Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad: The Action Road - Vol. 1, D&RGW and Utah Railway (1985-1987)
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- From Colorado's Front Range, to the peaks and mountain passes of the Rocky Mountains, the high iron of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad traversed some of the most scenic areas of the United States. In this presentation, videographer Bob Rivard takes us on a journey across D&RGW's system, between the years 1985 and 1987. We’ll cover Denver to Glenwood Springs, the western portion of Tennessee Pass, and Soldier Summit in Utah.
The Rio Grande’s iconic “tunnel motors” are seen and heard doing battle with steep grades, winding through tight canyons, and running across wide open valleys. A great supporting cast of DRGW GP40s, GP40-2s, and SD50s are also seen in action, giving the viewer a good overview of Rio Grande motive power in the 1980s. Bob also captures the Utah Railway lugging heavy coal trains over Soldier Summit, with classic F45 and SD45 locomotives in charge. Highlights include the Moffat Tunnel, Tennessee Pass Tunnel, Belden, Minturn, Glenwood Canyon, Helper, Soldier Summit, and Gilluly. This video was updated and re-edited in June of 2023 at the studios of C. Vision Productions.
©2012 C. Vision Productions/Bob Rivard Video
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C VISION BE KILLING IT! KEEP UP THE IMPECCABLE WORK!
Thank you, Trey! We’re doing what we can for you guys.
Gotta love the Denver and Rio Grande Western
They were a class act! Thank you for watching.
The D&RGW Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande Western) is my favourite
My dad worked on the Rio Grande for 30 years. Lots of fond memories. Excellent presentation. Sure do miss seeing those black and orange diesels.
I bet he had great views every day! Thank you for the compliment!
Sad the Tennessee Pass line is Abandoned And Union Pacific Doesn't Even use the Ex DRGW Between Salt Lake City Utah And Denver Colorado that much anymore
Awesome Footage of the long Gone DRGW
Rest in Peace
DRGW
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Thank you so much, Alex! And yes, the former Rio Grande isn’t the busy piece of railroad that it used to be.
DRGW EMD's may not have been clean but boy do they purrrrrrrr....music to the eyes and ears....
Thanks, Greg. Rio Grande’s EMD fleet really proved their worth on the railroad’s challenging territory. And they certainly sounded great while doing it!
and out Last todays GE locomotives
What a great look back at one of my favorite railroads! I first visited the Grande in the mid 70s when I visited a buddy who was working for the BN in Denver, then about the time of this video with a fellow D&H dispatcher, the next trip was with Marshall Beecher in the mid 90s. From the canyons to the mountain grades, it was a heck of a ride!
Thanks, Gordy! It’s an impressive piece of railroad with absolutely gorgeous scenery. We’re glad that you were able to experience it.
This fantastic video should be digitally remastered! Thanks for presentation, from Germany
You’re very welcome. Thank you for watching. Greetings from the USA!
Thank you for another great upload
You’re very welcome! Thank you for watching it.
The SP and DRGW is my favourite fallen railroads! Excellent video, I will wait for the second part, if there is and it will be published.
Thank you! The SP and Rio Grande were some of our favorites as well. More to come. Stay tuned!
D&RGW gone but not forgotten
Absolutely! We’re grateful to be able to share some of the Rio Grande’s history with these videos. Thank you for watching and commenting.
I grew up in Vail in the 70's-80's and went to Minturn Middle School. I think I knew the guy in the red Camaro getting arrested mid-way through the video!!!
Wow! We can believe it. It’s a small world, and it must get even smaller up in those mountain towns of Colorado. Thank you for watching the video.
Love the D&RG
Thanks for watching, Larry!
Great video! Thanks for making your videos available to us on RUclips.
Thank you very much! We’re happy to share these videos with you. It’s great to hear that our audience is enjoying them.
I bought my first VIDEO camera in 1988 so these guys were running around before I was. SO this is REALLY COOL footage to me personally!!!
We’re happy to hear that this video was enjoyable for you! The 80s and 90s were a fantastic time to document American railroading. Thank you for the comments.
