Washout detours CZ

[Chas]

Denver Post article on washout affecting California Zephyr near Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

 

[johnny.menhennet]

Denver Post article on washout affecting California Zephyr near Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

Yep. I saw this first on Google News and then on Trains News Wire. It is expected to return to normal tomorrow, so only a one-day detour, which I assume is pretty good for a washout.

 

[EMDF9A]

Denver Post article on washout affecting California Zephyr near Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

Yep. I saw this first on Google News and then on Trains News Wire. It is expected to return to normal tomorrow, so only a one-day detour, which I assume is pretty good for a washout.

You mean there is no 48 hour moritorium on passenger traffic?

 

[johnny.menhennet]

I don't think that that exists on UP.

 

[E Runs]

The tracks have re-opened according to the Glenwood Springs Post Independent, nice job UP.

 

[Notelvis]

I'm feeling some California Zephyr withdrawal. I've not been on that train in two or three years and I'm starting to get the itch again.

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

Did anybody ride the detour? It went on the Overland, right? Rare mileage!

 

[Notelvis]

I rode the California Zephyr Sacramento to Denver during one of the scheduled work periods a few years ago specifically to add Sherman Pass and the rest of the Overland Route to my map. It was a really nice trip but nowhere close scenery-wise to dropping down into Denver on the old DRG&W.

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

I rode the California Zephyr Sacramento to Denver during one of the scheduled work periods a few years ago specifically to add Sherman Pass and the rest of the Overland Route to my map. It was a really nice trip but nowhere close scenery-wise to dropping down into Denver on the old DRG&W.

Still, rarer is better even if less scenic!

 

[johnny.menhennet]

I rode the California Zephyr Sacramento to Denver during one of the scheduled work periods a few years ago specifically to add Sherman Pass and the rest of the Overland Route to my map. It was a really nice trip but nowhere close scenery-wise to dropping down into Denver on the old DRG&W.

Still, rarer is better even if less scenic!

I disagree. If I had to ride the CZ west of Denver another time on either the regular route or the Overland, I would pick the Moffat Route a second time. It is stunning.

 

[E Runs]

I disagree. If I had to ride the CZ west of Denver another time on either the regular route or the Overland, I would pick the Moffat Route a second time. It is stunning.

Totally agree, it's the main reason we travel on the CZ. That and we end up sleeping through Nebraska, haha.

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

I rode the California Zephyr Sacramento to Denver during one of the scheduled work periods a few years ago specifically to add Sherman Pass and the rest of the Overland Route to my map. It was a really nice trip but nowhere close scenery-wise to dropping down into Denver on the old DRG&W.

Still, rarer is better even if less scenic!

I disagree. If I had to ride the CZ west of Denver another time on either the regular route or the Overland, I would pick the Moffat Route a second time. It is stunning.

Hmm, I don't find it that stunning. I like 79mph running across the plains better than slow running through the Moffat Route, frankly.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

I rode the California Zephyr Sacramento to Denver during one of the scheduled work periods a few years ago specifically to add Sherman Pass and the rest of the Overland Route to my map. It was a really nice trip but nowhere close scenery-wise to dropping down into Denver on the old DRG&W.

Still, rarer is better even if less scenic!

I disagree. If I had to ride the CZ west of Denver another time on either the regular route or the Overland, I would pick the Moffat Route a second time. It is stunning.

Hmm, I don't find it that stunning. I like 79mph running across the plains better than slow running through the Moffat Route, frankly.

To each his own.