Spring runoff has just begun here in Colorado (just slightly late), so the guys (fishermen) are just drinkin beers for now. I would say they will start in two weeks or so............hint
Thanks All..........big ed, that was one of the extra photos - a train that runs potash owned by DRGW/UP? I just missed it this camping trip - we were headed towards Moab and I saw a UP AC4400 pulling cars to fill at the mine.
if we waited another 20 minutes we would have seen it going through this
Thanks so much everyone - I AM HAVING A BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!
Special thanks to tj :thumbsup:- I am a professional photographer (landscape mainly) and do have a photo web site. I don't feel right soliciting on this site, but hope everyone asks:laugh:
New Video will be uploaded tonight - sorry for the delay - 30 cars around the big loop
P.S. my brother was scared you-know-what-less on the hike in the pic
n 1883 the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad main line was constructed across eastern Utah. The rail line did not pass through Moab, instead passing 40 miles away .
Looking at that cut through the rock I'm wondering how they bent the rails when they got to laying them down on the curv? I've never seen a bent railroad rail anywhere so how did they bend them?
Swiggy thats a super looking layout. Like the mountains too. I can see how you can be inspired by those pictures. Pete
Looking at that cut through the rock I'm wondering how they bent the rails when they got to laying them down on the curv? I've never seen a bent railroad rail anywhere ...
I say this naively, but I thought bent rails were used all over the place in curves? I'm not talking 90-deg bends or anything, but a gentle curve held in place with the rail dogs ... right ???
thanks Pete. yeah, the Moab area is surreal. and the drive there from denver.....surreal. two mountain passes, glenwood canyon, the colorado river, and then................... canyons with a 12k foot mountain range (La Sal Mountains) amidst the canyons. stunning and beautiful.
Yes there are all manner of curves on any railroad track but the rails that I've always seen are straight rails. They appear to be hauled to the construction site as straight rails but to make the curves they had to be bent. How was that accomplished?
I think that the mainline rails used all across the country weigh about 100 pounds per FOOT. Now I don't care how many men you have out there,you can't just spike one end and push the other end around and spike it to make a curved rail. That rail has to be bent by some means and the opposite rail has to be bent in the exact same radius to match the first rail. There has to be some machine that bends these rails ON SITE. Pete
Found this and it shows howrails were bent many years ago. So how do they do it now? Pete
http://www.brooklynrail.net/proj-railbending.html
I take back what I said about the opposite rail being the same radius. It can't be. One rail has to be a smaller radius that the other rail depending on which way the curve turns.
Looks like the railroad knew what it was doing when it bypassed that place. Talk about prehistoric. I can't understand fighting the indians and dieing for such a remote place even if there was a place to cross the Colorado.
Very good pictures though and the arches are interesting. Also gives some ideas about making rock features on our layouts. And mild in the winter? That must mean 5 feet of snow instead of 10. Pete
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