Bummer for a RailFan

[Anonymous]

A year or two ago, I took the back roads to Rico, Colorado from Durango, to go see the Rico station which is the prototype for oh-so-many models.

It was demolished decades ago.

Dear jhhtrainsplanes,
Being a UP fan, it pains me to say this instead of insulting remarks of competitors, but UP should be able to buy better horns with the added revenues from charging for the use of their logo . But other than that, Long Live the Wings and Shield.

See you around the forums,
Daniel

[Anonymous]

Not too big of a bummer, but just recently I was driving down by Roberts Bank where CP is always running these coal trains. There is always one engine up front, then a pusher on the very end. Anyway, I saw the train coming, but only got to the crossing in time to catch the middle and the end, so I decided to try and drive up the road to catch the train at the next level crossing. Again, I missed the front loco and just caught the middle and the end.

Anyway, it sucked because I wanted to catch the front engine number and ended going quite a bit out of my way. So after the train passed, I started back on my way.

As I was heading home, I see another CP coal train that couldn't of been more than 15 minutes behind the first! If I had only stayed at the crossing about 10 more minutes I could have caught the whole thing!!

Ah, well.

[Big_Boy_4005]

Those members who visit the MR forum have already heard mine. Very simply, a small gravel "parking lot", which the railroad does own, but which has been used by railfans for as long as I can remember, WITHOUT COMPLAINT FROM THE RAILROAD, has suddenly become off limits. Yes its their land, and yes its their choice , but YES IT DOES SUCK!!!![V][V][:(!][:(!][:(][:(]

[Anonymous]

As Plankton would say on Sponge Bob Square Pantes well that Stinks

[JoeKoh]

Having info about an excursion trip and then have it be cancelled while waiting to photograph the train.
stay safe
joe

[Anonymous]

Get this, I live close enough to the tracks to hear the train horn during all kinds of weather. Recently a local tree service (hired by the city) has been cutting down trees and limbs from around our power lines and poles.

Today I was walking the dog and heard a train horn. It was a nice sounding horn not the usual blan horn that UP buys. I think the nice sounding horn was on a Southern Pacific unit. The nice sounding horn was just as loud as the UP horns but sounds so much better.

When I heard the horn I looked in the direction of the tracks and noticed that many of the trees that used to block my view of the tracks were gone or trimmed back greately. I was hopeing to see enough of the engine to varify that it was a S P unit. No such luck. What I did see was the smoke plume and tippy top of the engine but not good enough to get a color of the engine. Reminds me of the ol saying, "Can't see the forrest for the trees". It was a real bummer to be able to see the smoke plume but not the train. I could tell exactly when the lead engine was but couldn't see it. [:(] [:(] [:(]

That is my railfan bummer. What is YOURS ?