Run 8! Roaring EMDs On Tennessee Pass, Colorado - 1992

[@AlexTrain5249]

The sound of these things at full throttle in person is an unbelievable sensation. That thunderous roar of the 645, shrieking of the turbos, and howling of the cooling fans just rattles all your bones.

[@royce6861]

You should experience a deisel electric ship with 12 of those engines!!

[@GearheadExplorer85]

I know that feeling all too well. When I was a kid living in Milton, ON (near Toronto) in the late 80s/early 90s, I used to wait for my Dad at the local train station. The first time I went there, I was on the platform when a CP freight with a few SD40-2s was approaching me from behind. I'll never forget the loud rumble and the ground shaking under me. When I turned around, the train blew past me doing probably 60 mph. That engineer had the hammer down. Scared the living s*** out of me, but in an good way. It was an awesome experience.

[@j.m.youngquist419]

SD40T2Were the very backbone of the Grande fleet, and a real pleasure to work on. I had almost 40 years keeping these fantastic Locomotives in tip top condition .

[@ronaldpiper4812]

We're is carb all that smoke

[@ShawnCalay]

You did awesome as most still run in Brasil of the former DRGW

[@XY_Dude]

Look at me - - over 70 and I am still enjoying watching “choo-choos” on YT with my Fosters Train Field Guide in hand. Hopeless!

[@Tanny_Shan]

I am sure I will do the same when I am your age...

[@ilovenitnat]

As long as you’ve got your anorak on your ok.

[@williamlilleston1595]

As a retired railroad locomotive engineer from Colorado, This was music to my ears! I LOVED the sound of the old GP / SD 7's & 9's with the roots blowers. Nothing in my mind sounded like then nor pulled like them. Then we got GP / SD 40's / 40-2's. Again there was no sound like that with the turbos. I believe they didn't pull any better then the 9's...just faster. IMO, railroading has lost SO MUCH tradition / magic to technology. I truly miss the better days of railroading.

[@marktaylor9975]

Agreed! Loved the: GP7/9 SD-40-2 SD-60 MP-1500 If I’d have know this world was going to end and a new generation ushered in, I’d have recorded my time with these.

[@Dorpmuller]

Camped out at Horseshoe Curve in the 70's-probably would get shot or busted now-and those 645's on their knees at walking speed, during the night, would shake the ground. Talk about sensory overload! You could hear the trains starting to pull all the way at Altoona. Wish I could've remotely afforded to go out west and see the SP/D&RGW.

[@Cj-kh5po]

I sure can appreciate an engineer who loved the old engines the way they were. The sound, the black smoke, and the cool looks. Just like trucks used to be. Been driving for a couple decades, and I sure miss the old school way things used to be. Shifting gears, listening to that motor, and watching the long hood in front and the black contrail of smoke behind you. I miss the old days. Thanks William for being an old school engineer with an appreciation for the good old days!

[@williamlilleston1595]

@@Cj-kh5po Thank you ! Yes I fully understand your thoughts and feelings. For us NOW, they were the good old days. But at the time, that was the way it was. Who said that progress is good ? Maybe more efficient but if very much looses something.

[@Cj-kh5po]

@William Lilleston yes sir! I always wish I could have known things were gonna change for the worse, and really enjoy the moment for what I got to experience back then. I've never been inside a locomotive, even though my dad had a friend who was an engineer for UP, and ran the SD40's in the Columbia River Gorge. Were they very noisy inside? I was watching a video last night of the old POTB Railroad in Tillamook before the landslides took out the rails, and noticed the engines they had were able to change direction instantly without a pause. The new ones seem to have a safety built in I am guessing. Here's a question you might be able to answer for me. You've noticed no doubt how so many short line engines acquire the same paint scheme as P&W, only each line just changes the letters out for their own. It's not very original, but it must be a cheap way to have an engine painted. Originally I thought they were retired BNSF locomotives, but you see it on GP-9 and 7's, that were out long before Santa Fe and BN went together and that orange paint scheme. Your thoughts?_

[@torquetrain8963]

I grew up along the Ohio River and would hear turbo 645 emd engines not only in locomotives for the chessie system along the banks, but also in towboats pushing barges up river at the same time. It produced an echo never to be forgotten.2 emd16-645 even non turbo- roots blown could push 22,500 tons of coal upriver 6mph. Also heard towboats running Fairbanks Morse Opposed Piston engines long after they were used for locomotives. Even alco towboats too. Talk about variety!

