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Posted 12 November 2023 - 12:56 PM

it's early summer, A Union Pacific local had left Grand Junction 90 minutes earlier, and we pick up on the run as it leaves the main at Brendel and begins running down the Cane Creek Branch to Potsh. This branch was constructed in 1963 to carry various deposits (like salt, gypsum, and shale). A train heads down the branch once weekly.

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Posted 12 November 2023 - 08:19 PM

The train rolls through the countryside as it heads south.

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Posted 13 November 2023 - 08:32 AM

At a site called Seven Mile, the local does some switching. The tank cars (which is filled with brine for the highway department) are switched out for empties. After that, the local rolls through Bootleggger tunnel.

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Posted 13 November 2023 - 08:00 PM

Soon, the train reaches the end of the branch at Potash to do switching.

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Posted 14 November 2023 - 04:24 AM

If I may ask, where are the geeps from? I don't think that's an SLI/danny beck model so thats why I'm asking.

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Posted 14 November 2023 - 08:42 AM

After doing some switching, the local departs Potash and begins heading north.

Unoriginal, it's been a long time since I got the geeps, so I don't know. Trainsim perhaps, maybe from the engine packs from the Siskurail side when it was around.

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Posted 14 November 2023 - 02:06 PM

The train rolls once again rolls through Bootlegger Tunnel as it heads north. The tunnel is 7,050 feet long.

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Posted 14 November 2023 - 08:24 PM

The train continues heading north as rolls through the countryside.

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Posted 15 November 2023 - 12:17 AM

@unoriginal: Re post #5 - yes, I can confirm that UP_GP38_376 and UP_GP_473 are contained in the Siskiyou Eng_Pack_02.rar file.

In the readme file it says:
** The Siskiyou Route obtained these engines from Parker Boots, who in turn received them
** from Danny Beck, who released them for public use saying that they can be used in any
** way except for commercial profit.

Regards, Peter

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Posted 15 November 2023 - 08:13 AM

Soon, the local rolls through Brendel Junction and returns to Grand Junction 90 minutes later.

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