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Vol. 1 is fantastic😊
Thank you for watching, Derrick. We’re glad that you enjoyed our Rio Grande videos.
@@CVisionProductions1 You're very welcome!
Some fantastic footage as usual! I love watching those Rio Grande tunnel motors on the Tennessee Pass. Never gets old. I do hope they reopen this line, it’s too epic to be thrown away.
Thank you very much! We can only hope that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel for Tennessee Pass. It’s not looking too promising.
It’s dead….. UP said no go
Growing up on the C&nw Rio grande was always a rare treat. I manage rail traffic for a large scrap shredding facility. I see 120 to 150 scrap gons a month. Abour 2 years ago I got areally clean gon with the mainline thru the rockies logos on both sides. Many pictures and selfies with it. ❤
That’s great! Those old cars are a real treat to see, especially when they’re in good condition. Thank you for sharing that story. It sounds like you have an interesting job!
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Thank you very much! We’re glad to have you aboard.
Im blown away that you folks got all this filmed before the bean counters took it all away! C Vision is beautiful.
Thanks.
P.j.signs Carpinteria Calif.
Thank you very much for the kind words. It means a lot that you appreciate this footage. The Rio Grande was a very special railroad.
I love it! I knew you would upload this program along with Volume 2!
Thank you for watching, Andrew! And yes, we were happy to finally release this pair of videos on RUclips.
The ACTION Road...✌
Very good stuff thanks for your time and work
You’re welcome! Thank you very much for watching. We’re glad that you enjoyed the video.
FANBOYING SO HARD RIGHT NOW! C VISION IS ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
And we appreciate it! Thank you for watching our videos. We’re glad that you’re enjoying them.
Bob Rivard certainly enjoyed his travels from Minnesota to Colorado and Utah! He captured D&RGW trains on videotape, whereas Emery Gulash made 16mm films of this railroad which ran Through the Rockies---Not Around Them.
Your assessment is correct, MJ! We’re very grateful for the opportunity to showcase Mr. Rivard’s classic videos.
Love these older videos. Did a good job with them. I hate seeing those locomotives so filthy though. Must have had a hard life.
Thank you for the kind words. We’re happy to hear that you’re enjoying the videos! And yes, lots of tunnels, hard pulls, and very little time for TLC with those units. But the Rio Grande and SP kept them running, despite the harsh operating conditions.
Love D&RGW
So do we! The Rio Grande was a class act. Thank you for watching the video.
35 years ago there was no graffiti ?
Very little. Monikers and some drawings, but that was about it. Thank you for watching.
Having grown up in Colorado I spent many of summers chasing the Grand on both the Moffat and Tennessee pass lines, Railroading doesn't get any better then this! I scorn the UP for closing the Tennessee pass line down as it will never be active again, attempts have been made but the tree huggers block it, should have never been closed in the first place.
Todd: We’re thankful that you had a chance to experience the Rio Grande before it was too late. It’s a real shame how things ended for Tennessee Pass. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Now upload part 2!
That is in the works. We’ll review our upload schedule and try to work it in. We appreciate your interest in our videos. Stay tuned!
My favorite fallen flag, so sad that The narrow gauge lines are gone
The Rio Grande had quite the extensive narrow-gauge system. We appreciate the fact that some of the trackage is still in operation under two very prominent tourist railroads. Thank you for watching, and for the comment.
Another great "fallen flag".
Absolutely. Long live the Rio Grande!
A good chance you'll be uploading volume II as well yes?
We’ll say that there’s an excellent chance. It might not be immediately though, so stay tuned. Thanks for watching, Colin!
@@CVisionProductions1 No problem & can do. I do hope for future uploads featuring Wisconsin Central during the early 90'S.
That WC video is coming. It’s in the planning stages. We’ll definitely try to work it in by the end of the year if there’s time.
@@CVisionProductions1 Take all the time needed. Like your first one, it'll all be worth it once it's completed.
Thank you for the vote of confidence, Colin. And we appreciate your patience.
YEAHHHHHH!!!!
