Amtrak Detour Through Wyoming Aug 5 - 6 2007

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This is taken as Amtrak headed west towards the Rock Springs area. Somebody in here can surely say exactly where it is . . . I posted some of the other UP pics I took on that trip in the UP Forum.

I'll add others as I get them "dudded up".

Train 5 at its only stop on the detour through Wyoming. Dispatcher was good enough to let us come in on line 1 so crew change could be effected and also so passengers could get a "smoke break".



The old station at the Green River, WY stop.



Superliner cars sit below the bluffs that overlook the Green River in WY.

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Union Pacific engines at rest under the bridge at the Green River Station.

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This was taken as we passed a plant west of Green River. UPRR prolly knows the name; I didn't get it on the trip down.

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You can also check out the photos from the same trip that I already have posted on the UP page:

http://railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.ph ... 6&start=30

AmtrakRider wrote:<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/235 ... 8a22_b.jpg" width="800">

This is taken as Amtrak headed west towards the Rock Springs area. Somebody in here can surely say exactly where it is . . . I posted some of the other UP pics I took on that trip in the UP Forum.

I'll add others as I get them "dudded up".

This looks like it was between Bitter Creek and Black Butte. If im right the next thing you should have saw was a coal mine off to the right.

The train in the picture, hard to tell if it was just an empty grain train, if it was soda ash the train symbol would have been the QWVNP.

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Superliner cars sit below the bluffs that overlook the Green River in WY.

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Wilkes Peak is what that is.

AmtrakRider wrote:Union Pacific engines at rest under the bridge at the Green River Station.

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Those two 3000's against that bigger unit might be the Rock Springs Goats, or it could be two of the three units we call the "3 Bars" that we hold here in Green River for special assignments.

AmtrakRider wrote: This was taken as we passed a plant west of Green River. UPRR prolly knows the name; I didn't get it on the trip down.

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FMC soda ash mine is what that is buddy, far left track is Caustic Hill, next two are the coal tracks. We call it Westvaco, old UP station name.

Thanks for sharing.