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Nick Valdez
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If you like deisels, mountain and city action, as well as thundering steam locomotives, than this is the channel for you!
BNSF Ballast Train Along The Royal Gorge Route
Located in Southern Colorado, Rock and Rail Railroad (a division of Martin Marietta Materials) moves various manifest rail shipments, occasional railcar storage moves, and track maintenance for the RGX Subdivision through Colorado's Royal Gorge. They also facilitate the loading of occasional BNSF/UP Rock and Ballast Trains at the Martin Marietta Quarry located in Parkdale. These moves usually occur in the dead of night; but on extremely rare occasions, various delays stemming from either BNSF or UP will force Rock and Rail to get these massive unit trains West through the Royal Gorge in the late afternoon.
That ended up being the case in this video, where Engineer Sean A. and Conductor Tyler R. needed to hustle this ballast train Westbound before reaching the end of their Hours-of-Service limitations. Watch here as they carry the train through Canon City, and into the siding at Parkdale where the train will be marshalled into place for loading that would occur the following night.
If memory serves correctly, it had been roughly FOUR YEARS since something like this had happened, so this ended up being an excellent daytime treat across the Rio Grande's World-renowned Royal Gorge Route! Rate. Comment. Subscribe. Enjoy!!! Copyright Nick Valdez Railroad Photography 2024.
That ended up being the case in this video, where Engineer Sean A. and Conductor Tyler R. needed to hustle this ballast train Westbound before reaching the end of their Hours-of-Service limitations. Watch here as they carry the train through Canon City, and into the siding at Parkdale where the train will be marshalled into place for loading that would occur the following night.
If memory serves correctly, it had been roughly FOUR YEARS since something like this had happened, so this ended up being an excellent daytime treat across the Rio Grande's World-renowned Royal Gorge Route! Rate. Comment. Subscribe. Enjoy!!! Copyright Nick Valdez Railroad Photography 2024.
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Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Opening Weekend 2024
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Summer has returned, so it's time to catch us a little steam! On the Sunday morning of Memorial Weekend, we took an early morning cruise to Chama, New Mexico to immerse ourselves in the sweet, steam-filled universe that is the Cumbres and Toltec. Watch here as we witness the timeless scenes of morning preparation in the Chama yard. Some locomotives are shuffled around as K-36 Number 488 is prep...
Railfanning Around Pueblo, CO 2023
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Enjoy this casual railfanning video of trains shot across several different locations both in and around the city of Pueblo, Colorado-all recorded on a single day! We begin at Pueblo Junction, where we catch a local job coming in to town after making a routine run to the Steel Mill. We follow the train around to just North of Pueblo Union Depot, where the local enters the BNSF side of Pueblo ya...
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad August 2023
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Enjoy this video covering the world famous Durango & Silverton from early August 2023. We begin with a flurry of activity at the Durango Depot, where we watch the 8:15 AM diesel-powered run to Silverton depart town. Then from back behind the yard comes K-36 Number 482 and K-28 Number 473 to tie onto their lavish 15-car train. At 9 AM sharp, we take to the mainline for a beautiful chase across t...
Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 Departs Sydney, NE 2023
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In this steam chase finale, sit back and enjoy as the UP Steam Crew takes Big Boy No. 4014 back home to Cheyenne from the 2023 Home Run Express Tour. We catch the train traversing all of the key locations along this historic section of the Union Pacific's Sidney Subdivision. Today's run was brief-as around the time when the clock striked noon, we say farewell to the train as it drops down Union...
Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 Arrives in Sidney, NE 2023
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Come along, as we chase Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 across the Overland Route with the Westbound Leg of the 2023 Home Plate Express. There were many fantastic sights to be had along the way, but the icing on the cake came when we arrived at the day's destination of Sidney. A cut of two, 3-pack well cars (used for carrying shipping containers) was left on the East end of the South Yard in Sid...
Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 Departs North Platte, NE 2023
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Come along as we watch the Union Pacific Steam Crew take UP BIG BOY No. 4014 back to Cheyenne, completing a successful tour of the 4014 and the 2023 Home Plate Express. We join the action during the day's run Westbound out of North Platte. Precisely on time, the train crews shuffle the train out of North Platte's business car tracks and onto the mainline. We then hopscotch the locomotive and tr...
Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 Departs Gering, NE
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Sit back and enjoy this series of videos showcasing Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 and the 2023 Home Plate Express. We begin in the morning at Gering, where the Union Pacific Steam Crew is busy preparing the locomotive and train for the busy day ahead. Upon a timely departure from town, we jump ahead to capture the train traveling through several picturesque locations along the Union Pacific's ...
Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 Arrives in Gering, NE
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Enjoy this montage of clips featuring Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 as it travels through Eastern Wyoming and Western Nebraska while enroute to the 2023 College World Series in Omaha. We meet the train in La Grange, where the UP Steam crew is at work servicing the engine for the last push towards the day's destination of Gering, NE. From there, the train heads in a slight Northwestern direction to...
Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 Departs Cheyenne, WY 2023
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Welcome to another fast-paced adventure with the UP Steam Crew and the Union Pacific "Big Boy" No. 4014! For the year of 2023, Union Pacific management was gracious enough to grant the UP Steam Crew the opportunity to run the Big Boy for the "2023 Home Plate Express"-A special move to Omaha, Nebraska where the locomotive will stand on display in celebration of the 2023 College Baseball World Se...
Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 Test Run 2023
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Welcome to another railfanning adventure, chronicling the operation of the TITAN-Union Pacific's world-famous Big Boy locomotive, Number 4014! Prior to the UP Steam Program's single trip for the year of 2023, the crew took 4014 to the mainline to both turn the locomotive and support cars, as well as to test out numerous functions that were both altered and added to the locomotive during the pre...
Union Pacific 844 Cab Ride 2012 #shorts #viral #steamengine #cabride
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Enjoy this brief clip from my 2012 video series titled "Union Pacific 844 Cab Ride Cab Ride From Walsenburg, CO to Pueblo, CO"-Available now on my channel! Watch as Union Pacific Senior Manager of Heritage Operations Ed Dickens lays back on the 844's astounding Hancock Steam Whistle as we pass by an MOW crew while traveling North on Union Pacific's Walsenburg Subdivision. Rate. Comment. Subscri...
BNSF Freight Train in Colorado Springs, CO #short #railfanning #BNSF #coloradotrains
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A Southbound BNSF Freight Train possesses a colorful head end lashup as it ueads South by Cimarron in Colorado Springs along Colorado's BNSF/UP Joint Line. Rate. Comment. Subscribe. ENJOY!!! Copyright Nick Valdez Railroad Photography 2023.
Diesel Engine Locomotive #short
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Here's a classic EMD 645 Diesel Powerplant undergoing maintenance checks with the shop forces at the Canon City & Royal Gorge Railroad. Rate. Comment. Subcribe. ENJOY!!! Copyright Nick Valdez Railroad Photography 2023.
Steam Locomotive Cab Ride on the Georgetown Loop 2022 #shorts #train
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Engineer Will Gant and Fireman Matt Brooks take a passenger train up the Georgetown Loop Railroad with GLRR 2-8-0 Number 40. Rate. Comment. Subscribe. ENJOY!!! Copyright Nick Valdez Railrpad Photography 2023.
why the modern engine
Nagyon jó hallgatni ahogy elindul. A gyerekkoromat juttatja eszembe. Sokat utaztam a 70es években gőzmozdonyos vonaton. Köszönöm hogy feltetted ezt a videót.
It says this is a ballast train but the cars are NOT built to dump ballast. They are flat bottom gondolas so what might be the reason for the run?
Very cool - thanks for putting out the effort to grab these shots!
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Hello Nick . As usual , superb footage . These trains are manificent beasts indeed . Thanks Nick😊
Love it
I was able to catch the local twice at E Fillmore crossing earlier this year on what is left of the original Santa Fe ROW. Looking at this video I see that people still do not stop when the crossing is active. I read that is the main reason that Santa Fe abandoned that portion of their line because of several collisions at the grade crossings between their old station and the Fillmore crossing. I wonder if Rock Island had the same issue since it had a lot of crossings that just has grade crossing signals along the Colorado Springs line?
Up 884 has some good whistles
Fantastic Film 🎥
what’s 489 doing
I was on the cog train in the 70s as a kid with my parents. Quite an experience. We went in July. Be sure to wear warm clothes because at the top it is cold and breezy.
I saw her at Union Station, Denver. She is a "bad-ass bitch". Sorry for the language, no other way to describe her.
I'm digging the lettering on 484, loving that we're getting to see an older era represented.
Im so glad they reunited 4014 and her original whistle for this run. Yes, Ed said it himself, that whistle 844 has worn simce 2012 is 4014's original she wore in service.
Hi Nick. Welcome back ! It seems like ages since we last enjoyed your video's . 488 was working hard through the beauty of the landscape . Beautiful day too . Thanks Nick
Great video, Nick! I've always loved the Cumbres & Toltec's scenery. One of these days I'm going to get up there to ride it.
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