[@andyharman3022]

I would have loved to hear those F-M's!

[@charliehorsenm3446]

When I was young in the mid 1980s, a friend of mine and I watched dozens of these things throb their way over the pass. One of our favorite vantage points was to climb up onto the concrete abutments of the highway bridge (US 24) under which the train went as it went through the Pando Valley (the old Camp Hale site). We startled more than one engineer when he came face to face with us looking straight into the cab. We always waved a friendly enthusiastic wave to let 'em know we weren't trying to do something harmful or stupid - though it probably was stupid to climb up on the bridge abutment and watch the train pass barely 5 feet in front of us. But it was exhilarating! Glad someone managed to get some good video of this, since the railroad has been abandoned for several years now, and I believe the tunnel has been barricaded and most of the track removed. Sad. Another "good times" memory relegated strictly to history and memory.

[@kittiemuffins6609]

thanks for sharing your wonderful memory

[@b2major9th]

charliehorsenm charliehorsenm kids will never have the experiences we did around the railroad. I had similar experiences around the SP, got way too close, went through engine service facilities with impunity, got invited for cab rides...it’s a shame it will never happen again

[@markreardon3472]

No track removed! Recently (last month) UP leased this out to a shortline operation. It's been railbanked for 20 plus years and in horrid shape. I dont know how they will ever make it as it will take millions in repairs to be in operation. I guess we'll just have to wait and see!

[@charliehorsenm3446]

@@markreardon3472 But is the tunnel not barricaded? In fact, I thought it was at least partially caved in during the opening up of the "great sinkhole" that shut down US 24 over Tennessee Pass for several weeks in July of 2012

[@markreardon3472]

@@charliehorsenm3446 I haven't been out to the area in about 9 months but to my knowledge its not although there are some very large boulders on the track in a few places according to photos from local railfans.

[@joelsmith7896]

Awe the sound of an EMD 645 at full throttle that has to be one of the most beautiful sounds ever.

[@ThePete352]

Boy Just Watching the Rio Grande Gives Me Goosebumps! I sure do miss this Road! Rio Grande will Always Be #1 on the top of my favorite railroad's of all time and #1 in my heart! No Other Railroad to date will ever match the sheer power and prestige of the Action Road! R.I.P. Rio Grande! My Hats Off to Everyone Past And Present who Lived and Breathed for this Railroad. Thank You All so much for the memories.

[@joelnordstrom8049]

Keith Bunner have you ever been in Minnesota or N Dakota and seen a BN or NORTHERN PACIFIC OR any of them blow through a crusted over snow bank? thats mindblowing

[@theq4602]

Seems like they also watched that safety film they made ages ago too!

[@peytonboyd6430]

Santa Fe, Burlington northern and southern pacific are my top 3 favorite railroads

[@rapturebound197]

I worked on a 5 man traveling signal gang for the D&RG in 1970 ~ 1975. I had a chance to work every mile of mainline from Denver to Salt Lake. Watching and listening to the trains go over Tennessee Pass is really special. All of that country is rugged..not much has changed up there from the days when it was all narrow guage..you could feel railroading history ..its the same now as it was over 100 years ago. Brings back memories to watch this. Even as loud as those EMD's were when pulling a load over a steep grade like that in a nightime blizzard you couldn't hear them or see them until they were right on top of you. There's nothing like a train coming out of a tunnel at night when it's 25 below zero in a blinding snowstorm. Its a show of raw power meets raw nature rolled into one. If you ever get over to the town of Minturn be sure to stop in the Turntable Cafe and have a bowl of their green chili. ;)

[@Mercmad]

I worked on EMD's as part of my Apprenticeship. It's surprising for me to think that it had been 14 years since i had touched one when this was filmed, But I still carry all procedures for overhaul and even driving one in my head.

