Mark Watson Tunnel 27 (9:10). Tunnel 29 (9:12) (Hey! What happened to tunnel 28?).
Tunnel #9 and Tunnel #28 were Day-lighted
#28 would have been at: 39°55'45.64"N / 105°25'3.61"W
#09 would have been at: 39°55'20.24"N / 105°17'24.38"W
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
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......All that was pretty neat. The "stills"....comments....and video. Enjoyed it all. What an expensive route that must have been to construct, back in the days of building thru the mountain territory.
So many tunnels, and so close together. Grade seemed to be very decent. Difficult to tell, but the sound of the train seemed to be quite consistent.
Quentin
Gorgeous scenery there, Mark! I like how you called that one feature "Hemi's Spire."
Doesn't look like much snow on the ground! Can't be great for ski resorts.
"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics
A view of the mountains over the Moffat.
-Mark
www.MarkWatson3D.com
Man, it is BRIGHT outside, especially considering I've been in a dark train all morning. :p
Pulling into Fraiser / Winter Park.
Good morning Darren!
While Mark is busy shooting in and out of tunnels, here is some video I took awhile back in this section that will give you a feel for where he's at right now...
watch?v=AetppJVAb1Y
Good Morning Mark!
Just passed through Big Ten, now we're slowly entering the tunnel district. :)
Cell service usually cuts out for the next few hours but we'll see if I get any breaks.
Bye bye Denver. Time for breakfast! :D
Backing into Denver Station. Hey wait a minute! It's on the wrong side! :p
Goodmorning. The first glimpse of dawn has reached the East. We're about 50 miles away from Denver yet.
One last bit of fun before bed. While in Hastings, we stopped just so that my window was on the end of the platform canopy with the "Hastings" sign. I decide I'd try for a quick snapshot so I pulled out the DSLR.
I took the photo and then we started moving and the idea hit me, let's play with the lights through the window of a moving train! I set up some 3 second exposures and just started clicking as we made out way through Hastings. I must say some of them look really cool! Perhaps in Denver I can try and post them. :)
Ok, now it's really time for bed. :p
Eastbound Zephyr just zoomed past. Still in Hastings and now that the eastbound is clear we're crawling into the station.
I think I m heading to bed, too. I'll check in tomorrow.
Now pulling into Hastings.
Im starting to drift to sleep so the next update will likely be in Colorado. :)
Time for a late night snack. :) Apple sauce and strawberry pineapple jello.
OH NO. I dont have a spoon! :( I guess I'll have to improvise until morning. :p
Looking good so far!
And I'm on board. Shucks, they have me seat #1 which means I get to feel how smooth (rough) the rails are.
I only counted 7 superliners on today's train. 4 up front, the lounge, diner then two on the back.
Wistle just blew and we're moving. Bye bye Lincoln.
And what do ya know, interesting spotlight #1: A guy who is clearly drunk has lost his seat. The conductor is trying to help him find it but the drunk guy can't even say where he's traveling to. :p
Ok, let's test out the image posting:
Burlington Route 710 sits outside Lincoln Station.
How quickly we go from 18 minutes early to 15 late. :p
All packed and heading to the Haymarket. Amtrak says they left Omaha 18 minutes early!
My goodness! I dont think I've ever encountered a fellow Lincolnite online this quickly before!
Speaking of getting to Lincoln, I still don't understand a thing of this new Arena and how they're planning to move the station tracks. I would say its a shame to abandon the old station building, but Amtrak barely uses but a small hallway on the side of it anymore anyways. If it wasn't for the Haymarket, I'd say that building's days are numbered. Of course, maybe they already are.
Ok, about an hour left to pack the lunch box! :)
Ms. Mookie and her Driver have a 10:30 pm bedtime, so won't make the departing. But I do hope Amtrak is on time at least tonite. Sometimes it gets lost in the dark coming to Lincoln. (and the midnite+ boarding is a bite...)
Have a good trip er....ride.....
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Wonder if Ms. Mookie - a frequent reader and poster here - and her Driver will be there at the platform in Lincoln to wave goodbye and wish you a good trip ?
Anyway, thanks for the 'heads-up', and we'll be looking forward to your 'real-time' (almost) trip report !
Might be interesting, too, to see who your fellow passenger are, and what they might have to say about the trip and the sights along the way.
Do you have a scanner ? If not, it might be worthwhile to find someone on the train who does, so you can be better informed about the railroad's operations.
- Paul North.
Thanks Darren and Adam!
I just had a final dinner with dad and now it's time to clean up all my messes in the train room and work shop.
Amtrak estimates train 5 is running just 4 minutes late. :)
Mark,
I am excited to see another ride-along, and congratulations on having a film at Sundance!
I'll just find my seat now and kick me feet up.
Adam
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