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Westbound coal this afternoon in Palisade Canyon NV.  (Is that coal?  I think it's coal...   )
SR

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A wonderful image of the geology of the Humbolt R Canyon and the two lines, the former WP and SP.
You nailed the lighting on those cliffs.

Tis coal. They run them to Richmond and Stockton for export.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/13/22 11:16 by ble692.

Great shot. River looks like a puddle.
Regards, Jim Evans

Fantastic shot! In addition to the export business there are also, for now, coal trains to the power plants at Valmy and Dunphy, this looks like one of them. Valmy is nearing the end of its life and TS has been talking about switching to gas for a while now.

Jeff Moore
Elko, NV

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Is the train on what used to be SP or WP tracks?

pwh Wrote:
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> Is the train on what used to be SP or WP tracks?

The ex-SP tracks which is normally used by westbounds.

JDLX Wrote:
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> Fantastic shot! In addition to the export
> business there are also, for now, coal trains to
> the power plants at Valmy and Dunphy, this looks
> like one of them.

I didn't even think of the Valmy or Dunphy trains. Looking things up, there was a westbound Richmond coal train at Palisade yesterday afternoon at 15:12. I'm guessing that is the train picture. UP 7054, UP 5394, 93 loads of coal, UP 9083, UP 8608.

Yes, 3ish sounds about right.
(When I was there)
SR

Beautiful shot! Thanks for posting...

JG

Great shot!

Love anything Palisade!

I still remember those multiple echoes of horns, off those canyon walls.

Thanks for posting this!

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA

ble692 Wrote:
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> pwh Wrote:
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> > Is the train on what used to be SP or WP
> tracks?
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> The ex-SP tracks which is normally used by
> westbounds.

And Then those tracks x over each other deep in the canyon east of Beowowe

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/14/22 19:03 by RailRat.

NIICE..!!