Big Train Tours - From “The Rock” to the Rockies: Coors Diesel Switcher No. 988
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- Опубліковано 10 жов 2024
- Welcome to another Big Train Tour at the Colorado Railroad Museum! This week, we’ll be taking a look at a diesel locomotive hailing from a brand-name railroad-Coors! From 1981 to 2004, this locomotive was a fixture at the Coors plant right here in Golden. But prior to its Coors service, it was part of the story of the now-vanished Rock Island railroad, dating back to the late 1930s and the early introduction of diesel locomotives on America’s railroads. Today this bright-red switching locomotive is proudly displayed at the Museum, offering guests the chance to sit in its cab and learn how a diesel-electric locomotive functions. Let’s step back in time now, and examine the history of Coors Brewery locomotive number C988.
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Glad to see the locomotive still in service of teaching people about railroading.great story
You know, i love trains, but i never would have found you gus without Mark "Hyce" Huber. Hw recommended your guy's channel
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Amazing how “just a lowly switcher” can have such an engaging story. Well done.
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Great video
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When we visited the Coors plant in the late 1980’s, I was impressed by how clean the plant was, including the locomotive.
I used to work at a plant where we used old locomotives. Some still in good shape. We tried to get the company to donate the ones they weren’t using to various museums. Emd-twin stacks, Fairbank-Morse (late1950’s) and Baldwin locomotives. The company cut up all the locomotives, get this, “to teach the union a lesson”!
Sounds like something asshat executives would do.
Good story, thanks for sharing!🏁
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Excellent historical story. Thank you.
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I’ve always had a fondness for industrial switching operations, everything from the small locomotives to the interesting track layout. Thanks for making such an informative video.
this was a fun video to put together - I learned a lot!
Wonderful historical review of this fine diesel. I still have fond memeories volunteering there in the mid-eighties, staying over on stema up at Bob Richardson's home and working with Dirk Ramsy. I am peoud to having been partof this museum's legacy.
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Glad to know it's not new by least that railroad employee strikes aren't new like the one that's currently looming now with a few of the larger roads. Hopefully, being on a shortline currently, I can be at least somewhat safe if another deal comes to soon fall through.
Found you from watching Hyce’s video and wow, excellent content. It made me realize, living around Chicago, just how connected it is to historical rail service. I take the Metra Rock Island line to work (to Union), have many current and former work colleagues that came from EMD in LaGrange (and I live 10 min from it) and worked next to Pullman for 15 years.
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I actually have a collector's edition in Ho of this engine and three box cars
those are cool.
Thank you for posting these videos.
Filming the next episode later today!
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Great video! Very informative!
Brand new Big Train Tours goes live in a couple minutes!!!
Very informative but one item: It's "Limon", Colorado with the long "I".
This was great! I'm hoping you'll do more locomotive ancestry tales.
We plan on continuing to do a Big Train Tour monthly for quite a while....until the full collection is eventually covered. Also, we will go back and remaster our earlier episodes eventually to improve the quality.
Many more to come....Engine No. 3011 is the next subject!
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The rock island was reestablished sometime around 2020
I have a buddy that worked as their Diesel Mechanic for about a decade until not long ago. They were running a switch track between the UP & BNSF yards. At one point he offered me an interview to drive for them but I was making more at CRRM.....still kinda curious what it would have been like to take that job.
@@akaBoG I've tried applying for them, but go figure they aren't hiring unless you know someone in the company
@@richardjayroe8922 My buddy spent most of his time there working on restoration and paint projects on the owner's vehicle collection. He has since moved on to focus on high-end classic car restoration projects....I still think back and wonder what it would have been like if I had taken his offer.......at least my consolation prize was to keep working for CRRM.
I (the Museum's Multimedia Coordinator) was actually invited to apply to be an engineer for the Rock Island by a friend who was working as their diesel engineer at the time.....the pay offer was a little lower than what I was making at the Museum at the time but I often wonder what it would have been like to drive for 'em.
@@crrm I've been looking to apply there
The Irony of the demise of the Rock Island was that a Rail worker strike is what killed the company. All those workers that went on strike were then out of work entirely.
A bit like Triggers new broom 😂
Good video but if your going to be pronouncing town names please get the name right. "Lie- mon" was a big CRI&P division point in the early 1900's with a large roundhouse, wye and yard.
Give the Cali man a break....his research is impressive.
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