An actual triple-train meet.
How can this possibly occur when there are only two tracks?
Click on MP154, A Train Blog, and find out.
BZ
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Up At MP154, My Train Blog:
An actual triple-train meet.
How can this possibly occur when there are only two tracks?
Click on MP154, A Train Blog, and find out.
BZ
You have some very nice photos there. I suspect that only we
ReplyDeletemodel train nerds who use the UP
prototype are well aware (as you pointed out) of the practice of
renaming ES44ACs as C45ACcte's!
The makers of n scale diesel locos
market them as ES44Ac, but with a
magnifying glass, we purists find
C45ACcte printed on the UP cabs.
I don't model that area, but have
heard that UP enlarged the Donner
tunnels and moved more of their
intermodal from the northern old
WP route?
God love you, BZ, but I know absolutely nothing about trains, other than the fact, they are comfortable to ride in and I hate waiting for them at the railroad tracks.
ReplyDeleteDoes Thomas the Train count?
BB: I know that for a few folks this will be a bit too much "inside baseball," but I have to answer.
ReplyDeleteI refer to those GE locomotives as C45ACCTE units because it's what I see on their cabs all over Donner Pass, where I live. Clearly, they are ES44AC units as per GE. UP indicates the "CTE" means "controlled tractive effort."
In terms of UP enlarging its tunnels, it's true. I wrote about UP moving intermodal from the old WP Feather River route
1. Here.
2. And here.
3. And here.
4. And here as well.
I think you'll find all your answers with the links I provided, BB.
BZ
Very nice blog post BZ, and truly an unusual occurrance!
ReplyDeleteLeticia: I suppose.
ReplyDeleteTrains are the most INVISIBLE portion of America's indispensable transportation system.
And in the past year?
Rail traffic has actually INCREASED because people realize it's more EFFICIENT.
NFO: thanking you kindly, sir.
BZ