Hmmmm. I obviously have no idea. I’ll just have to look for clues…UP on a triple main line…no mountains…flat as a pancake…no cornfields.
The only place that I know of where the UPRR has triple track is between Gibbon & No. Platte in Nebraska. [:)]
Well, heck, that tree with no leaves off to the left is a lot of help…
Hey Chad,
By the way, how do you post the photos? I have one that I’d like to use as a “Guest Western Where is it”…
Michael
I dunno, kinda reminds me of the burbs east of LA- there could be mountains hidden by smog…
I left off the part where I was going to guess Nebraska somewhere…
You need to have a host site to upload your pictures to, then you imbed the URL with img tags. If you want you can e-mail them to me and I will upload them and post them. Of course I want to guess too so don’t tell me where they are.
chad@cvhsa.com
sydne, nb
I seem to recall Chad said that he has never been as far east as Nebraska. I will guess Daggett, CA.
That center track is a siding and the photo has the feel of SE Idaho, say around Pocatello.
Are you thinking the center track is a siding because of the visable
sags in the rail?
Could be as it looks like the train is making that sharp right hand turn @ Daggett from the UPRR to the BNSF & the train is entering the track which goes several miles west before nerging into the middle track. [:)]
In southern California,east of Pomona.
No idea where it is, but its a pretty good shot.
Eric nailed it. Dagget it is. The pink balast and triple track were the biggest clues. And the “Visible sag” is not a track, there is a ribbon rail laying between the two closest mains.
Can’t tell from the picture, is that double tracks or triple tracks?[%-)]
It’s hard to tell, but Chad was right about the ribbon rail between the two nearer tracks. The angle of view to the two farther tracks is such that it looks like the far rail of the middle track could be the near rail of the farther track.
This picture was puzzling to me because I couldn’t pick out spikes on the ribbon rail, but the rail behind it was clearly and well spiked. Sometimes pictures can be confusing, but when Chad mentioned the ribbon, it all made sense.
BTW, right now on the BNSF between Barstow and Mojave, there’s a lot of replaced ribbon next to the tracks, especially noticeable near Edwards AFB. Also, I was surprised to see concrete ties at the Tehachapi loop, and some flats (about four or five) with stacks of concrete-tie panel track sitting on the first siding below the loop. Interesting.