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Steam & Excursion > Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!)Date: 09/22/19 19:38 Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: ACR_Ted Here are some of the photos from this weekend's Grand Canyon trip...
These photos were taken Friday the 20th. Photo 1 - The standard photo at Darling of an eastbound. Photo 2 - Oops! This eastbound broke a knuckle when the power surged after going over a flange oiler. Photo 3 - A westbound proceeding at restricted speed while the eastbound's crew was inspecting the train. ~~~more~~~    Date: 09/22/19 19:41 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: ACR_Ted Photo 4 - The BNSF Officer Special at Challender
Photo 5 - A ratty engine meets the Officer Special at Williams. Photo 6 - Back out to Challender and here is the first of 2 westbound grain trains running 4x3x2 ~~~more~~~    Date: 09/22/19 19:45 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: ACR_Ted Photo 7 - the mid train DPUs
Photo 8 - the tail end DPUs Next day (the 21st) dawned bright and clear without a cloud to be seen. Photo 9 - The 4960 and 29 head down to the station for the special train to the Grand Canyon. ~~~more~~~    Date: 09/22/19 19:47 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: ACR_Ted Photo 10 - The BNSF special rounds the curve and heads north.
Photo 11 - The double headed special is on its way to the Grand Canyon. Photo 12 - Running fast at Red Lake. ~~~more~~~    Date: 09/22/19 19:50 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: ACR_Ted Photo 13 & 14 - The 2 steamers are pushing back to the station stop at the Grand Canyon.
Photo 15 - The view from the BNSF dome car. ~~~more~~~    Date: 09/22/19 19:52 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: ACR_Ted Photo 16 - The 6776 on display at the Grand Canyon.
Photos 17 & 18 - The southbound special highballing past Willaha. ~~~more~~~ Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/22/19 20:10 by ACR_Ted.    Date: 09/22/19 19:57 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: ACR_Ted Photo 19 - Southbound at Red Lake.
Photo 20 - Coming into Williams near the wye. Photo 21 - Headed to the station in the late afternoon sun. ~~~more~~~    Date: 09/22/19 19:59 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: ACR_Ted Photo 22 - Somehow I don't think this is a Pullman!
Photo 23 - Backing into the wye just a few minutes before sunset. Photo 24 - Pushing back into the tail track. ~~~more~~~ Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 09/22/19 20:04 by ACR_Ted.    Date: 09/22/19 20:08 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: ACR_Ted Photo 28 - A BNSF train with a GP30 in the consist.
Photo 29 - Headed north around the wye. Photos taken today... Photo 30 - One of Jake's cabooses from the Copper Basin Railway on display at the Williams Station. ~~~more~~~    Date: 09/22/19 20:09 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: ACR_Ted And the last photo for this thread is an eastbound at Maine.
Thanks for looking! Ted  Date: 09/22/19 21:10 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: callum_out Killer shots, well done Ted, those two steamers look great together and nice to see a remnant of the Santa
Fe get back to the Canyon. Out Date: 09/22/19 22:01 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: Brian_P Great photos Ted.
Date: 09/23/19 04:39 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: Keystone1 Very nice coverage. You SURE got the weather.
Date: 09/23/19 05:09 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: ns1000 Great stuff..!! Thanks for posting.
Date: 09/23/19 05:28 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: bmarti7 Wonderful-could you tell what the second flag was?
BB Date: 09/23/19 05:41 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: refarkas Congratulations on Image of the Day. These truly are an "A+" series of photos.
Bob Date: 09/23/19 06:16 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: utwazoo Is that caboose named for THE Jake Jacobson of Copper Basin Ry?
Date: 09/23/19 07:37 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: Alco251 Flag was a National Park Service logo flag.
Posted from iPhone Date: 09/23/19 08:34 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: robj Great set, thanks bob
Date: 09/23/19 08:40 Re: Grand Canyon Railway Weekend (Film at 10 as promised!) Author: ATSF1129 DACR_Ted Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Photo 22 - Somehow I don't think this is a Pullman! But it is! It was built by Pullman in 1923 |