[@wandersons.martins1004]

Once railman, forever railman

[@TestTubeBabySpy]

in certain conditions, that low freq. oscillating hum can be heard for miles. sometimes when i was a kid, id hear it in the night and get on my bike and go hang at the tracks, it was calling to me i guess ( :

[@cdavid8139]

Odd you say that and I haven't thought of it in years. But same for me. I would hear that 'hum' and would run up to the embankment where the railroad cut by our farm. Sometimes it would be a couple of miles away but I always knew.

[@tom7601]

TestTubeBabySpy You can feel it as much or more than hear it!

[@RRBuilder611]

Yeah it almost resonates throughout your body

[@mikeyoungblood1706]

That and the sound of a steam whistle.

[@Texassince1836]

I can hear em coming at work with ear plugs in, and I'll head out and watch em. UP mainline [ex SP, ex Cotton belt] runs right through the center of the factory property, and about 150 feet from my work station.

[@JLScott3178]

Thanks for reminding us how it used to be done. Railroading has changed a lot over the past 20 years.

[@mountainrunner6922]

I grew up in West Vail, not far from Minturn where this train started off. I remember my father taking us up to Redcliff and watching these beasts roll by. He, as well as this line, are long gone but not forgotten. Very good memories for indeed.

[@butthurt8]

When i was kid in 1990, my dad took me to that pass, and stood next to the track where all the tunnel motor and 2 stroke engine passed by and it created a mini earthquake and really loud. I never forgot the feel they made when they passed by by going over the pass.

[@judgegixxer]

After watching the whole 34 minutes and 6 seconds, I hereby declare these the two trainiest trains of all the trains in trainy train land.

[@railroadhistoryarchives]

Traintastic

[@ethanmorel2746]

Not to forget about dramatic freight operations that worked tirelessly up the grade that reaches up to three percent.

[@tracynation239]

Traincredible. ♡ T.E.N.

[@edwardcannon9199]

Love em rank EMD gained GE lost

[@traceybonds8794]

@@edwardcannon9199 .. No loosers with these bad boys...

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Awesome video, well documented. It's a shame that 21 years later, this route still has no service, but on a positive note, at least it is still there!

[@ericrickert6955]

I went to Colorado for the first time this year and saw the rusted tracks along the Arkansas River in such a spectacular setting, wondering what might have been. This video helps me realize the show I missed as my only sightings of DRWG or SP were CSX run-throughs or DRWG second hand units on the Hartwell RR. If there is a take-away lesson from this on railroading (and life in general), it's be sure to take nothing for granted (and take pictures, etc. ) for what is here today may be gone tomorrow.

[@markjl261]

Awesome video! At the beginning of the video you can see Rio Grande GP40 number 3054 in action as the third locomotive on the train. This locomotive is now LTEX GP40 number 3000 it was built in 1966 for the Rio Grande, we use this locomotive daily on the Blacklands Railroad in Texas. I operate this locomotive often as a locomotive engineer.

[@jacklorraine8052]

How are the head locos coordinated with mid train or end locomotives. not extra crews I assume.

[@ljones121]

Jack Lorraine on these trains it was all manned helpers so yes there was a crew in every helper set

[@trainzguy2472]

@@ljones121 I thought the helpers were radio controlled or MUed to the ones in front.

[@ljones121]

@@trainzguy2472 not back then, was all manned helpers

[@Texassince1836]

What a small world, I grew up 100 yards from the switch to the UP main line at the Eastern end of the BLRR

[@mtstrains9719]

Great video! I sure miss pure EMD power under load with a heavy manifest. I need to dig out some 80's footage and have a look. Thanks for the memories.

