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Steam & Excursion > Steam Motive Power In The Snow Can Produce Some Amazing Images!Date: 04/03/21 02:29 Steam Motive Power In The Snow Can Produce Some Amazing Images! Author: LoggerHogger Winter still held its grip on Southern Pacific's Cascade Line in 1950 when this wonderful photo of SP #5034 was captured on film. This big 4-10-2 has her train well under control in this winter wonderland.
Martin Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 04/03/21 05:26 by LoggerHogger.  Date: 04/03/21 02:32 Re: Steam Motive Power In The Snow Can Produce Some Amazing Image Author: MMD A stuttering Deck in the Cascades form the look of it.
Malcolm New Zealand. Date: 04/03/21 05:00 Re: Steam Motive Power In The Snow Can Produce Some Amazing Image Author: masterphots 3-cylinder 4-10-2
Date: 04/03/21 06:35 Re: Steam Motive Power In The Snow Can Produce Some Amazing Image Author: wp1801 A great photo I wish that it had sound!
Date: 04/03/21 06:45 Re: Steam Motive Power In The Snow Can Produce Some Amazing Image Author: gregscholl wp1801 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > A great photo I wish that it had sound! I doubt there would be much, as it looks to be drifting downgrade. Those are some really nice engines though. We have some film footage of one on a fantrip in the late steam era. Really nice looking machines. Greg Date: 04/03/21 07:52 Re: Steam Motive Power In The Snow Can Produce Some Amazing Image Author: railstiesballast Who was the photographer?
Date: 04/03/21 07:57 Re: Steam Motive Power In The Snow Can Produce Some Amazing Image Author: photobob The signal is MP553.5 which shows between Fields and Frazier.
. Robert Morris Dunsmuir, CA Robert Morris Photography Date: 04/03/21 09:52 Re: Steam Motive Power In The Snow Can Produce Some Amazing Image Author: cewherry The grade here is 1.7% descending eastward (on 1987 track charts) and the photographer has captured
the crew of the 5034 'mid-tackle' on "The Hill" as you referred to in a previous post. I suppose others may challenge me when I say the engineer of 5034 is really earning his pay in this photo. Any hoghead can pull a train uphill; it takes an engineer to safely bring a train downhill. Great photo, Martin! Charlie Date: 04/03/21 11:29 Re: Steam Motive Power In The Snow Can Produce Some Amazing Image Author: tehachcond cewherry Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The grade here is 1.7% descending eastward (on > 1987 track charts) and the photographer has > captured > the crew of the 5034 'mid-tackle' on "The Hill" as > you referred to in a previous post. > > I suppose others may challenge me when I say the > engineer of 5034 is really earning his pay in this > photo. Any hoghead > can pull a train uphill; it takes an engineer to > safely bring a train downhill. > > Great photo, Martin! > > Charlie Charlei, we've been there and done that a few times, haven't we! Brain Black Castle Rock, CO > Date: 04/05/21 15:33 Re: Steam Motive Power In The Snow Can Produce Some Amazing Image Author: ns1000 Nice pic!!
Date: 04/06/21 12:02 Re: Steam Motive Power In The Snow Can Produce Some Amazing Image Author: SD45X The BNSF decided to put crews on a bus to move them from Barstow to Needles back in 2003. Think it lasted a week. One guy beat a bum up who wouldn't stay out of his bag. But for me, my one and only trip was next to a little guy of old age. He questioned the numerous guys getting on and I filled him in. Turns out he used to fire the Big Decks up north. Then he got a surprise when I asked him about what engines he fired. How did a kid know what a 4-10-2 was? It was a great bus ride. His face lit up and He talked the whole way to Needles. Wish I had gotten his name. He loved those engines.
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