Remembering the Snowy Range Route - Remastered

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• RA

  @railfink · 1 day ago

  Good video. Nice to see the two former Alaska Railroad American Bicentennial painted FP7's in action.

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• AZ

  @azmike4202 · 4 days ago

  Happy that most of the passenger equipment went to good hands and future usefulness at Verde Canyon, which is a great venue

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• AL

  @alexmanne · 5 days ago

  Wow. Great presentation. This is the first time I'm hearing and seeing that this railroad existed. Would be amazing if it still was.

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• BE

  @benmoore2253 · 6 days ago

  Jim Pallow’s vinyl lettering job was so good that he had to manually scrape “Colorado” off and only then reletter it

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• RI

  @Rick-ih7wp · 23 hours ago

  My Moms' boyfriend Rex took me on this rout on a coal run in December of 1979 when I was 16 years old!!!!! He was a brake man for the U. P. and snuck me onto the lead engine during their  crew meeting. Stayed over night in Walden prior the  return trip. IT WAS A BLAST for a 16 year old. Evidently they used to do this a lot. Never get away with it these days.

• JO

  @johnuhelski8613 · 4 days ago

  Nice vid ; chased this in the late 1980's , great memories !!  Sad it is all now gone.

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• PE

  @PeterNGloor · 9 hours ago

  They got the whole trains from the Alaska RR. I saw them while in Alaska RR service. Some of the ARR markings can even still be seen in this vid. The Diesels got a new paint job, but AFIK their number were kept.

• WA

  @waynewagner395 · 2 days ago

  Very cool RR history!

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• GR

  @GrenisDavidAdam · 4 days ago

  HERE ON 76 AND I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THIS RAILROAD I'VE LIVED IN BOULDER COLORADO ALL MY LIFE 🧬🧬 I WOULD HAVE HAPPILY GONE ON THIS THAT'S TOO BAD WHAT'S THIS NATION KEEPS PULLING UP ITS RAILS INSTEAD OF LEAVING THEM UNTIL SOME NEW USE COMES ALONG

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• SU

  @sufpnancy · 4 days ago

  Nicely done, thank you.  This brings back memories of when I worked for the railroad, fixing up the passenger cars before the launch of the scenic route. There was the Gene Kelly car (or was it Grace Kelly?) and the Esther ?? car.  The names came from when famous stars owned their own cars for traveling around the country between performances. Before that, when it was just known as the Coalmont Route, I would X-C ski, clattering  across the trestle and then along the M of W ruts at night, sometimes going out as far as the airport, for a magical kick and glide back to town.  The tall grass would hold the powder snow for several days, protecting it from the sun and wind. The bed was converted into a rail trail above Albany to northern Colorado, which is enjoyed by recreationists on horseback, bicycle and foot now.  I hope the section from town to Centennial would someday become a daily commuter rail line with new tracks laid.

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• 84

  @844jim · 5 days ago

  Seeing those coal loads come out reminds me of the Kerr coal company which had the mine east of Walden. According to my understanding, the easy to mine coal is all gone. There may be coal left but it is so deep in the ground that it is not economically feasible to get it out of there.

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• TI

  @TimmersonTim · 6 days ago

  I spent so much of my life up there. Camping out,  photographing the railroad. Following it, sun, rain or deep snow, I loved every minute of it. Sad to see it go. So many wonderful memories.  Fall was the best time.

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