Yes! Thanks, Scott!
Is tennessee Pass intact today or is it like the old Southern saluda grade
Tennessee Pass is indeed still intact. However, much work would need to be done before operations could resume.
it's sad that they didn't show their interchange with the other class 1 in the area, the ES&D (later ES&DT)
stayed in moffat pass a whole night once
Awesome! Bet that was quite the experience. Thank you for sharing that.
Cool.
Thank you! We appreciate you watching the video.
@@CVisionProductions1 You’re Welcome. ☺️
Caution ! McKeen Motor Car at 1:26:24
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Yes! It’s nice that those units were given a second chance instead of being scrapped. Thank you for the comment.
@@CVisionProductions1 Yep
Are the freight diesels equipped with head end power systems like the passenger diesels?
Hello. Freight locomotives do not have HEP. Thank you for your inquiry.
@@CVisionProductions1 you're welcome, and thank you for responding.
You’re very welcome.
Sure a lot of 2 axle truck engines
It was amazing what the Rio Grande accomplished with those GP40s and GP40-2s. They made it work!
I wonder if they used 4 axle units to have more tractive effort on the rails? Or did they prefer them as an all around locomotive or just in certain divisions with higher elevations?
I've got a model of that train
That’s neat! The Rio Grande is an awesome railroad to model. Thanks for watching, Logan.
@@CVisionProductions1 it sure is, and guess what? I am gonna be doing a model railway layout with that train I am gonna have 1 engine Denver & Rio Grande Western 3152 with 7 carriages and 1 caboose I am gonna have a 1 flatcar, 1 tank car, 5 boxcars and 1 caboose. It's gonna be orange, black and silver. The engine will be black and orange and the carriages will be orange, black and silver and the caboose will be orange. And I am gonna make a scenery, make the layout. I am gonna have Hills, Trees, a lake, railway crossings with LED lights, signal lights, a station, buildings and a gravel company and I am gonna weather the structures and that will make it look realistic and blend into the scenery and with the Bachmann Nickel Silver Ho scale Eze track I am gonna weather the track and ballast the track and this will add more realism to the layout and it will make it look realistic. And I am gonna have another train running around my layout on the same track as the Denver & Rio Grande Western and that will have 7 Cars and 1 caboose like the other one I was talking about and that one is gonna be Pennsylvania Railroad with Locomotive 2264 with 5 boxcars such as Santa Fe, Erie, Pennsylvania, and Northern Pacific, 2 tank cars such as Conoco and Amoco and a Northern Pacific Caboose. and I am gonna have some trains parked on the sidings at gravel unit and under the gravel company, I am gonna have 3 Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Coal cars parked under the gravel company, 3 cars next to the Gravel Company such as a Union Pacific boxcar, a Union Pacific tank car and a Santa Fe tank car, I am gonna have a Penn Central Locomotive 8146 with 2 Rock Island boxcars separate from the locomotive and I am gonna have 4 locomotives parked on the passing siding such as Denver & Rio Grande Western 5944 and 5941, Penn Central 3144 and Pennsylvania 7194
Wow!!! That sounds awesome! Thanks for sharing your plans.
@CVisionProductions1 yeah, The Denver & Rio Grande Western is one of my favorite trains in the USA 🇺🇸. The D&RGW locomotive 3152 is one of my favorite locomotives in the USA
Anybody know why the Zephyr’s needed a DRGW lead locomotive?
The Rio Grande would add an additional locomotive to Amtrak trains that required assistance over the mountains. From what we saw, passenger trains operating with three good order Amtrak units didn’t get help. Thanks for the comment.
Screw mergers.
We’ve lost many of our favorite railroads throughout the years. It seems that once you start getting attached to a certain railroad, it disappears.
14:41 is that a aca cyclone siren?
Hello. The sound you heard was the ventilation system for the tunnel. It needed to be operated between the two trains. Thanks for watching.
@@CVisionProductions1 oh i see
I miss the Grande. U.P. stinks...
We miss the Rio Grande as well. They were a class act! Thank you for the comment.