Steam & Excursion > This is my pic, how many of you have the same one?

 Oct. 1, 1988 and and the crew of UP #3985 made it one memorable day. Run-bys were excellent, traversing the UP main line over Sherman Hill behind steam (and with a stint in the cab) .... hard to beat!

.... and to the question in my subject line ... Were you in the 'photo line' and got this same shot? I know for sure that Alan Miller was, as he and I drove up from CO that day for this trip.

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valmont Wrote:
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>  Oct. 1, 1988 and and the crew of UP #3985 made
> it one memorable day. Run-bys were excellent,
> traversing the UP main line over Sherman Hill
> behind steam (and with a stint in the cab) ....
> hard to beat!
>
> .... and to the question in my subject line ...
> Were you in the 'photo line' and got this same
> shot? I know for sure that Alan Miller was, as he
> and I drove up from CO that day for this trip.


It would help if you included the photo .....

 

Will MacKenzie
Dundas, ON

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,4964274

thehighwayman Wrote:
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> valmont Wrote:
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> >  Oct. 1, 1988 and and the crew of UP #3985
> made
> > it one memorable day. Run-bys were excellent,
> > traversing the UP main line over Sherman Hill
> > behind steam (and with a stint in the cab) ....
> > hard to beat!
> >
> > .... and to the question in my subject line ...
> > Were you in the 'photo line' and got this same
> > shot? I know for sure that Alan Miller was, as
> he
> > and I drove up from CO that day for this trip.
>
>
> It would help if you included the photo .....
>
Ooops, have added, it got posted on Nostalgia forum but not this one



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/24/20 09:03 by valmont.

I was on the June 1988 trip.  Rode the cab through Hermosa Tunnel.  We set some fires that trip also.  My shirt was trashed after that trip.
I did a 1987 trip behind 3985, then the June 1988 trip.  There was talk in 1987 that they may shut the whole thing down, so I had not seen the engine, and went for the trip.
If anyone has our Union Pacific Steam-Volume 1, you can see footage from both those trips.  Quite the engine, and appreciate the crew cooperation.
Greg Scholl
http://www.gregschollvideo.com

Went through Hermosa Tunnel on 3985 going east as second engine, 844 in the lead.   We looked like a traveling minstrel show when we came out.   Even with the cab closed up tight and all.  Coming back from Sacramento.

Frisco1522 Wrote:
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> Went through Hermosa Tunnel on 3985 going east as
> second engine, 844 in the lead.   We looked like
> a traveling minstrel show when we came out.  
> Even with the cab closed up tight and all. 
> Coming back from Sacramento.

Right on, Don.  I've been through Hermosa Tunnel, eastbound on 3985 as a coal burner, plus a number of times after conversion to oil (including 844), and it was always exciting at full throttle (naturally without a diesel).