Roseville-North Platte manifest went eastbound over Sherman Hill, WY with clean C&NW Heritage unit UP 1995, a day with alternate sun , clouds and snow squalls.

Photo 1 - Before it showed up, a faster eastbound emerges from Hermosa Tunnel on Sherman Hill with an arrowedge leading the containers and GE's newest offering leading.

Photo 2 - The sun was wrong at the tunnel, and it came out bright before 1995 showed up, so I moved to the Pillow Rocks spot just east of Dale. Darker clouds and blowing snow got me good here.

Photo 3 - The clean locomotive looked nice closer even in the overcast.

There's Mooore...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/09/18 08:42 by highgreengraphics.

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Photo 4 - Rounding the curve west of Granite, WY.

Photo 5 - Meeting a westbound with another Arrowedge up front at the former townsite of Sabula, WY from the I-80 overpass. 

Photo 6 - Right after sunset, an auto rack westbound is on the curve between 498 mileposts west of Durham, WY, east of Archer, with EMD's newest offering in front.

There's Mooore...
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/09/18 08:09 by highgreengraphics.

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Photo 7 - Now crazy dark  UP 1995 East meets UP 3085 west, east of Archer, WY.

Happy unsettled weather railfanning! === === = === JLH

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Very nice.......WOW snow already.......

electromac Wrote:
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> Very nice.......WOW snow already.......

Heck, we have had snow days several times in the past 3 weeks already.
It is November in Wyoming and anything is possible. One day it was 68 degrees and the nextr day was 31 with snow squalls.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

Thanks for the snowy show, Jim.  Gerry

Thanks for taking the effort, really like shot #4! I see you stuck around for the #3085:}

Great coverage and the weather seemed to enhance the photos!

Regards, Jim Evans

Awesome shots! Really well composed and a great feeling of the elements.

Great action shots on one of my favorite places on earth.  --Kelly

Great composition. Thanks for sharing.

I need to get out there for a few days with my camera. If the wind is blowing (like it usually does) your outing might be a little chilly.

 

Nice Shots HGG -

Sherman Hill is a raw, cold place during late fall & winter. I was cold just looking at your shots.. 

Great stuff, the snow really adds to the photos.
t4p.

All great shots, #4 should be IOTD. 

-Tom

Those are some excellent shots!  Thanks for posting them for us to enjoy.

Randy Lundgren
Elgin, TX

Congratulations on IOTD.  zchcsse made the correct call on photo #4.

Some great early winter scenes!
All we have down here is wind and fires, please send some of that winter weather down this way :-)

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA

Thanks much for photos
UP is still using code lines? Note poles with wires in several pictures.

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Congrats Jim on the IOTD recognizing your outstanding effort.

BB

I wonder what kind of difference those arrow wedge containers make in both fuel efficiecy gains, and even ability in helping maintain track speed in high winds?