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Western Railroad Discussion > Mop heritage down the GSRDate: 03/21/19 08:35 Mop heritage down the GSR Author: santafe199 I got out to chase the Mop heritage unit UP 1982 earlier this month, but I’m just now getting around to posting the full story. Better late than never, eh? Truth be told, there’s not much of a story to tell. Just a routine chase with a few captions notes. Hop in, and let’s go chase! I promise we’ll be home for supper…
1. First shot of the day is along Burr Oak Rd southwest of Alma, KS. UP 1982 looks fine at the point of train MKSWT-02. 2. & 3. Approaching & passing under the Sea St overpass in Alta Vista, KS. This fine, sturdy, mostly safe structure will forever be known as “Lilwes’ Overpass”. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/21/19 08:47 by santafe199.    Date: 03/21/19 08:36 Re: Mop heritage down the GSR Author: santafe199 4. & 5. The 1982 + co is approaching & passing the S 2100 Rd crossing NE of White City, KS.
  Date: 03/21/19 08:37 Re: Mop heritage down the GSR Author: santafe199 6. & 7. Now at the rural J Avenue crossing we see our 1982 chase subject has fallen into the great Bermuda Triangle of the GSR. This siding starts in White City extends about 3 miles to the SW. It can easily ensnare a couple of trains indefinitely. Because of congestion in & around Herington Uncle Pete’s westbound trains can take the hole here and never be seen again. Or so it seems to the many crews who suffer this fate…
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/21/19 08:48 by santafe199.   Date: 03/21/19 08:39 Re: Mop heritage down the GSR Author: santafe199 8. & 9. Still at J Avenue SW of White City we see eastbound UP 7516 meeting our Mop heritage outfit.
  Date: 03/21/19 08:44 Re: Mop heritage down the GSR Author: santafe199 10. Lady luck is riding with the 1982! Only one eastbound is met and Herington can take their train. Here they are just off the US hwy 77 overpass embankment NE of Herington, KS.
11. Two more shots as the train creeps into Herington: Looking north up rural Vane Rd, and… 12. …looking east at the KS hwy 4 overpass just north of Herington Yard.    Date: 03/21/19 08:45 Re: Mop heritage down the GSR Author: santafe199 One more, and we can break away…
13. The 1982-led consist works as a switch engine, doing some extensive train setout & pickup work in Herington. Rumor was they had a very sizable block of cars to pick up for forwarding down to Wichita. There’s an eastbound stacker just coming in off the GSR. At this point I turned my attention elsewhere… (13 photos taken March 2, 2019) Thanks for riding along! Lance Garrels santafe199  Date: 03/21/19 09:09 Re: Mop heritage down the GSR Author: Ritzville Thanks for the interesting chase with UP 1982 the "Mop". The area looked cold and dry with no leaves on the trees yet.
Larry Date: 03/21/19 09:29 Re: Mop heritage down the GSR Author: santafe199 Ritzville Wrote: > ... area looked cold ...
Eeyup, it wasn't exactly shirt-sleeve weather. But in the 3 weeks since we've seen temps in the 60s, trees are budding and the color green is just starting to sneak up through the ground... Lance Date: 03/21/19 13:46 Re: Mop heritage down the GSR Author: overniteman Nice catch, nice shots!
Date: 03/21/19 15:21 Re: Mop heritage down the GSR Author: texchief1 Those are some nice shots, Lance!
Randy Lundgren Date: 03/21/19 15:23 Re: Mop heritage down the GSR Author: SouthWestRailCams Date: 03/21/19 17:10 Re: Mop heritage down the GSR Author: JoCoLB Thanks for picking spots througout my old stompin' grounds. And you chose the MoPac heritage unit, which is my favorite. An outstanding series! Looks like everything fell in place for you on this chase.
Date: 03/21/19 18:29 Re: Mop heritage down the GSR Author: SCKP187 Very nice photos of the chase event. Some really nice subject matter and locations you showed.
Brian Stevens Date: 03/21/19 18:35 Re: Mop heritage down the GSR Author: ns1000 Nice pics!!
Date: 03/22/19 08:51 Re: Mop heritage down the GSR Author: Coalca Really great series, Captured the surrounding countryside well
Date: 03/23/19 08:12 Re: Mop heritage down the GSR Author: UP951West Lance, your fine images gave me a good start to the day . I've been to those photo spots many times when I lived nearby. THANKS . --Kelly
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