These nice folks made a great choice in staying at Kirk's place. Sure they had a wonderful time! I definitely need to book a few nights up there, and get some railfanning in - been too long!
Burton’s curve named after Dave Burton who owned the property that is now the B&B you featured. Dave was a great guy. I stopped one day about a year before he passed away and spent an afternoon on his back porch watching trains and enjoying a few beers. Dave is greatly missed.
Great video Mark. I 😅think they give priority to uphill trains, can be hard to get them moving again from a dead stop, while downhills can skways get moving again
My late Dad Steve Schmollinger has tons of Photos of both the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe on Tehachapi Pass in the 1970s , 1980s and 1990s and My Dad also has lots of Photos of the SP Oil Cans that used to Operated over Tehachapi Pass Mark Awesome Footage of Tehachapi Pass ❤❤❤❤❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥💯💯💯💯
UN1017 is chlorine. Un 3257 is ELEVATED TEMPERATURE LIQUID, N.O.S., at or above 100 °C and below its flash-point (including molten metals, molten salts, etc.), filled at or below 190 °C. The fine print on the car above the placard may tell exactly what is in it. It actually does on the chlorine cars. UN1830 is sulphuric acid.
Here is another idea for mark try to get the big Boy or UP steam to eventually come to Tehachapi and start talking to UP management to bounce some ideas we can bounce around that could make it happen 😊
I don't have that kind of pull with the railroad, and even if I did, it's unlikely they would run it over Tehachapi. It's just too busy with too much single track. It would also create a nightmare for security and vehicle traffic in the area. I'd like to see it, but I believe the last steam over the Tehachapi was the Santa Fe 3751 in the late 90s.
If it was cold and they needed to change broken joint joint bars or an insulated joint and the rail ends had pulled apart to where the holes wouldn't line up, they would lay a 1.5 inch cotton rope about 15 or 20 feet long, and soaked in diesel, along the base of each rail and light it up. As the rail heated up, it would (hopefully) expand enough to get things lined up and the bolts installed. It put on quite a smokeshow! They haven't used them in 30 years or more. Now, they either cut in a short piece of rail then weld it out later, or use hydraulic pullers if they're available.
2 месяца назад
@ 11:40 I bet those people were quietly wishing you would stop talking so they can record the engine noise of the train and you ruined it for them but they were too nice to say anything.... Sometimes you just need to be aware of others and respect your surroundings which you didn't do in this case
Ahhhh...another know it all who thinks they understand how I do things. I talk to ALL the people I take out and see what their preferences are. Some like it quiet, most don't care. We discuss safety and what to do, and to not to do, around the tracks and while trains are coming and passing by. I ask if there are any places in particular THEY want to go and I rarely have time restrictions. I sometimes drive as much as 200 miles during the course of one of these excursions, and while I accept donations, I never ask for, or mention it. I never charge anyone to do this, and without exception, they have just been happy and grateful for the experience, which is my goal for them. As to the train you are concerned about, it was descending in dynamic while coming to a stop. Something we saw a few times that day ( I didn't shoot every train we saw or you would have complained about the length of the video), and that happened without my narration. You should have watched the entire video and seen and heard their comments.
2 месяца назад
@@MarkClayMcGowan It was her body language and look on her face that caused me to have the opinion I did ..but either way I didn't mean to attack you personally but rather offered constructive criticism which I can see wasn't delivered as well as I could have... Have a great day and keep train spotting for us... thank you
We were the family from Calgary on the lookout that day, and we were absolutely thrilled to meet Mark there that day !He shared with us interesting facts and had tons of valuable information for us. Thanks again, Mark
