HEAVY COAL TRAINS, on Tennessee Pass, with mid, and rear helpers 

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Where'd you ever hear that from? UP hasn't sold off the line or ripped up the tracks, but given that there's been rock slides and the track in general is overgrown and needs rehabilitation I highly doubt they'd revive it. There's not much point in it, either. No local traffic and freight isn't flowing down that direction. With as much trouble and extra money as it would take to get loaded trains over the 3% ruling grade they could easily forward it through the Moffat Tunnel into Denver then send it South to Pueblo - if cross country traffic even needed to go that way. Raton's the same story - no local business on the line and it wouldn't be worth rerouting existing traffic over the pass. It's only open because Amtrak uses the line. I'd be skeptical of anyone saying trains would return to these particular mountain passes. If Tennessee Pass did reopen it'd likely only be Northbound coal empties to take advantage of the easier 1.4% grade heading North. No loaded Southbound trains would likely travel on it, and you'd likely not see manifest, autos, or intermodal travel over the pass.

@@davidwhiting1761 man, this was 3 years ago, so I don’t exactly remember where I heard it. I think there was rumblings about some short line who wanted to buy it. Either way it should definitely happen on both routes just because I said so and because it would be cool.

Little by little NSrailfan. There is so much more, its hard to pick out what I want to put up next. LOL. Thanks for watching.

Thanks again sal3060.

LOL, The Pacific NW is about the only place I missed David. Sorry to say. Maybe some day...

Those weren't DPU's all manned helpers back then

Love the sound of those EMD's Austin. They always put on a great show.

Thanks 30yrs. Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for watching...

I sure hope so Ricardo. Been hearing some good rumors, and hope it comes to pass. Thanks for watching...

@@1jackdk I'd love to see trains going through cotopaxi colorado

LOL. Yah! Thats to bad they quit the chat on the Hog Pen camera. I really enjoyed that. Maybe some day they will perfect that, and get the problems worked out.

Thanks Steven, and thanks for watching..

Yes it is! We keep holding out for hope, but it doesn't sound good.

I’d honestly like to see some sort of tourist line but, one can dream.

Very good question.

@@1jackdk if I had to take a guess it was what was on the ready tracks that day and Denver/Omaha said use what ya got

Once the mid-trains units are coupled to the rear half, they pull up to the first section, couple up, and then the train pulls east. Then they stop, and the rear helper units come out of the yard and couple up to the rear. They do their air test, and off they go. On the other side the Tennessee Pass tunnel, at Malta, they stop in the small yard that has a crossover half way through the yard. They uncouple the mid-train units from the front and rear sections. Then the rear end helper pulls the rear half of the train back, the Mid-units run through the crossover to the other track. The rear helpers shove the train back together, and then drops off. The train does its air test, and heads east. The four midtrains run to the west end of the yard, couple to the two rear units, and they all head back down the mount grade to the yard at Minturn. Hope I explained that well. Thanks for watching...

@@1jackdk Thanks Jack well explained, thanks for the time in writing it out. Love all your videos of trains gone but not forgotten.

These were all coal drags going east. I'm going to do one on the Geneva ore trains going west. Got a bunch on the Tennessee Pass line, and over Soldier Summit as well. Should be a good bunch of stuff in that clip. Thanks for watching...

@@1jackdk any,and all videos, just keep 'em coming!!

They were heading basically south on the Tennessee Pass line Chuck, but its actually an eastbound move. Thanks for watching...

Sorry Bob! Best that I could do with what equipment was available at that time. Old VHS with mono sound track. When I up-graded in the mid 90's with a Sharp Slimcam, at least that started the era of stereo and much better sound.

@@1jackdk still watching videos,

@@1jackdk my side of family, granpa uncles dad where all railroad . steam to dsl,s. thanks for reply.

Just be glad you got to see old trains

@@anrails3220 oh im glad our family grew up on trains.