I'm happy that more people are showing their footage of Tennessee Pass in operation. It's sad that it's abandoned now, but it would be nice if part of it was revived as a tourist line like the Royal Gorge Railroad.
Serious power on that one and the SP colors are awesome. A wide array of interesting freight cars as well, beats the boring intermodal of today's hand's down. Hard to believe this was 27 years ago !!!
@@MLWQC Oh I hear you! I really enjoyed watching it again. I’m so glad we got out there before UP shut it down and while there was still SP and Rio Grande power running.
@@StormySkyRailProductions Thanks Steve! Tennessee Pass was a great piece of railroad but certainly an operating headache for the railroad. You all have a great weekend!!
Noel was a friend of mine as a kid. He still had the last dime he ever made. Never treated me to anything! But he would let me join him in the car and trips to Coney Island for hot dogs! He was a New Haven Engineer. His favorite RR was the Long Island. Went to upstate to run piggyback trains, then retired to Florida. I guess he's dead?
@@dhdisprsmith2296 A strange bird indeed. I still have the New Haven engineers Jacket he sold me. It fits me too! 60 years later! Wonder who got his millions?
This is absolutely outstanding. The photography is just incredible captaining not only the train but those puffy clouds and the flat and beautiful North Dakota landscape. I love those old Canadian Pacific pusher engines and the brown and yellow paint scheme they used back then. Damn that would fun sitting in that Dome car going along for the ride. Much appreciate for taking the time capturing this and posting.
@@antonchigurh7227 Thank you very much! More of a diesel fan, I too love those old FP9s. I would love to tour the interior of the train, but like you would love to ride them especially the dome car. I saw another film of this train and the photographer was invited on board. He filmed the interior of three of the cars. I could spend a lot of time in the lounge with a full bar!
@@gtptube Thank you! These were 8 mm movies shot by my late friend Noel Weaver. I just uploaded them to disk and converted them to MP6 file that I could share on my RU-vid channel.
I still remember when the 400s first showed up on the DM&IR. I also remember when ditch lights became a thing. Both were pretty cool, but they also spelled the demise of the original diesels (unrebuilt SD9s and 18s). I still kick myself for not getting a lot more video of them when I lived in Two Harbors from 1979-2000. Darn it!
J'avais 7 ans à l'époque, et j'allais m'assir sur les sièges à la gare de Dorion juste pour les voirs passer près de moi! Ça me ramène des souvenirs les entendre les Detroit diesel qui propulsais c'est vielles loco la! Merci pour les vidéos.
I had the privilege of riding The Chaleur and BrasD'Or and the scenery and service was amazing. Two unforgettable experiences for me. Great video for sure. I wish those trains still ran.
@@trainsupporter9088 Thank you very much! I photographed the Chaleur five different times, but I could kick myself for never riding it. I hope to change that when they restore it.
@@thetrainshop Well you got me. As I recall that’s what was lettered on the side of the unit. It was #805. Like you I can’t find anything about it on Google. There were a couple outfits back then that tried to make a go of it with refurbished equipment with luxury sleepers and lounge cars, and diners serving first class meals, only running daylight hours for the scenery. Trips came a high price. Similar to what’s being run in Canada through the Rockies. Somewhere I’ve got a video of one of those trains.
I remember that 822 was the heritage unit of phase 3, just like 145. Sadly it no longer runs anymore, except for a few of those P40DCs that are still running the Auto Train
Thanks Steve! I got up there quite a bit before LTV closed down and before CN gobbled up the DMIR and the WC. Only been up once since. You all have a great week also.
Excellent video Gordon. I really appreciate the old footage. I was at the Trestle earlier today to document NS train 265 and earlier this week I got the Monongahela Heritage across the trestle
Like most railroads, they assign just enough power to get them over the hill. CV used to crawl up that hill too with 6 GP9s and sometimes had pushers out of St Albans.
I didn’t see the picture eastbound Tran but it is usually pretty heavy with loaded slurry cars. Through the years I’ve always thought the VTR over powers their trains.
