Amtrak, Rio Grande, Santa Fe, EMD, Burlington Northern, Southern Pacific 1988-89 (Part 4.1 of 4)

[@LM-iz4je]

Great videos Walt. My mom and dad worked on the D&RGW till they both retired in 95' and 98'. Your videos remind me of the days I got to spend with my mom as a kid hiding out in the work truck while she got cabooses and locomotives outfitted for the next run. She was a general laborer and my dad was the rip track repair yard foreman. Grand Junction CO. I will always love the D&RGW as it was part of my life. Your videos keep that nostalgia alive. Thank you!

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

That's wonderful that you have a family connection to such an historic railroad.

[@spacecalander]

You videos are so so great! Just got done with the Rio Grande in the 90s

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

Nice. I'm glad you're enjoying the shows.

[@tommythomason6187]

I've never been to Denver but that's a nice station. Was Denver Union Station a, thru-track station or was it stub-ended back then? I'm not familiar with the track plan.

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

When passenger trains went south to Colorado Springs and Pueblo DUS was a thru station. That stopped with Amtrak on May 1, 1971.

[@markjl261]

Just subscribed to your KZbin channel. I remember seeing your video clips on the railroad quarterly that Ron from Ohio produced. I did some video recording from 1995 to about 2006. I am trying to build my KZbin channel up and record railroad videos again. I work as a short line locomotive engineer in Texas and am very busy with this occupation. Great videos thanks for posting!

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

If you would like, please give me the titles of your five favorite videos (that you produced) and I'll put them in a playlist on my channel. Thank you, Mark, for watching.

[@markjl261]

@@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos thanks Walt. I will scroll through my channel and pick out 5 videos. I will also mention your channel on my KZbin channel. I use to produce railroad DVD's and was half owner of Hot Rail Productions. I met Ron McElrath of Revelation Audio Visuals some years back when I lived in Erie, Pennsylvania.

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

Sounds good. Interestingly, I've known Ron for many years but never actually met him.

[@AlikStansberry]

I’ve been seeing units designated as GP30R and SD40T-2R. What does the R stand for?

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

R means the unit was rebuilt at least once.

[@AlikStansberry]

@Walt Loevy If a unit has 2 R’s in its name, does that mean it was rebuilt more than once? I haven’t seen any units with 2 R’s in their designations, but I want to know if it’s the case.

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

No, it doesn't matter how many times a locomotive has been rebuilt, it just gets one R to distinguish it from units not yet rebuilt.

[@AlikStansberry]

@Walt Loevy Oh, ok. Thanks for explaining that. Also, I decided to subscribe to you.

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

Thank you.