[@gbarnes4401]

Really miss these old EMD's. Pulling a load upgrade they just screamed power. That's something that's really missing in today's overly muffled locomotives. Thanks for the video.

[@johnmiller5678]

True

[@richharris9489]

So true old school emd is bad ass.railfan from Massachusetts

[@kittiemuffins6609]

@@richharris9489 I love Massachusetts. Was shocked to see the size of the railyard in little Deerfield!

[@iBackshift]

that was beautiful EMD drumming. Sad to see the 2-stroke go away, being phased out. Superb video, one of the best on youtube! ! !

[@Romans--bo7br]

They're being "phased out" here, in the US (Thank You - EPA!! Re; Tree huggers)... but at least Many other countries & their railroads around the world that EMD builds export locomotives for, are still enjoying 2 cycle power. Nearly 100 percent (if not a 100 percent - have not checked for a few months) of the export units ordered for 2020 from EMD were ordered with the 710G.

[@desertbob6835]

They outlived their usefulness. But they had the longest productikn run of any medium speed rail diesel engine in the world, since 1938. Newer products may be much cleaner (EMDs are pigs,) and more fuel efficient, but none could touch them in reliability and simplicity of maintenance. They, and its little bro, the Detroit, were the product of brilliant engineering back when GM had the best and brightest. The second place goes to the Cooper-Bessemer FDL, which started as the FVBL about the time EMD was designing the 567. Although more efficient, the FDL couldn't come close to EMD's reliability.

[@Romans--bo7br]

@@desertbob6835..... they've only outlived their usefulness here in the US (& Canada) due to the EPA's mandates.... however, almost 100% of EMD's export units in their various forms, are ordered with and powered by the 710 prime mover. I think they could possibly overcome the issue's here in the US with some Propane (LNG) injection... and yes, I know that BNSF was experimenting with it, but I think it was used as the primary fuel, instead of secondary and diesel as the pilot fuel. It's interesting to, that in the Aviation industry (general aviation field, Not military or commercial craft), there are several diesel engines that are making in-roads in their markets... and they're 2 cycle engines. At least they're hanging in there... but just recently, there seems to be gaining interest in electric powered plane development.... but the main issue with them, is the same for their land-based counterparts.... overall distance traveled per charge.

[@pootispiker2866]

@@Romans--bo7br Electric airplanes will never take off. Not only is the distance per charge comparatively crap, the sheer weight of batteries makes such an endeavor pretty much worthless. It's also been shown a number of times that packing planes full of high-capacity and high-density batteries is... Not the greatest idea

[@edhilferty9287]

Two thumbs, for the crew of those trains and the chief that engineered the move.

[@douglasalan5783]

Excellent videos! I enjoy the turbo whine of the Geeps and SD40T-2 tunnel motors. 3 percent is one serious grade.

[@petershaw7521]

Excellent. Great video for 1992 vintage, with incredible sound.

[@detlefkurpanek]

Great video! Love 2nd gen EMD power. Most inspiring. Thank you.

[@markrhuett]

The era when the 645 ruled the rails was the greatest era in railroad history!

[@terryshenk1243]

Nothing was better than steam that was what it was all about up until about '55

[@O-PAC]

@@terryshenk1243 Rio Grande was still using steam locomotives in regular freight service all the way up to 1968-1969 on their narrow gauge portion of their company. There’s clips of videos on YT where Emery Gulash captured steam engines and diesels working the same yard on dual gauge track in Alamosa,CO. Pretty cool to see the old and new working the same yard.

[@jamesm6638]

Nothing beats the steam days but the 645 era is a close second IMO.

[@johnmiller9693]

One of my favorite sounds beside's a UH-1 Huey. Plus these locomotives rolling coal makes the video even better.

[@bpp325]

Huey's is in a class by itself, unmistakable to those who were there to hear it in action.

