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Posted by Jersey Mike on Tue Mar 6 22:29:56 2018 Today is Two D of my most recent long haul Amtrak trip and I am walking up after a good night's sleep in the Dry State of Utah. Back in 2014, I my train was running a few hours late so I scored some great sunny photos with a lot of classic DRG&W infrastructure. Well this year my train was on time and all of the Rio Grande signals had been replaced by Darth Vaders. I was also a bit sleepy because Caffeine was unavailable for some reason 🙄Anyway, due to the time of day and other factors this set is pretty brief. You can find the full set here. I actually got to the back of the train at about the same point as before. A Y ended pocket track siding named GILLULY. While the searchlight signals were gone, each interlocking featured a MoPac style triangular dwarf stack arrangement for the pocket track. Additional clear signals indicated a train was approaching on Track #2,   The siding was just short of a switchback complex called the Gilluly Loop. Here you can see a descending coal train about 100 feet above.  Power was provided by AC4400's #6038 and #6829.  On the rear was a long ES44AC, #7409.  Wow, I didn't know the west had water!  The KYUNE siding featured another center pocket track. Here is a closeup of the dwarf signal and Y switch.  The interlocking limits had been moved on to the east side of a short pair of tunnels, replacing what had been automatic repeater signals.  A short time later a second pair of tunnels cut off a bend in the river.  Check out those red banded cliffs!   Entering the town of helper, the train is greeted(?) by a signal bridge for westbound movements.  The Amtrak and Union Pacific stations at Helper. Yes, the town was a helper base for the DRG&W railroad.   A long string of GE and EMD units were sitting in an otherwise empty Helper yard. Units included brand new ET44AH #2590 followed by ES44AH #2532 and SD70ACe's #8599 and #8901.  Well I said it would be short and it was! Tune in next week as we set out across the deserts of eastern Utah and western Colorado. |
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