TENNESSEE PASS, mid and rear helpers on the Southern Pacific battle in the snow. 4/21/1997
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- Southern Pacific GE AC4400's battle the 3.5% grade toward the tunnel at the summit of Tennessee Pass in a spring snow storm. We watch the three SP GE AC4400's #342-#117-#275 in the lead. You can hear the wheels singing, as the computer allows the wheels to have a controlled slip as its trying to grip the snow covered rails in the 8th notch. Mid-way back, we see four GE's from SP and UP shoving hard. Two EMD's and a GE are pushing hard on the rear end. Once the train gets to Malta. The helper power will be taken off for the return to Minturn. But first! The rear helpers will run around the train at Leadville to get on the head end and lead the train to Buena Vista, while the mid train helpers are removed and get ready to return to Minturn. Tennessee Pass is at the elevation of 10,275 feet (3,132m) in the Colorado Rockies. The line was original built as a narrow gauge railroad by the D&RGW in 1881. The line was noted as being the highest mainline railroad mountain pass in the United States. Grades to the west of the summit where as much as 3.5%, and east of the summit only 1.4%. The last train that ran over this line was in 1997. Video was taken in April 21, 1997. Thanks for watching. Jackmp294.5.
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Very cool. I was born in Salida in '96, wish I could have seen action like this in person. Tracks are still there and kept in good enough shape as an evacuation route, so I've heard... Since highway 50 would be impossible to plow!
Very nice video Jack!!
Very nice video!
Very cool video.
Thanks SSRP. Glad you enjoyed it.
@@1jackdk You are very welcome.
My guess for moving the rear helper to the front could be that if left on the rear and they used too mch dynamic braking they might string line the train on one of the sharp curves.
22 YEARS ago,wonder if those units are still working today?
I wish the railroad its self was still in service. Four months after this video was shot, this railroad was done. The GE's are probably still running, I would think.
@@1jackdk man time fly I love these machines ..keep the good work up i be watching 😀😀😀