Took these last Thursday. It was a great ride!
Harriman Dispatch center in Omaha
Last Steam loco purchased by UP- Northern 4-8-4 . Passenger sevice loco with top speed of 120mph.
Great view all the way
Cheyenne depot
View from a dome car
Another view of the Northern
Jack, Glade to see your alive. Asked about you here but no responce. Is that a Masonic Ring? Which Lodge?
Toad
Interesting photos Jack, many thanks for sharing them.
Seeing the Harriman center reminded me of a question that I have not so far asked. Well, here it is.
What clock time do American railroads use? For some reason I get the impression that it is UTC which may be the way they overcome the four time zones. I would be interested in any replies.
Allen,
I’m not sure I should be answering, as my information is 'way old. Years. The reason we have the four time zones is because the RR’s demanded it, back in the late 19th century, I think.
I don’t know what UTC is. I don’t know if the RRs still adhere to those time zones or not. I’ll be as interested as you to hear more.
Les
Hi Les,
Universal Time Co-ordinated. UTC. It is the same time as Greenwich Mean Time. It is a clock time which some military folks use and also radio amatuers. The sense of using on US railroads would be that there is no chance of being an hour, or more, too early or late.
Incidentally it was the early days of railways in the UK that gave a standardized time here. Where I live, in the South West of England we are in fact 20 minutes west of Greenwich Time. So in order to have a unified railway clock, the calculation was based on London time, where Headquarters of most railroads was. As railroads had an efficient telegraphy system time was synchronised daily from London to all stations on their particular railroads.
All this was over 150 years before Bill Gates and Microsoft time. [(-D]
Jack
Your just alright!!! I hope USAT makes that steamer to go with their BB.