Tennessee Pass Volume 1 & 2

[@davidmallory2945]

The line from Canon City to Parkdale, thru the Royal Gorge, hires seasonal employees in summer and in late November for Christmas. I worked as a PR Conductor for a Christmas season, kinda fun.

[@kapeh4138]

Sehr schöne Eindrücke. Toll gefilmt.

[@JohnnysTrainVideos]

Great video.... love the snow scene.

[@meccaturbo]

SP had one of the finest paint schemes of all time....the modern UP scheme is nice, but IMO the old SP scheme is much better

[@STL-Railfan]

The line is still there, but it is considered inactive. There are hundreds of hopper cars stored along the line north of Royal Gorge and through Bighorn Sheep Canyon. The line remains silent from Cotopaxi through Salida through Buena Vista all the way up to where it meets the very active line near Dotsero. You'll still see all the signals (both crossing and block signals) still up, just all turned off. Of course the Royal Gorge Route still uses the section between the Gorge and Canon City.

[@colinmulder6806]

I should let you all know last August marked the 20th Anniversary of UP closing this line to through traffic.

[@SeptaRailfan]

3:30 is one of the spots they filmed under siege 2 dark territory

[@MrChassmith]

Abandoned zinc mine @ Gilman

[@Bobo0890]

UP calls itself a great mountain railroad, except they couldnt handle this pass the way the great DRGW and ESPEE could, those where two true mountain railroads

[@SeptaRailfan]

I like the old sp paint schem up is great but sp is better

[@gretchenchadwick8343]

My son would really like the Tennessee Pass line from Dotsero to Parkdale to be restored and used again for both freight and/or passenger trains. But does not want that to be wishful thinking he wants it to be a reality!

[@jacksonwhittier3646]

The only obstacle to reopening Tennessee pass is UP because they're really playing hardball over a piece of infrastructure they have no intention of using again!

[@YouTubeCN565423]

i guess its up to Union Pacific to decide what to do with the route if it was up to me i would re-open the line to increase production

[@DerangedDragon99]

CN 78356 Rail fanning - The Union Pacific only thinks it "controls" that line. It still belongs to Phillip Anschutz and Company, which still owns the Denver & Rio Grande Western.

[@bjackson30303]

I believe the DOD considers the line a strategic necessity to keep in place should something happen to the Moffat Tunnel route in a national emergency.

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

Something like terrorism?

[@bjackson30303]

@@MustangsTrainsMowers yes

[@tooligan113]

Tennessee Pass There is HOPE!!! Nov. 2019; Colorado Pacific Railroad is offering Union Pacific $10 million for 170 miles of its Tennessee Pass Line, running from Parkdale near the Royal Gorge through the lower Vail Valley to Dotsero. As of Dec 2019 the only west side recent Tennessee Pass rail line traffic is a train that runs to the American Gypsum wallboard manufacturing plant in Gypsum. The east side track above Parkdale over the pass to Dotsero is still owned by the UP. The track operated by Rock and Rail between Parkdale and Cañon City is still owned by the UP, while the track between Pueblo and Cañon City was purchased from the UP. The tourist line Cañon City and Royal Gorge Railroad operates on Rock and Rail (RRRR) short line section between Parkdale and Cañon City the RRRR's track is a subsidiary of Martin Marietta Materials.

[@branchlinebuff]

@ like 3:30 their in "Dark Territory"...from the Movie Under Siege 2

[@jacksonwhittier3646]

I think that movie was filmed on this line but I'm not sure and there's nothing that shows what railroad was used in that movie!

[@guitars14]

What's the location at 3:20-3:57?

[@phillyfan-182]

@thejoshmeister what happened to it?

[@hamstertrain18]

me too

[@Ischaue]

Ween ich mir vorstelle, dies Donnern der Diesel in den Alpentälern!

[@walterbab884]

The main reason why the line was abandoned was the fact that a 3% grade is just too steep for the line to be practical. Everyone is setting down a maximum of 2.2% for their main lines. There is only ONE THING that could bring this line back to use as a main line and that is to add FILL from the pass to the rail line itself (or ride up higher on the side walls of the canyon) to reduce it down to a 2% grade. Every few miles when there is a 75 foot elevation above the old rail-bed, there would be a new SPIRAL TUNNEL into the side of the mountain / canyon to lose elevation while maintaining the same gentle 2% grade, to bring the line down in elevation down to the old rail line height, and the whole fill procedure begins again to keep the line down to a gentle 2% grade. Doing all of this would cost hundreds of $Millions, that is why it is not being done, not yet.

[@STL-Railfan]

Walter Bab If this line really was abandoned, you'd think UP would have pulled up the rails years ago. But since the line is still there, all the signals are still there, it's now going on 18 years since the majority of the line saw any real activity, I'm thinking UP has something up their sleeves and we could see something done to this line in the not-too-distant future. I just get a little depressed anytime I drive Hwy 24 and see a perfectly good line just sitting there rusting away.

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

I wonder if fuel consumption is greater at higher altitudes where the air is thinner?

[@devernepersonal3636]

@@STL-Railfan you are thinking too hard. they just didnt want to spend the money ripping up the line.....

[@devernepersonal3636]

Cajon Pass still uses its original 3 percent main.

[@phillyfan-182]

@Mephilesthedark1360 ohh ok.

[@Mephilesthedark1360]

@wackymac28 Union Pacific merged with Southern Pacific