Passenger Trains > Winter Park Express; 161 on East End Jan 14

Amtrak Winter Park Express had all the units on the east end on for return trip Winter Park Ski Resort to Denver, CO, January 14, 2017.  Amtrak 161 and 165 were ahead of 406 non-powered control unit.  Train was 90-minutes late at Rollinsville, Colorado, about 6:20 PM on UP's Moffat Tunnel line. Train was scheduled to depart Winter Park Ski Resort at 4:30 PM but didn't depart until 5:49 PM.

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It was not a good night. There was a stalled eastbound coal train at Leyden that forced DS 86 to run at least one westbound up the siding around. The original crew went dead on the law and was not replaced until after the Winter Park train went by.

It does not surprise me that the powered, dynamic-brake-equipped units are on the downhill end. Seems safer, keep all the reserve braking in front of the train on a mountain grade. Seems to me this should be SOP. - - JLH

did better today!

Maybe they should run the train with bookend Units.
With Locomotives on both ends of the Consist
And not use the Cabbage at all.

I kinda wondered how would a train will do. In push mode on a route like this.
Since there arent too many Passenger Trains. With a good size grade on the route.


highgreengraphics Wrote:
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> It does not surprise me that the powered,
> dynamic-brake-equipped units are on the downhill
> end. Seems safer, keep all the reserve braking in
> front of the train on a mountain grade. Seems to
> me this should be SOP. - - JLH

 

Jerry Martin
Los Angeles, CA
Central Coast Railroad Festival

amtrak is short on power,  the denver station is set up for power at the north end , where the fuel pad is, and RTD doesn't want exhaust on the south end.

With more amtk units here at least mid week the CZ has a protection unit