[@Tanker-ok9uz]

Can't forget the kirovets k-700a

[@Tamburello_1994]

I bid for anything Pratt & Whitney (Like the R-2800)

[@Nethanel773]

Being from Kentucky - L&N country - I'm a fan of mountain railroading. But this kind of claw and grind up grades is more dramatic. Something about the grand mountains in the backdrop, the soot-dusted EMDs climbing over broad easements of blackened gravel give this an other worldly feel to it. Spectacular! Thanks for putting this up.

[@Nethanel773]

Daggum! Those consists must suck up a lot of fuel each run spending so much time at notch 8!

[@whiteknightcat]

@@Nethanel773 Likely one of the reasons UP embargoed the line after the SP merger. Now they run everything on gentler grades through the mountains.

[@djscrizzle]

Now that black gravel... Is actually furnace slag from CF&I, now Evraz's steel mill in Pueblo, CO. As recently as the mid 2000s, every rail line for 250 miles around Pueblo was ballasted with slag.

[@hondarideralex]

badass. I use this for white noise at work. best sounding white noise ever.

[@hdavis37090]

I never knew these particular locos worked so hard. I also see now why they always looked so grimy.

[@TheWaveanalyst]

Spectacular shooting of Colorado Rocky Mountain railroading at its finest, on the Tennessee Pass which will probably never see railroading again. It gets no better than this! Nice work!

[@csxt6573]

The hair on the back of my neck is standing up. Great video and awesome sound.

[@itschriscrocker2u]

Matt Adams Did you see the doctor?

[@csxt6573]

Moon Nuts I did. He told me to run!

[@doubleutubefan5]

i was prescribed a heavy does of train action at full power...

[@mohamedmohideen8475]

Great effort has been put into filming this spectacular movie. Thank you so much.

[@TheRoxburyRailProductions]

golden days of EMD right there.

[@ellisjackson3355]

The sound of the 90s (to me)

[@ml.2770]

I heard an 8 engine EMD train climb out of Golden up the Kicking Horse Pass when I was 20 years old. I can still hear the rumbling beat frequency of all those engines at full power coming up the pass toward me getting louder and louder. When they passed me beside the tracks with plumes of sooty exhaust you couldn't have got the smile off my face with a stick.

[@pekanbaru4904]

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[@TheSupradude26]

I miss the days seeing 5 or 6 SD40-2's lashed up on the lead end on a regular basis... when I was a kid in the early to mid 80's we lived a walking distance to a park on the Puget Sound where BN had a double track mainline nirth of Seattle that saw tons of action. There was a pedesteian bridge from a park over the rails down to the beach and I would sit on the brisge for hours to count the cars as trains passed by, seeing what the longest train was I could find. Something around 125 cars if memory serves...

[@Enkidu2]

Tres cool man! LOL at Gary who thinks 1992 is the olden days. Young pups like that make me feel almost as old as I really am:)

[@jm1551701]

That's pretty good video for 1992, I recall 92 well, was in the Army back then, good year

[@carltonmasteur1]

Great camera work and shot set-up! Nice to see some EPA Tier-Nothin' EMD's smoking it up!

[@38911bytefree]

Nice to see EPA trying to forbid planed obsolocense and tons and tons of waste. Greenwash hipocracy. I prefeer the smoke of this monsters

[@carlosturren2683]

¡ Ah, una joya de hace 24 años, en un serpenteante y agreste paisaje !. Muchas gracias.

[@squirrel265]

The you for getting great video of most of the train. To many videographers get the locomotives, a few cars, and that's it. I love seeing the whole train.

[@TrainFan119]

Yes I do as well

[@Goetterdaemmerung86]

Love that 'sooty" look they got, so full of grit and character. Keep your bullet trains, like Steam, these EMDs have a magical, brutal, gritty character that cannot be found in any newfangled passenger train.

[@frankcerne7613]

Now thats alot of horse power...like watching these freighters pulling loads,and being close to them as they are passing by...you can feel the horse power... Thanks for sharing.

