#snowsheds

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

Union Pacific Big Boy #4014 Highballs up Donner Pass!

Donner Pass Norden and Soda Springs -- feels sacrilegious that a UP monster is treading the ties the cab-forwards were built for, but I can forgive them since they're flying the California Republic flag and because 4014 was finally converted from coal to and oil burner, give it a few years and they'll 🏳️‍⚧️trainsition it into a cab forward too...

[20th-century-railroading]

Snowshed construction on the Great Northern Railway line near Stevens Pass in King County, Washington. Shows freight trains, lumber piles, a traveling construction crane, timber cribbing and a snowshed. August 21, 1917

[guerrerense]

White Pass: US-Canada Border (MP 20) por Kevin Madore Por Flickr: The White Pass Rotary Fleet arrives at the place for which the line is named: the famed White Pass. Appropriately enough, a light snow is falling. Behind the Rotary Fleet, you can see the distinctive green and yellow colors of the GE 90-Class Diesels leading our photographer's chase train. The particular location you see here is called US-Canada Boundary Shed because this is the US-Canada Border, and the location used to be sheltered by a large snowshed back when the line was a year-round freight hauler. There's a good reason this place is called "White Pass". Although there was no snow at all just a few miles behind these trains, the snow depths here averaged roughly 10 feet, with drifts that were about double that depth. This scene is a bit deceiving. The snow pack on which the photographer and the railroaders are standing covers a railroad siding. The snow cover on top of this track has already been cut down substantially by "Cats" (large, Caterpillar Bulldozers). You get a better indication of the real snow depth by looking at the left side of the image, near the rotary's intake. During the next two days, the "Cats" will be running out ahead of the rotary, shaving off the top layers of snow so that the depth does not exceed the height of the plow's intake scoop. Still, even with the help of the "Cats", it will take a day and a half of hard struggle to go through the roughly one mile stretch of the heaviest drifts and reach MP 21, where the snow depths will decrease to a more manageable 2-3 feet.

[hikeslot]

CamelBak Zoid Hydration Pack 70oz, Vapor/Flame/Beet

Price: (as of – Details) Snowshed Material: Repels snow and keeps it from sticking to your packTherminator Harness: Drinking tube zips into an insulated sleeve in the shoulder strap to protect your water supply from the elementsLift-Friendly Design: Slim, low-profile design lets you wear this pack comfortably on the liftSecure zippered pocket keeps essentials in easy reachAdjustable sternum…

[darkamberdragon]

Fallen Angel

Barefoot in the February snowShe stands alone on the bridgeLimbs like twigsWith a mind as easily brokenHer back and shoulders bentAs if she’s tryingTo crawl into herselfShe stares intoThe churning waterWith eyes centuries oldAnd shadowed by old ghostsHer mouth agapeLike a jagged woundOpen in a raw andVoiceless screamAs her soul bleedsFrom vacant eyesShe tastes saltOn cracked lipsAnd knows she…

[scottguy]

I've been there! My partner worked on that road as a Chilean transportation engineer just like her father did before her.

At the top is an amazing ski resort called Portillo. One of the chair lifts goes over the road, and one of the ski runs goes over one of several snowshed tunnels carved into the rock.

How to get seasick on dry land

The Los Libertadores International Pass, is one of the most impressive routes that connect Argentina and Chile through the Andes Mountains. Located at more than 3,200 meters above sea level, it is a vital corridor that connects the Argentine city of Mendoza with the Valparaíso region in Chile.

Credit: Flash Curiosidades

[onkar]

'It’s always darkest before the dawn' and other poems

By John RC Potter It’s always darkest before the dawn    1968:“You’re in big trouble now!” I shouted.Absent sister, worried motherFalling window, bleeding fingerShe came home late, up to no good.Troubled sister, curious brotherRunning feet, falling snowShe ran away into the night, hiding under a bed at a friend’s house; she looked around herself and saw the dust and dirt and cat shit: a voice…

[gestaltaggregation]

Snowshed tunnels July 22nd, 2020

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

How to replace a test cock tube on 645 EMD engine locomotive.

That sound!    Hmmmmm

Every once in a while, I see something neat and also go, “I know what that is!” -- and I don’t merely mean about the massive EMD645E3 2-stroke diesel engine!

I mean, I see Southern Pacific heritage!

I see snowsheds and summit tunnels, the Sierra, Cascades, and the Tehachapi Loop -- I. see. a. living. breathing.  tunnel motor.

For kicks and giggles, here’s my suppositional identification, which might be wrong, but there’s not a lot of surviving SD40T-2s left, sadly -- I am counting on someone to correct me if I get it wrong lol @eltristan​  @identifying-trains-in-posts-too​ @identifying-trains-in-posts​ @identifying-trains-inposts​

Southern Pacific 8515, grimey and glorious -- Speed Lettering and at some point sold to the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, TRRA 3001  and still going as ILSX 1310 on the leasing company, Independent Locomotive Service

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/serialThumbs.aspx?id=786174-17&mfg=EMD

[eltristan]

Cab forward on a turntable in a snowshed up in the Sierras.

out the gate cab forward..

getting turned at Norden. old main line one.

[20th-century-railroading]

On Christmas Day 1998, a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight pops out of Snowshed 12 just east of Essex during a light snowfall. Snowsheds still protecting the BNSF right-of-way over Marias Pass were all originally constructed of Douglas Fir by Great Northern Railway.

[42soul]

雪山留影 by zhuozongping

[kootenaydivision]

How to model an avalanche path

How to model an avalanche path

If you google “how to model an avalanche”, you’re likely to turn up almost entirely results about computer modeling of avalanches. Not helpful! I went into this one mostly on my own. In the end I’ll have 2 avalanche paths on the KD – The McRae canyon/Paulson Gap slops with snowshed, and one at mile 93.6 of the Nelson sub along Kootenay Lake with a slide fence and perhaps signals. The latter is a…

[csny]

my favorite that ive been to here BY FAR was wellington. it was down this crazy old little road that was on a scary left turn off the highway right at a hairpin turn. my favorite thing about it was the snowsheds that were used for raves in the 80s. the story is that in 1910 a train derailed by the town and killed 96 people. a couple decades later the town kinda. stopped existing. because of the steep slope and frequently snowy conditions, theres still wreckage from the train down the mountain. i remember seeing solid steel that had been distorted by the sheer force of everything. i dont have my pictures on me right now but heres some from google.

[onehikeaweek]

Snowshed Head by Mount Margaret via Gold Creek Sno-Park / 防雪廊頂

Snowshed Head by Mount Margaret via Gold Creek Sno-Park / 防雪廊頂

Snowshed Head near Mount Margaret by Gold Creek Sno-Park rises above Interstate 90’s old snowshed overlooking Keechelus Lake. Notable peaks nearby include Mount Catherine and Roaring Ridge, sitting south of Snoqualmie Pass. Snowshed Head from the northwest ridgetop See more trip photos here. Snowshed Head at a Glance Access: NF-4832Round Trip: 4.6 milesElevation Range: 2560′-3796′Gear:…

[silverkip]

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