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Title: |
Heater car |
Description: |
The Rio Grande used this PB1 as a steam generator car for train hotel power. Sadly, by the time I saw it, the Alco tri mount trucks had been replaced by a set of Blombergs, rendering this ungainly appearance. |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1982 Upload Date: 3/24/2013 4:19:41 AM |
Location: |
Salt Lake City, UT |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
DRGW 253(Power Car) |
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718 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Lead unit |
Description: |
For some reason I do not now recall, DRGW 5771 was not on the train this day. Instead we had a GP40-2. Ah well... |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1982 Upload Date: 3/24/2013 4:26:54 AM |
Location: |
Salt Lake City, UT |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
DRGW 3116(GP40-2) |
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301 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
B unit |
Description: |
The less prominent unit in the RGZ power consist is the F9B, seen here in a broadside at Salt Lake |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1982 Upload Date: 3/24/2013 4:22:36 AM |
Location: |
Salt Lake City, UT |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
DRGW 5762(F9B) |
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410 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Baggage car |
Description: |
The baggage car on the RGZ is otherwise unremarked, but still an attractive part of the train. |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1982 Upload Date: 5/26/2014 4:27:47 AM |
Location: |
Salt Lake City, UT |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
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462 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Diner |
Description: |
The RGZ diner, appropriately named Silver Banquet. It was a treat to eat on it. Breakfast was marvelous-I had French toast-and dinner was Rocky Mountain brook trout, also superb. |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1982 Upload Date: 5/26/2014 4:29:26 AM |
Location: |
Salt Lake City, UT |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
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88 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Glenwood Canyon |
Description: |
We round a curve in the canyon. |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2011 8:18:55 PM |
Location: |
Rifle, CO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
DRGW 3116(GP40-2) DRGW 5763(F9B) |
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478 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Silver Sky |
Description: |
Dome obs Silver Sky brought up the markers on this trip. |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2011 8:13:52 PM |
Location: |
Salt Lake City, UT |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
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520 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Power on the RGZ |
Description: |
This was the head end of the RGZ the day I rode. Didnt get 5771, which was out of service for reasons long forgotten. We did have the F9B and the Alco PB power car. |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2011 8:05:22 PM |
Location: |
Salt Lake City, UT |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
DRGW 3116(GP40-2) DRGW 5763(F9B) |
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641 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Rio Grande Zephry dining car window |
Description: |
The end doors on the RGZ diner had this etched in the glass. |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2011 8:01:45 PM |
Location: |
Salt Lake City, UT |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
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131 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Head end from the dutch door |
Description: |
One of the things I miss most about riding trains from the era up to about the mid 80s was riding the dutch door. Now the practically wont let you in the vestibules to cross between cars. This is a view of the front of the train as we rode through the Utah desert. |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2011 8:11:50 PM |
Location: |
Thompson, UT |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
DRGW 3116(GP40-2) DRGW 5763(F9B) |
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493 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Across the Utah desert |
Description: |
Th Uinta moutains loom as the train heads across the scrub in western Utah |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2011 8:15:46 PM |
Location: |
Helper, UT |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
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129 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
We enter a tunnel |
Description: |
There are 29 tunnels between the big one-Moffatt-and Denver. Here the train enters one of them. |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2011 8:21:31 PM |
Location: |
Bond, CO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Tunnel,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
DRGW 3116(GP40-2) DRGW 5763(F9B) |
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370 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Into Glenwood Canyon |
Description: |
For a good stretch, the line follows the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon. |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2011 8:18:02 PM |
Location: |
Rifle, CO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Passenger,Action |
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122 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Domes galore |
Description: |
The train as I recall had an 8 car consist, 5 of which were domes. Heres a view as we rolled through the Utah desert. Locations on this trip are mostly a guess. If anyone can advise on correct location, please feel free to comment. |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2011 8:08:25 PM |
Location: |
Thompson, UT |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
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89 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
A view to a dome |
Description: |
When we were on tangent track, this was the view from one dome to another. |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2011 8:09:37 PM |
Location: |
Thompson, UT |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
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95 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Meet with a westbound |
Description: |
If I recall, we met three westbounds that day. This was one of them, seen from a dome |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2011 8:12:56 PM |
Location: |
Helper, UT |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
DRGW 3125(GP40-2) |
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375 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Last stop |
Description: |
The end of the trip is at Denver Union Station, seen here the day after arrival |
Photo Date: |
8/23/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2011 8:22:48 PM |
Location: |
Denver, CO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
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105 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Schedule board for the RGZ |
Description: |
Schedule board for the Rio Grande Zephyr at Denver Union Station |
Photo Date: |
8/23/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2011 8:03:38 PM |
Location: |
Denver, CO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
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132 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Ticket, timetable and seat check |
Description: |
As with most fans, I throw nothing away. Here are the ticket, issued at the Amtrak city ticket office in New York, the timetable that was on the train, and my seat check from the trip. |
Photo Date: |
8/23/1982 Upload Date: 8/21/2011 8:24:29 PM |
Location: |
Denver, CO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
161 Comments: 1 |
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