Wow, brand new U25B's. Just east of Adamana, AZ.
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Marty... Whatever time and effort you put into bringing this old Kodachrome II back to life was well worth it! This is a wonderful glimpse back into time when U25Bs were practically brand new! Awesome photo and thanks for sharing!
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| Posted by tsched on August 22, 2010 | |
"It took a lot of work to bring this Kodachrome II (ASA 25) back."
Well I'm sure glad you did. Love this photo. And the caboose, just sneaking into the picture.
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Thanks for the hard work to bring back the 4 new U25B's, CTC code lines, ice bunker reefers, "tell tales" to warn personnel riding the tops of cars of an approaching bridge, caboose, etc.
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And fans of all things pre-wide cab appreciate all your efforts!
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| Posted by Gary on August 23, 2010 | |
Wow, what a gem! Thanks for the effort and time, it looks great.
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| Posted by HarryZ on August 23, 2010 | |
Beautiful engines from 1962. However I have a question. I realize that the U25B is waiting on a spur, but why is it, for instance, that in North America, trains, for instance travelling east on a double track are riding the west bound tracks?? I have seen in Europe, that trains on double tracks, follow the traffic flow. It must be hard for an engineer, driving his car home in the right lane, while he was driving his train all day in the left lane.
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Where are the containers????
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What's even rarer about this is that the U25Bs were eventually outfitted with cab signals and became slaves to the Chicago end of the system, rarely managing to venture west of Kansas City. Very nice view, Marty.
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HarryZ, this was double track as I remember. Both trains are moving. Both tracks were, no doubt, signaled in both directions. Because of meets and over-takings, the dispatcher has them running left-handed instead of right-handed. No doubt not uncommon.
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A really neat look back depicting what the Santa Fe was, a fast transcon. Thanks Marty. In response to Harry, an interesting website, though somewhat dated, explaining the Santa Fe D-251 operating rule and resulting left-handed running in Az and NM is found here
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Thanks for that link Ray. Very interesting website on signalling, and some terrific photography as well from Mr Hellman.
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This was not CTC signaled in 1962. It was ABS, each track signaled in one direction only, and trains ran with the current of traffic and block signal indications. Because of a few places where the tracks were separated with different grades, Santa Fe's current of traffic across northern Arizona and New Mexico was signaled for left-hand running. In later years, the method of operation was changed to CTC, and trains could move by signal indication on either main track in either direction. At the same time, the old signal bridges and signals were replaced with modern "Darth Vader" color light signals.
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