My first ever attempt to post a video. Please excuse the amateur effort. Taken with a Flip camera (h/t Milepost154). First lesson learned; my monopod isn't steady enough. I need to use the tripod. Second lesson is learning how to edit!
This is the UP 844 pulling the Cheyenne Frontier Days train Southbound from Brighton, CO at about 7:45 p.m. 7/20/13. Please skip to around :55 where you can start to hear the whistle. At around 1:00, you can start to see the headlight.
The diesel behind the steam locomotive is a UP Centennial, the largest single diesel locomotive ever built.
According to the UP sites, they use a diesel unit for safety. The breaking effort far exceeds the steam design.
No video.
ReplyDelete:(
S^*#.
DeleteAwesome!! I love trains in any form. Ya did good!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteBTW....we're up north at the moment and our daughter came up for a visit. We took a ride on the Attic Arcade steamer a couple of weeks ago. It was a blast. Their website is HERE.
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun. We have several tourist trains in Colorado. Probably the most famous is the Durango - Silverton narrow Guage. Another is Cumbres and Toltec South of Alamosa and, of course, the Georgetown Loop RR. In addition, there is a train from Canon City up the Arkansas through the Royal Gorge, and another start up in Alamosa. Not sure just what routes they cover.
Delete