[@rebelbaron7003]

It started with my first train set. Dad worked for Birds Eye in the 50s in New Jersey. He bought me a shiny silver and red Santa Fe train set with the EMD F-3s. Even then these trains were expensive for a middle class family. I got that for Christmas and it is the oldest Christmas I can recall. But the Santa Fe was THE road for me," All the Way". When we moved to Chicago,I fell in love with all the Midwest roads and Western roads. After I grew up,and started hunting Colorado, I'd be hunting in the mountains and see these beautiful black w orange Rio Grande beasts stampeding across the plains with their huge mile long coal trains. Several times while driving out Rt 50 along the Arkansas River,we'd stop and take pictures of the Rocky Mountain sheep wed see and here would come the black and orange D&RG freight train. Just awesome to see and feel. So.....bottom line.....the red and silver Santa Fe and Rio Grande still get my heart pumping,many many good memories,whether blasting around the Christmas tree or snaking through the flat lands

[@ScrotusXL]

Beautiful noise, I love it!

[@Charonview]

Wow! Great video! EMD's roaring with lots of smoke, Rio Grande paint scheme - ah, the good older days!

[@moggie100th]

I just got back from that area. It's nice to see what ran on those tracks years ago. Thanks for sharing!

[@NP-ux9xg]

Love seeing the old tunnel motors. Some of the old DRGW tunnel motors are still working here in Kentucky on the RJ Corman lines.

[@jimholder6656]

A truly outstanding photo-essay! Such a pity that UP subsequently closed down the Tennessee Pass route.

[@ritaloy8338]

Jim Holder The only reason that UP bought the SP/DR&W was the merger between BN and AT&SF.

[@iusetano]

I love the sight and sound of mountain railroading. Excellent video. Thank you for putting this up.

[@brianbolkema6113]

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[@ceccoonrailroad]

Es este uno de los videos mejores no me cansaré de mirarlo ,ojalá hubiera estado ai pues vivo en Argentina ,y esos locomotores con el mejor sonido que no habra jamás otros que suenen como esos GM 💥💯💥.

[@markrocovich2234]

The GREATEST LOGO of all the Class 1 Railroads...R.I.P. Rio Grande...

[@tracynation239]

An excellent video. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. ♡ T.E.N.

[@davidmihevc3990]

This is some great footage. I got to do some railfanning on Tennessee Pass a couple years before this was shot. Love those tunnel motors. Sure miss DRGW and SP.

[@hernanpablobugin5385]

what power !!! I am fascinated by those machines towing so many cars! a lot of torque !!!

[@WestOkieRailroadVideos]

Outstanding video! Every time I find anything related to Tennessee Pass, it's like candy. Thanks for sharing

[@michaelmaggini9160]

Thanks for the vid. Live right next to this line. Great fishing and mushroom hunting along that stretch

[@SYH653]

I grew up along the Moffat Road, so the EMD rumble & spooling up was the song of my youth. The elementary school was right next to the tracks as well, so many recesses I'd spend watching the trains go by. The coal trains would sometimes make us late for school as well; there was much rejoicing from the passengers, not so much by the driver.

[@gretel013]

picture perfect scenery looks like a model railroad. Colorado Rockies are so beautiful.

[@jarrietfair6497]

I miss the Denver Rio grande railroad today. Especially with southern Pacific railroad together. Those were the days

[@thomasjohnson5682]

Interesting to see how many geeps they were using on those steep grades -- you would have thought SDs would be the choice. I suppose they threw in whatever power they had available. Great video -- and a reminder of how far videography has come in 30 years -- these must be pre-HD digital.

[@markthomas6436]

GP-40 and SD-40 use the same prime movers. The SD's had greater traction effort due to more axles.

[@haroldreardon4453]

You would never have seen radio control cars on the Rio Grande, they never used them. These units are manned helpers because none of them were ever built to be DPU capable - no electronic brakes, etc.

[@victoriacyunczyk]

I know SOU used them, but Conrail didn't, preferring manned helpers on Horseshoe Curve.

