Western Rails
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Western Rails includes a great variety of places and railroads – all west of the Mississippi!
It’s 1957, and big steam still ruled CP and CN rails.
The railroad industry has had to conquer and contend with mother nature in many aspects since its inception…but the recurring battle with snow, ice, and cold is one of its most photogenic.
The rotary is rarely called out… but January 1993 saw a series of storms with heavy snowfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Union Pacific mainline through the Feather River Canyon was hard hit. And so the rotary was called to duty.
On May 17, 1953, the first official steam excursion on the Union Pacific ran from Denver to Laramie and returned via Sherman Hill. To commemorate the 40th anniversary we got a “do over” of the event on May 15, 1993!
Santa Fe’s Clovis and Gallup Subs see Super Fleet diesels in red and silver Warbonnet paint lead high-priority intermodal trains and drag freights in unending numbers.
The only complete printed railroad traffic atlas available. In 92 detailed pages you get all rail lines, traffic density on each line, crew change points, helper districts, tonnage estimates between points and trackage rights over each line. Traffic density for the entire US rail system.
See the entire North American railroad system in an interactive way that no wall map can provide. Mouse over or click on a track segment and you’ll find information including owner, mileage, traffic density, type of signaling and more.
The Indian Railway is the world’s largest passenger service, over 25 Million people – plus 2.5 Million tons of freight – every day.
Linking 13 Great States with the Nation – that was the slogan of the B&O Railroad. Step back to the 1950s and ’60s to see what made the Baltimore & Ohio one of the all-time great railroads! Two DVDs in one case.
This is the former C&O from Lynchburg to Kenova, including Clifton Forge, Covington, White Sulfur Springs, St. Albans and Huntington. You’ll also see Ohio River Terminal operations in Huntington with a rare ALCo C415.
Hike into Ruby Canyon, catch the Zephyr and heavy coal trains.
The world’s “Longest Miniature Hobby Railroad”. 36 miles of live steam.
Southern Pacific’s solution to powering through the Tehachapi Mountains was an engineering marvel that is still impressive today. Union Pacific has only increased the traffic through through the pass.
Get a great look at the scenic Scenic Sub and at the highlight of the line – the famous 7.8 mile Cascade Tunnel. Close-up shots of big-time railroading.
For 130 years trains battled the pass over the Wasatch Mountains at Soldier Summit.
Stretching nearly 150 miles across Washington, BNSF’s Lakeside Sub sees over 50 trains a day.
The original transcon, Union Pacific’s legendary route over Sherman Hill.
UP and BNSF push over 100 miles of coal hoppers through the Powder River Basin each day. This is the highest tonnage mainline in the world.
BNSF’s Oregon Trunk Subdivision stretches 220 miles between Wishram, Washington and Chemult, Oregon.
Montana Rail Link trains prepare to battle Mullan Pass. Mountain railroading. 2.2% grades and high trestles.
In big sky Montana, listen closely and you might hear the beat of a regional railroad that’s has been beating strongly for a quarter of a century: The Montana Rail Link.
The Colorado Rockies sets the backdrop for this historic route running. It’s 130 miles of pure mountain railroading.
Denver’s David Moffat spent his entire fortune building this engineering marvel through the continental divide.
BNSF’s Hi-Line Sub, the scenic Marias Pass line.
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