Passenger Trains > Canyon Spirit Makes Inaugural Run

Today 4/7, Canyon Spirit made their first official run over the Moffat Line from Denver to Glenwood Springs, despite leaving an hour late, and meeting the UP OCS at Rollins, the train got into Glenwood Springs almost right at 5pm. Here are some shots at Fraser, Byers Canyon and Gore Canyon. Sun was in and out behind lots of clouds, but got more lucky than not. More to follow

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Next up is the reverse curve at Yarmony, Next is the multple curves west of McCoy. And the bridge at Burns, for once I didn't mind shooting in the backlight, since the bridge is still marked Rio Grande. More to come. 

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Next is a shot I've scouted for awhile on Google, a nice rock wall near Range, and finally after unloading, the train heads for the yard at Glenwood Springs. Hope you all enjoyed. 

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Fine photos , thanks for sharing them with us !

To bad, Colorado doesn't use these folks to help create the CoCo service.
 

Jerry Martin
Los Angeles, CA
Central Coast Railroad Festival

Great chase and shots Jerry!  Thanks for sharing these.

Jerry Palmer
ATSF5669

Wow!  We no sooner get the ski train out of the way and here comes Canyon Spirit.  Thanks for the great pictures.

It's a land cruise operator - don' think anyone will pay $1200 from Denver to Colorado Springs...
GP25 Wrote:
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> To bad, Colorado doesn't use these folks to help
> create the CoCo service.
>  

Nice work!
Funny as a current TV game show prize it is still shown as the Rocky Mountaineer!
Gonut
 

GP25 Wrote:
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> To bad, Colorado doesn't use these folks to help
> create the CoCo service.

To bad you do not understand different service levels, different price levels, and private-unsubsidized vs government-subsidized operations

Gonut1 Wrote:
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> Nice work!
> Funny as a current TV game show prize it is still
> shown as the Rocky Mountaineer!
> Gonut
>  

I believe that is the original operation up in the Canadian Rockies.

Gonut1 Wrote:
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> Funny as a current TV game show prize it is still
> shown as the Rocky Mountaineer!

Funny how some people refuse to spend a few seconds checking facts.

https://www.rockymountaineer.com/routes

 

Three of the four 3-day all-rail itineraries being offered on the Canyon Spirit website for September are listed as "sold out".

Gonut1 Wrote:
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> Nice work!
> Funny as a current TV game show prize it is still
> shown as the Rocky Mountaineer!
> Gonut
>  
It's funny, the dispatchers are still calling them the Rocky Mountaineer, but that's probably because the engine call letters are still RM?? I don't remember the last two letters off the top of my head. 

Great series! Really like shot #5.

CR6377 Wrote:
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> Gonut1 Wrote:
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> > Nice work!
> > Funny as a current TV game show prize it is
> still
> > shown as the Rocky Mountaineer!
> > Gonut
> >  
> It's funny, the dispatchers are still calling them
> the Rocky Mountaineer, but that's probably because
> the engine call letters are still RM?? I don't
> remember the last two letters off the top of my
> head. 

RMRX

railsmith Wrote:
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> CR6377 Wrote:
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> > Gonut1 Wrote:
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> > > Nice work!
> > > Funny as a current TV game show prize it is
> > still
> > > shown as the Rocky Mountaineer!
> > > Gonut
> > >  
> > It's funny, the dispatchers are still calling
> them
> > the Rocky Mountaineer, but that's probably
> because
> > the engine call letters are still RM?? I don't
> > remember the last two letters off the top of my
> > head. 
>
> RMRX

That's right, thanks. As noted the dispatcher is still noting the trains at the Rocky Mountaineer despite the rebranding, which is kind of funny. 

Are those GP40's and what is their history?

SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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> Are those GP40's and what is their history?

RMRX 8020 was originally BO 3739, then BN 3084, MNA 3084, CORP 4024, MEI 4024, and HMBX 4024. Built April 1969 as GP40 (serial 34862), now classified GP40-3.

RMRX 8021 was originally SAL 638, then SCL 1553, SBD 6708, CSXT 6708, HLCX 4001, IORY 6708/4032. Built January 1967 as GP40 (serial 32617), now classified GP40-3. 

Great pics!  I'm so glad to see it from the outside! My wife and I were inside on the inaugural run!  I posted a reply to another thread about it, incl two of my interior pics, but I'm no good at posting pics so they're rotated 90 degrees from where they belong!