Final Era of Southern Pacific on Moffat Tunnel Route 1994-1996
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- Final Era of Southern Pacific on Moffat Tunnel Route 1994-1996! The Southern Pacific Railroad climbed over the mountainous Continental Divide, through spectacular breathtaking scenery, of the former Denver & Rio Grande Western Moffat Tunnel Route. Classic locomotive types included former Rio Grande SD50 and SD40T-2 tunnel motors, SP SD45, SD40T-2 and SD45T-2 tunnel motors, and modern for the time, AC4400CW class units. Also featured are Amtrak's California Zephyr, pulled by F40PH and P40DC passenger engines, and the Winter Park Ski Train, pulled by SP GP40-2 freight diesels. This was the final era of the Southern Pacific before it's September 1996 absorption into the massive Union Pacific system.
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The P40DC on the first Zephyr is now a heritage unit
Cool 😎. Thanks for letting us know!
Two passenger trains in this video! Amtrak California Zephyr (both with boxcars, including one with the ICE tour car), and the Ski Train!
SP tunnel motor #8556 has that fouled horn! Waaaaaaaaaw!
Love the GM EMD tunnel motor units !
Me too!
Great video love seeing Southern Pacific locomotives and Rio Grande wish these Railroads could make a comeback 👍👍
Me too 😌
@@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos because those mergers exist and those railroads are defunct, fewer trains will be on the line and when more people are born and more transportation is needed, the railroads like the UP will wish they didn't do any mergers or takeovers.
Looks like those 2 Amtrak trains seen here also need SP or Rio Grande helpers on the end to get up the mountains like the freight trains, eh?
I like how the Colorado Springs Utilities coal train is running in "reverse," with the former solo end helper now getting to lead. Great video. I don't know what I miss more, the SP, D&RGW, or graffiti free railcars.
As a photographer, graffiti free is my first choice.
I've worked for all 3 , hated Uncle Pete got laid off from the Grande loved working for Southern Pacific
The SP was just so cool
Yes, it was.
Nice video like it very much.
I'm so glad you're pleased ☺️
Awesome Action Train Video
Yeah. Those were good days.
The UP Big Boy would haul freight up those mountains easily. No helpers needed
I think the DRGW had a 4-8-8-4, or at least a 4-6-6-4. Worthy of further research.
Totally outstanding video!!!...Wow!!!...💯💯💯💯💯💯👍
I'm so excited you're pleased 😀
@@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos You put out the best train videos on UA-cam...Bar none... Thank you Sir for all the great action that I get to enjoy here in my living room. I come to your channel every afternoon to watch train videos now for about a week I set aside 30 minutes in the afternoons to watch.
Thank you, and thanks for watching.
you should pay a visit to Stevens Pass in central Washington state. for that video session, focus on the line between Gold Bar and Wenatchee.
Thank you ☺️. I just might.
Amtrak uses that white and red baggage car for the tour of the German Intercity Express train in the United States during 1993. The ICE tour special in the US is led by F69PHACs #450 and #451, both of which are the only F69s built and were still owned by EMD when Amtrak used them. This is called 'demonstrating.' Both F69PHACs were sold to National Railway Equipment Industries (NREI) in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, where they were stripped with numerous loco parts.
Very informative. Thank you 😊
Great video 🚄🚄👍
Thank you 😊
Wow great video bro!!! Excellent
Thank you 😊
Cool catch of the AMTK 1133 (ICE Support baggage car) at 2:02 and 2:53.
Definitely a random event.
Alaska Railroad is another owner of the F40PH NPCU. One of them is ARR #31 (ex-AMTK #244).
Thanks for letting me know 😊
Just before the Union Pacific purchased the Southern Pacific Railroad on September 11, 1996. 🚂
Yes, tis true!
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You're welcome.
That SP #8640 has a great history! Which railroads did she work on?
What an era
Indeed!
SP GP60s hauling the Ski Train is something I haven't seen before, that's very neat.
Yeah, it was a lucky catch.
First off, kudos to you for recording those coal trains in the Winter. Second, the Railroad Crossing at 11:17, couldn't tell if the lights were actually flashing when that empty coal train was passing by. And last but not least, did the SP Locomotives always flash their ditch lights when approaching Railroad Crossings? I thought that was only done by Railroads on the East Coast such as CR, NS, and CSX.
Thank you 😊. The camera may not have been at a good angle to see the crossing lights. I don't know for sure about SP ditch lights flashing. They may have been experimental at this time.
@@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos No problem. Yeah it was hard to tell with the sun. Besides, I've seen other videos on UA-cam where SP ditch lights were flashing too.
awesome video, were grain trains a common thing over the moffat line?
Yes, I would say so. I saw a lot of grain cars moving over that line over the years. I'm glad you enjoyed the show 😊
Does SP typically use tunnel motors or AC44CWs?
The AC44s dominated once SP acquired them.
They pretty much used tunnel motors up until when we got our AC 44 CW
5:54 GE SD40T-2?
EMD not GE
General Electric Capital Leasing purchase the EMD SD40T-2 used.
Does Amtrak use freight cars on passenger trains?
They used to, but not so much anymore.
So, what’s that ICE tour baggage car doing on a long distance train behind those boxcars?
Probably working as a regular baggage car.
It’s always quite sad to see the last years of railroads, especially SP. if they didn’t make the mistakes they did than maybe they’d still be around, but unfortunately due to how much they were struggling UP acquired them and put those ugly yellow number plates on SP’s units.
Now, about the newer units like the GE AC4400CW’s they had during their last years? While I do appreciate them, I somewhat hate them because they are part of what makes most if not all locomotives today look the same. When efficiency became much more the focus and less about making units look different or unique. Heck, I give points to Norfolk Southern for at least putting the designations on the sides of their units so you can easily tell which is which.
I understand.
Were they still getting their coal south from Grand Junction? I cant remember the branch line name that goes out the mountain coal and the other one.
Greetings from Australia
Greetings. Could you mean the Delta Branch? I don't know for sure, but I think it's still operating a coal train every so often.
Freight cars on passenger trains?
Yes, until Amtrak president David Gunn got rid of it all in 2003.
How does SP use Rio Grande tunnel motors?
SP merged with the DRGW in 1989.
Thanks for letting us know 😊
Are thèse Travis still in opération
Yes and no. If there are any of these locomotives that still operate today, it's because they have been rebuilt.
Sorry i ment tracks lol
Yes, today it's the Union Pacific Moffat Tunnel Subdivision, with freight and passenger service.☺️