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Tacoma

Tacoma

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On my way home today, I saw 7 trains between the UT/WY border and Echo. That's a lot of trains! All going the same direction. The coal train pleased me. :D
 
gijohn40

gijohn40

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Layton, Utah
when I lived in Evanston at night the trains would go by about every 5 mins... if you look at the tracks in Evanston the train doesn't cross any major roads... just one that I can think of... the one going up to the airport... so they can just fly thru town! There is some major transportating going on the tracks!!!
 
Tacoma

Tacoma

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gijohn40 said:
There is some major transportating going on the tracks!!!
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:eek: uh.... that's kind of what they're... for. :D

Lots of trains, yeah. Most of them go through Wamsutter too, I think. Plenty o' sirens. BP built a bridge over the tracks so no one would have to wait. :eek: CHA CHING
 
Greg

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Grand Junction, CO
On average, one coal train makes UP $100,000 AFTER all costs are paid for; fuel, engine/car maint, track maint, multiple train crews pay, etc. :eek:
 
Greg

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Grand Junction, CO
Tacoma said:
Hmmmm

Not bad, I think. ?

Saw a sweet IH truck on the rails, pulling a train flatbed. :rofl: looked very strange.
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How many coal trains did you see? They probably run 10 per day thru the Glenwood Canyon. 10 trains per day x $100,000 x 7 days a week. Thats $7,000,000 of pure profit in a week, just imagine how many other coal trains are running elsewhere. I'd say that's not bad.

You probably saw a Brandt truck... they are pretty neat. They get used a lot on the RR, usually for unloading/loading material. I had some pics of the one we were using out in the Mohave desert, but can't seem to find them! It was hooked to a train flat car which held a massive generator, then 2 old train passenger cars behind it. The generator powered the lights in the passenger cars. We used it to get out to our work location and would ride it each morning and evening, about 30 miles from our job briefing. It was nothing but desert and when you need to move 60 men quickly, the normal buses weren't going to cut it. My job was to protect the point on the reverse move... go to the end car, verify the track was clear and communicate that to the Brandt truck driver so he could back up safely. It was fun, wish I knew where those pics were. :rolleyes:
 
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Meat_

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Lehi
Greg said:
How many coal trains did you see? They probably run 10 per day thru the Glenwood Canyon. 10 trains per day x $100,000 x 7 days a week. Thats $700,000 of pure profit in a week, just imagine how many other coal trains are running elsewhere. I'd say that's not bad.
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You suck at math Greg
 
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Greg said:
...My job was to protect the point on the reverse move... go to the end car, verify the track was clear and communicate that to the Brandt truck driver so he could back up safely. It was fun, wish I knew where those pics were. :rolleyes:
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:eek: 30 miles in reverse? :ugh:
 
Greg

Greg

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Grand Junction, CO
Found some info and pics on the 'net about the Brandt trucks... notice the massive train knuckle on the front of the truck.

2-roadrail-truck.jpg


Here's a video with more information about Brandt trucks than you'd ever want-

Brandt Truck video - High Quality

Brandt truck vid II - High Quality
 
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