[@RailsOfTheSouthProductions]

Victoria Cyunczyk Sou was one of few that used them. Most used manned “swing” helpers.

[@j.christopherlindsey8933]

I may be mistaken, but I don't think I ever saw a radio car in the early days of NS. Of course, I'm in N&W territory and not SOU; every helper set I recall seeing back then had a crew in the cab.

[@roadmaster720]

@@j.christopherlindsey8933 a crew in each cab to do what? circle-jerk off? waste of labor and money. 2 men now run a train pretty much and soon to be 1 man. the computer pretty much runs the train now.

[@LeeDfined]

@@roadmaster720 until the one man has a stroke...then what? For a machine that size, you need 2.

[@chillimocha]

This brings back memories for me. In school a mate of mine had parents who had a shack in Clackline, Western Australia. We would go and stay for weekends sometimes and I recall at night hearing the freight trains climbing the grade. The sound of the engines would carry so clearly at night over a long distance. All I wanted to do was get up and go and hang our near the railway line and watch them.

[@highlife0586]

OK...first time I have ever seen this video. I love the sound of the old EMD locos. All that smoke...screw the EPA we got freight to move here!

[@AC44CWCTE5695]

You got the best of the best of the D&RGW Great work miss this railroad alot

[@Lakeside1943]

Very well done ! A worthy historic document !!

[@MatthewPowell509]

i love that you caught 5354 because on the cover it was leading a train with a perfect capture the sun was reflecting giving the engine an orange glow

[@TheWaveanalyst]

Jerry, when I need to hear the rumble of EMD this is my go to video. Thanks for being at the right place at the right time! de K0UE

[@tpwkbs]

They were moving a lot of pipe over the pass back then. Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@milehighkit4725]

I forget what year they closed this pass Down to Railroad traffic. Sometime in the late 90s, I believe. All of the track remains. Awesome footage!

[@franktownley6211]

1997

[@russelltruitt727]

Did anyone else notice there's very little to no graffiti on those cars?

[@WideWorldofTrains]

Thats some scenery there

[@seabulls69]

I can smell the smoke right through my monitor. Thanks for the EMD music. Reminds me of the good old days (1960s) hanging out near Donner Pass.

[@camsmith7651]

Love the engines belching the exhaust at 7:00, and 8:58

[@terryboyer1342]

How dare you!

[@bobw7066]

These locomotives look very sinister with their dirty black appearance, excellent camera work and sound. I really like the mountain and valley views with the trains weaving through them, we do not have that type of landscape here in Australia.

[@GearheadExplorer85]

The VHS format adds to the sinister appearance as well. I think its pretty cool imho.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

That was an awesome video!! Such great sounds coming from the units working away!

[@christopherdibble5872]

The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, not like they did BACK in 1954.still get a tear in my eye when I hear an old train in the night.

[@waynehawkins2157]

I wish Tennessee pass would still be in action. Drgw great railroad.

[@Duececoupe]

Far too many great companies have disappeared into history, D&RGW being one of them....mountain railroading at its best! 👍👌👏😍

[@trainknut]

Not only does it suck as a railfan to see so many good railroads go, but I would argue the rail industry as a whole has suffered as a result of a complete lack of competition... If Rio Grande, SP and Santa Fe were still running in the west, I bet you wouldn't be seeing so many trains get delayed.

[@Duececoupe]

@@trainknut Agree! 🤜🏻🤛🏻🍻

[@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062]

@@trainknut What happened to them?

[@trainknut]

@@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062 Rio Grande bought the Southern Pacific in 1989, effectively merging the two railroads, in 1996 the merged SP was again bought out this time by UP, the same year BN merged with ATSF making BNSF. In 1950 there was something like 50+ class 1 railroads in America, by 1996 it was just 8, now it's even less after Conrail was dissolved in '99. West of the mississippi basically the whole country is ruled by either UP yellow or BNSF orange.

