MVI_0305
FEF 818 pulling a mixed train westward up the eastern slope of Sherman Hill past Whiteface Herfords and one Jersey (?) milk cow.
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MVI_0307
This eastbound FEF (4-8-4) has just crossed over from the left hand Track #2 on to the right hand track #1 at Dale Junction to continue cresting Sherman Hill. The top of the Hill is just to the right of this scene. Up and our layout run up the western slope of The Hill on the newer left hand track, because that grade is less steep that the original 1860's Track #1, which was routed downhill rapidly on the Laramie Range during the original Transcontinental construction.
The Harriman Cutoff Track #3 is in the middle of the scene. Track #3 cuts off about 50 feet of elevation to the summit, and we have modeled it accurately; #3 is still climbing E to West (Right to left) here, while the original mains, #1 and #2 are still climbing to the summit to the right, or east of this view.
Allen's pink granite "rocks" in the foreground match the photo backdrop rocks in the back very well, and his late summer grass is just the right high prairie color.
Upload Date: Jul 30, 2020 10:42 AM•Views: 52
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MVI_0308
FEF 810 (?) pulling a mixed train up the western slope out of Laramie toward Dale and Cheyenne. The cut is at the western entrance to the Hermosa Tunnels #1.
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MVI_0314
This clip starts with a consist of 3 EMD E Units leading a passenger train down Sherman Hill eastward toward Cheyenne.
The blue building is part of the Wycon Chemical plant on the outskirts of Cheyenne.
The passenger train soon passes a Challenger helping a Big Boy with a freight trains up Track #1 west of Cheyenne toward Dale.
It soon passes a rancher trying to walk up to his Wyoming Whiteface Herford. It's 1957 prior to the bogus animal-fat-causes-heart-disease-medical-journal-article, you know back when beef was really good--before the use of Angus cattle.
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MVI_0315
Big Boy climbing up the eastern slope of Sherman, on the right hand "double track" of the Harriman Cutoff, which before we installed the ABS (automatic block signals) was a siding near Harriman, Wyoming. We used that siding along with the original main to form a short stretch of double track, because the layout distance from Cheyenne to Dale Junction (about 60 feet) was not long enough to have 3 signal blocks with a siding in the middle. So at the suggestion of Dennis Drury, we installed two longer blocks, with the siding being part of the eastern block, and the original main including that part beside the siding as the other (western) block.
Upload Date: Jul 30, 2020 11:02 AM•Views: 49
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MVI_0316
Westbound Big Boy 4006 coming through a cut on the eastern slope of Sherman Hill. The train has just left the former siding which is now part of the west bound track, as explained in the previous video Description.
Upload Date: Jul 30, 2020 11:05 AM•Views: 44
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MVI_0318
Big Boy 4006 headed west down the (proper) left track #2 toward Laramie. Background noise is from visitors.
Upload Date: Jul 30, 2020 11:06 AM•Views: 54
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MVI_0319
Red Desert area west of Rawlins and east of Wamsutter with Challenger 3958 pulling a freight westbound.
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MVI_0320
Video by Allen Montgomery of Big Boy 4022 pulling a string of stock cars east up the Laramie side of Sherman Hill. Tunnel is the two bore Hermosa Tunnel #1. There are actually two tunnels side by side and together they are named by UP as #1, I think because they were bored at the same time. Other duel tunnels such as #5 and #6 at Curvo, Utah and Aspen and Altamont, #2 and #3 were bored at different times.
I believe Allen and Lenny Wyatt both worked on the tunnels, Allen doing the over all mountain forming and Lenny doing the scenic details of the approaches and portals.
Upload Date: Jul 30, 2020 11:08 AM•Views: 45
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MVI_0321
Big Boy 4022 eastbound just past Dale Junction but still climbing to the Sherman Hill Summit at the Sherman Depot. The Harriman Cutoff Track #3 is in the foreground. The relative elevations of Track #3 to # 1 and #2, with the train on #2, is our version of the 50 feet in overall grade Track #3 (Harriman Cutoff) saved over #1 and #2.
The train has just crossed over from the older track #1 on to the newer Track #2 and resumed on down the Hill running on the right-hand track.
Upload Date: Jul 30, 2020 10:57 AM•Views: 38
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MVI_0323
Eastbound Big Boy 4022 down Sherman Hill on Track #2. The crossover is to access Granite Quarry beyond these tracks. The turnout in the first few frames of this video starts the siding to the Quarry.
Upload Date: Jul 30, 2020 10:59 AM•Views: 41
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Snake River Shearing Co. 5
Sheep pen of Snake River Shearing Company in Wamsutter, Wyoming
Capture Date: Jul 27, 2018 03:43 PM•Views: 36
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West end of stockyards
UP stock yard at Wamsutter, Wyoming used to load stock and rest and water animals per 28 hour rule for transporting them. Scratch Built by Allen.
I believe that is a 1953 pale green Chevy being loaded by the driver with a weeks shopping from the Wamsutter Grocery. My second car was a four door white
'53. I had to settle for the four door when my wild aunt came back to our house in Long Beach to get her '53 Merc 2 door hardtop with a continental kit! She had left it with us and after I had gotten my driver's license, I used her Mercury for about 6 months. I'd tell you more about Aunt Darlene, but you are too young.
Capture Date: Jun 22, 2018 01:34 PM•Views: 46
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