For all of California’s faults I have to say the firefighters are probably the best in the world. They battle all kinds of fires in the worst weather. My hats off to all of them whether they be local, county, state, or Federal. They all put themselves in harms way and have saved countless homes and lives.
This right here displays why PSR is *BULL CRAP.* The Class 1 Railroads are beating their locomotives and infrastructure to a Pulp, and not even bothering to solve the problems. Essentially, they are stepping on a dollar to save a Dime.
Always nice hearing the power working hard. Even better when one hears the throbbing of the cylinders in the exhaust. Was really nice with SD40s. but hear it at times with the new GEs working up cajon Pass.
Problemas de inyectores, turbo averiado filtros bagy sucios. Nos pasaba con frecuencia en el sureste mexicano en locomotoras General Electric B-40 algo mal atendidas.
For those interested, those sheds were originally built in 1867 and 1868, using WOOD. They were replaced in the early 1900's with the current concrete sheds.
@@RRphotographer661 You are more than welcome! I just couldn't help myself. My head is crammed full of trivial stuff like this - so much that it annoys my family, and my wife's family. Example: we were playing Trivial Pursuit, and I was the only one in the group who knew the colors of the flag of Lithuania (from top to bottom: yellow, green and red). I won the game with that question....I STILL haven't lived that one down. Back to the subject, however....think of this. There were over 40 MILES of those sheds constructed, ALL OF WOOD, anchored into the mountainsides. The engineering itself is incredible. That being said - they worked. The CP was no longer closed down by snow storms in the Sierra Nevada range.
Just a short distance around the curve at the 3:20 mark is a large area that I've parked at, and then have walked back into the Narrows. Some nice vantage points for viewing trains, filming, etc. Need to be careful, as occasionally there is a overly-zealous Fish and Wildlife officer, who travels down there, and will cite you. Cost me $230...
In age of hi-tech surveillance - how long did it take before the train conductor knew the engine was on fire? Don’t they have at least a camera or two on those long trains?
OMG those noisy SLRs are a pain in the you know what. They destroy every scene with subtle sound. Thank God most of them have been phased out. Hopefully to never return.