[@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062]

@@trainknut And i guess these forming monopolies worsened the quality of the services?

[@NSBigBlue]

I saw a train just like that back in the summer of 07 in Batavia NY!!! It had 2 Rio grande units in the tiger scheme and then 3 six axle SP units !!!

[@RRBuilder611]

Kyle Best doubt it. Otherwise, you are lucky af

[@calvinbyer2319]

I doubt he is lying about that. It was more than likely run-through power utilizing a CSX crew to save time. 😊​@@RRBuilder611

[@leehuff2330]

Fortunately, several of these old tunnel motors are still alive on the Wheeling & Lake Erie. W&LE even adopted the "speed lettering" of the D&RG.

[@LeeDfined]

Yes...Im from Kent, Ohio where we have not one but two Wheeling and Lake Erie lines. I have seen all the old Rio Grandes of the WLE.

[@darthstanley166]

Grew up around trains ,never slept better in my life!🛤🌛

[@LeeDfined]

Same. I had a double tracked CSX mainline 250 feet from bedroom and NS about a mile or so back in the opposite direction. Everyone thinks the noise keeps you awake. Its the opposite. They put you to sleep.

[@KBuckyRailVideo]

Wonderful. Thanks for filming this bygone moment and even bigger thanks for sharing!

[@HaroldC4000]

This is as good or better than the tape produced by a commercial company. I like the fact that you don't have to narrate nor use loud music. Thanks for sharing.

[@schnuurtchke]

In certain frequencies that low sounding hum near the tracks can be heard for miles I ❤️ the sound of EMDs

[@Bladesinger5]

Great Video! Found a lot of scenery ideas in this video that I can use when I build my layout someday. Enjoy the sound of pure power up the grade!

[@LeeDfined]

I seen the date May 23rd, 1992. One day before my 12th birthday. I was in love with trains even then. Still am now.

[@rolpfeiffermuller935]

Thanks airing the Outstanding vid . Reminiscent of former analog VHS films..superb.

[@usarailfanblackburn9183]

Great video action. Even though it was taken a few years ago is good to see this now historical footage.

[@Nethanel773]

Thanks for sharing this. Gave me a different view on mountain railroading. In Appalachia, there's pusher service in many places, but these guys are in notch 8 all way! Only Saluda Grade in NC on the Southern RR (also abandoned) could match this route. Regardless this was quite a feat.

[@victoriacyunczyk]

When I was in Toledo, OH, two stack trains were combined. When the crews changed, the Dash 9 and ES44AC units were in run 8 until they got about fifteen miles out.

[@tractorsmachinesro1405]

Great work...I like IT!!!!...Like & respect from Romania

[@SuperGlocker77]

I remember seeing those Rio Grande locomotives when I was growing up.

[@fiatman71]

I love hearing the FRED squalk come over the scanner. Reminds me of simpler days

[@nathandalke9318]

I was 11 in 1992 when this was video watching this in 2023 and 41 now what a classic

[@anthonypelton5245]

The sweet sounds of Notch 8 on a clear day.

[@allenscottmontgomery3929]

Ah, the glory days. When you had to look twice to tell if it was a SP or RG unit. That's why I model 1988. I love trashing a good tunnel motor. If you had gone a bit further down past Granite, you might have caught me fishing on the Arkansas. And that's my idea of heaven right there, trains and trout. What a time to be a kid.

[@cq7415]

Good video lots of engines. Thanks for sharing.

[@daveshaw9344]

Wow....that opening shot was so picturesque

[@tiekiebitch]

awesome, the sound of a diesel loco is music

[@tarheelpatch3386]

Notched out tunnel motors!

[@keving7546]

Thank you from my heart for the wonderful footage

[@tmlafrance]

Love it! One of my favorite places on the planet.

[@tracynation2820]

Awesome. 💙 T.E.N.

[@lamontduplessis3552]

Just Awesome!! Love to see the Rio Grande and SP locos!! Great job!! Ty.