Thank you very much! I was only taking pictures of 1943, when I saw them coming into the yard so I started filming them. It was so cool to see where ended up stopping at and made some more cool pictures!
Ya! I've never seen them running backwards like that, except in the very rare circumstance when they need to go down an (just out of shot) old siding that's very rarely ever used, but I don't think they were backing down into that siding. I'm not sure where they were going but it still was really interesting to see.
That was kind of neat.3 loco's pushing a long train up a hill.Doe's that put more or less stress on the couplers. Or could it be a safety thing were the train to come loose if they were pulling it up the hill.nice short video.
They're pushing it uphill in this video because before they started going down this branch line, they were pulling the train along the mainline, so they didn't need a locomotive on the end. Sometimes, they do have a locomotive on the end, but not always, as in this case. When they do pull trains up the hill, sometimes they do put a few locomotives on the end to help push the train and reduce the coupler strain, and also sometimes depending on how heavy the train is they put some locomotives in the middle. They also have locomotives in the middle of 'PSR' trains for the same reason. But this one is a unit train, so it doesn't need a dpu in the middle like a 'PSR' train. I didn't catch the beginning of this train, but there is a person standing on the end of the last car, so they can see what's behind them. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2BdcY9jIjY8.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-but1NcD799c.html
The video was originally filmed for long format, so the framing ended up a little weird when I made it a short video. They usually go a little bit faster than this, but I don't know why they were going slower in this instance. I have other videos of the Zephyr going much faster in other locations.
imagine a bullet train, their's no equal, to saving time, money and comfort...o o O ! imagine all the people, riding bullet trains...eh,eh,ehhhhh ( Think Imagine their's no heaven )
Union Pacific go hard ❤❤ I was woke when Amtrak stopped in Helper UT it’s a small town tucked between the mountain I was so amazed with this small town in da middle of nowhere I can’t imagine what night sky look like bet stars are so bright ‼️ My Amtrak station is marks ms
Helper is a beautiful little town! And the stars are so bright because there's not as much light as a big city, and when trains honk their horns I love the way it echos because there are multiple different canyons it echos off of!
Yes, it arrived in Helper Utah on an oil train, and then we got lucky enough to have them put it on the coal train helper service for Soldier Sumit. It was in that consist for about one month and just a few days ago it left to go elsewhere. I have a few other videos of it uploaded and a few more to come in the future.
Thank you! It literally was a quick grab because I had just gotten off work and was walking over to my car when I heard the horn, so I ran to this spot where I filmed them from.
Unfortunately, no Union Pacific runs a few trains a day. BNSF runs a manifest train from Denver to Provo a couple of days a week and Provo to Denver. BNSF also sometimes runs a coal train or an oil train. Amtrak is the only railroad that runs consistently if they're on time, and that train is the California Zephyr #'s 5&6. If they're on time, #5 is the Westbound and is scheduled to arrive at Helper between 7 & 8 pm. #6 Is the eastbound and is scheduled to arrive in Helper between 6:30am & 7:00 am. Amtrak also has a website to track their trains that also shows their route and all of the stops, and also an app that can show you the scheduled arrival and departure times. Even though it is hard to find trains sometimes on Soldier Sumit just because they don't use the line as much, I still recommend coming and trying to. I recommend getting up early because they seem to run trains most of the time in the morning, and then there's usually not another train until sometime in the afternoon, or until the #5 California Zephyr come through. Sometimes, there are more trains in the afternoon, but typically, it's the morning and afternoon they seem to run trains at. If you go up to Provo Utah, there is a yard there where the Utah Railway switches cars for BNSF, and Union Pacific also does some switching there. The Denver and Rio Grande Western used to use this line as their mainline between Denver and Salt Lake City, but now UP just use it as a secondary line and to haul coal out of Colorado and Utah. On Fridays, there is a potash train that runs down past Moab to a potash plant, but Moab is two hours south of Helper. However, the scenery down there is amazing. I suggest joining the Utah rail enthusiasts Facebook page to get an idea of locations you would want to film at and to get other information. (Also they might be able to give you better information about the trains and what time they run.) As a final note good luck! And I hope you do find some trains to catch!
