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Western Railroad Discussion > Here we come a-flangering, Among the leaves so greenDate: 03/29/24 08:32 Here we come a-flangering, Among the leaves so green Author: broken_link I took a break from the skis and boards to get trackside on Donner Summit on Sunday, March 24, 2024. We had received over a foot of snow Friday night and another half foot Saturday night. I snowshoed to West Norden to see what was running, and I wasn't disappointed. Despite some compaction of Friday night's snow, I still found adding the extension tails to the snowshoes advantageous. (It's a nice feature of the MSR snowshoes.) The 6" refresh Saturday night which continued with lingering snow showers into Sunday was enough to make the trees and surrounding terrain look nice and wintery.
Photos 1 through 3: I had just missed the eastbound Z train when I arrived at my parking spot, but I had enough time to get to West Norden and catch the flanger heading east back to Truckee on Main 1. ( It's always nice to have the Norden sheds come into view with a signal indication for train movement through the control point, as it's only a matter of time.) I don't dabble with modeling, but the snow service Geeps such as UP 566 and UP 572 seen here would be fun custom models for sure. Notice how many subtle differences there are just between these two similarly configured locomotives. Continued...    Date: 03/29/24 08:33 Here we come a-flangering, Among the leaves so green Author: broken_link Photo 4: A shot of the business end of things. UP 566 has a diverging advance approach (red over flashing yellow) through the control point at West Norden.
Cheers, Sean  Date: 03/29/24 09:05 Re: Here we come a-flangering, Among the leaves so green Author: 55002 Great set of photos. Well done on your efforts to get these. chris uk.
Date: 03/29/24 10:19 Re: Here we come a-flangering, Among the leaves so green Author: texchief1 Very nice for sure!
texchief1 Date: 03/29/24 10:52 Re: Here we come a-flangering, Among the leaves so green Author: portlander Wait, I'm told the UP shuts down the mountain in the event of a snowflake making groundfall :)
Excellent work, thank you for the pictures. Date: 03/29/24 13:15 Re: Here we come a-flangering, Among the leaves so green Author: mojaveflyer Great shots and I appreciate your efforts to get oout there to shoot them! Thanks for sharing!
James Nelson Thornton, CO www.flickr.com/mojaveflyer Date: 03/29/24 13:52 Re: Here we come a-flangering, Among the leaves so green Author: MP190 Very nice shots!
Date: 03/29/24 18:36 Re: Here we come a-flangering, Among the leaves so green Author: SCKP187 Wonderful Winter scenes.
Brian Stevens Date: 03/29/24 19:54 Re: Here we come a-flangering, Among the leaves so green Author: BoilingMan These GP's are slowly earning my admiration as honorary SD9's..
SR Date: 03/30/24 02:51 Re: Here we come a-flangering, Among the leaves so green Author: RailRat Like your pictures, And really appreciate your efforts and reports!
Here's an edited screenshot image I caught from the Truckee Webcam on 3/8/24. Jim Baker Riverside, CA Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/31/24 07:46 by RailRat.  Date: 03/31/24 05:54 Re: Here we come a-flangering, Among the leaves so green Author: bobk Nice shots!
Date: 03/31/24 06:46 Re: Here we come a-flangering, Among the leaves so green Author: dougd Does someone have a before and after of the rails of the flanger passing by? Nice shots by the way
Date: 03/31/24 09:26 Re: Here we come a-flangering, Among the leaves so green Author: bmarti7 Beautiful - congrats on the IOTD!
PCBill Date: 03/31/24 14:59 Re: Here we come a-flangering, Among the leaves so green Author: ns1000 Nice pics!!
Date: 03/31/24 18:50 Re: Here we come a-flangering, Among the leaves so green Author: atsf121 Excellent shots. I’m jealous that you were able to combine snowshoeing and railfanning in one adventure!
Nathan Posted from iPhone Date: 03/31/24 21:16 Re: Here we come a-flangering, Among the leaves so green Author: weather Great effort and siuperb photos!
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