(Pix Heavy) Trip Report for the Adventures of July 27th - July 29th.

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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OK, as promised in the diner, here’s a little write up on the weekend’s adventures involving the UP 1989 and the GLRR. Please excuse any cutting and pasting I do from the text of the pix from my PBase site…it’ll save me a little typing:

Sor I started by heading out Thursday morning (around 2:00 AM) looking for the UP 1989 on the Joint Line. Alas! she never made it out of Pueblo. So, what’s a body to do after driving a lot and not catching what one was intending? Why get a sunrise shot near Palmer Lake of course:

This is one of those rare occasions when I wish I had a film body with me. Digital just doesn’t do well with sunrise and sunset shots (unless the sun is really enveloped in haze or such). Oh well…still kind of an interesting shot.

Carl informed me that 1989 was due into North Yard the next day. I didn’t have the energy to get up at 2:00 again, so I reset my alarm clock. Being the genius that I am, I set it for 4:00 PM. Yeah…so I woke up about 10 minutes before sunrise. Doh! I quickly ran over to North Yard, hoping that she might have been a little early there, as I had a meeting at work and couldn’t wait for her, or use much time chasing the Joint Line trying to find her. Again, I turned up nothing, but did get another early morning shot:

Later that day, while driving on I-70 through the Mouse Trap, I noticed that 1989 was there. I made plans to get there a little after sunset for an evening shot. When I got to the yard, she was positioned perfectly. However, by the time I had parked the car on the other side of the 48th Ave. bridge and walked up onto the bridge she had disappeared. Oh well…guess I need to get a shot while the light is decent. Besides, there’s some DRGW power in the shot!:

BTW, the mountain on the left side of the background is Long’

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Definitely! Looking forward to seeing some of this in person next month![tup]

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I thought you might enjoy those Brian. I’m looking forward to your trip!

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Outstanding work as usual Chris.

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Thanks Chad!

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Chris, a big thank you [:D][;)][^] for those pictures. I particularly enjoyed the shot from the rear of the train whilst it was crossing the curved bridge! Much appreciated. Good to see steam in action.

Dave

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outstanding pics, thank you.

I lived in Denver for a long itme but moved before number 9 ran again. I remember going to Silver Plume and walking back down the grade to look at #9 when she first arrived there, I belive it was about 10 degrees out. I never thought at the time she would ever run again.

Thank you for the pics of #9, steam is always more beautiful than diesel. I was also wondering what other engines are running up their now?

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Dave and Youngengineer,

Thanks for the kind words. It’s always fun to go out and take the pix. It’s always even better when others appreciate it too!

YE, currently RailStar is running #9 (obviously), #12 (the Prairie that they brought in from Hawaii), and the Center Cab diesel (#21 if I remember correctly). The locos that formerly ran the tracks up there are currently hanging out at the Colorado Rail Museum in Golden:

Thanks again!