Passenger Trains > Fairly easy where is it?

Last Saturday December 1st.

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tabernash, co on the u.p.'s moffat route?

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Wyeing the Ski Train?
 

Not in Colorado.  Hint:  ex ATSF tracks.

Haven't been for many years but it looks like the wye in Williams on the Grand Canyon Railway.

it does look like the williams area but the welded rail made me think of a class 1.........

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trainjunkie Wrote:
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> Haven't been for many years but it looks like the
> wye in Williams on the Grand Canyon Railway.

You got it.  I was also surprised seeing the welded rail on the wye.  We were coming home on the regular day train and had to pull up the wye to let the 5:30 Polar Express out.  We then backed into the depot.  The Grand Canyon Railway does a phenomenal business with their Polar Express trains.  2 runs a night with 15 cars and an F40 on both ends.  Packed on the weekends with 1300 riders each trip.  Told us they hauled 103,000 people on last years PE runs.

Remember the wye at Williams was built when they did the transcon line relocation in the mid 60's, so it was built to then modern standards of welded rail

In the days of regular schedule trains to Grand Canyon and Phoenix from Williams Jct, those trains were turned on the wye.  For Grand Canyon, normal was for the inbound train from the Canyon to turn prior to arrival at Williams Jct Station.

Why does the Conductor have a back pack on? Is he expecting to get left by the train?

maybe getting on the rear after the train passes to relign the switch?

PHall Wrote:
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> Why does the Conductor have a back pack on? Is he
> expecting to get left by the train?

Kinda strange — huuuuge wool field jacket ... Oh well... Short liners are a strange breed, generally... Toasty warm, doh!!!

IC_2024 Wrote:
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> PHall Wrote:
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> > Why does the Conductor have a back pack on? Is
> he
> > expecting to get left by the train?
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> Kinda strange — huuuuge wool field jacket ...
> Oh well... Short liners are a strange breed,
> generally... Toasty warm, doh!!!

i was thinking the same thing. Maybe he’s changing spots on the train and does not want to walk back through the trains to get his gear?

PHall Wrote:
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> Why does the Conductor have a back pack on? Is he
> expecting to get left by the train?

Maybe its his go home move. I have a job where my go home move is lining the engine into the tie up track. I often snag my grip first so after I line behind its a just a short walk to the yard office.

jkchubbes Wrote:
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> Maybe its his go home move. I have a job where my
> go home move is lining the engine into the tie up
> track. I often snag my grip first so after I line
> behind its a just a short walk to the yard office.

This. I often take all my crap with me on the last move of the shift/trip. Especially if I'm going to end up nowhere near the locomotive when that last move finally comes to an end.

Nice post there DB!

It was a c-c-c-cold backup move to the station, standing on the back platform of the "Chief".  Still, a wonderful end to a glorious day riding the rails and seeing the canyon.

Be carefull with those backpacks. There was a CSX train crew member wearing a backpack who got hers snagged on a passing train a few years ago. DOA, IIRC.

Victor A. Baird
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