A day long chase of the EWG

[Mascorailbuff]

It's an all day affair chasing the Eastern Washington Gateway from one end of the line to the other, over 100 miles of mostly 10 mph track and beautiful country. I spent the day with Steve Eshom, Robert Scott, Dan Bolyard and Richard Zoller. The show is about 37 minutes, all good!

 

[mrmoose]

Great video Joel!

 

[Bruce Butler]

Professional quality for sure. Nice to see a video where the camera isn't shaking all over the place!

For those who might be interested, here is the history on the two locos shown in the video:

2891:
ex UP 2891 renumbered 9 Jan 2007
exx UP 8619 renumbered 16 Apr 2000
exxx UP 4049 renumbered 19 Mar 1999
exxx D&RGW 5362

Built: Jul 1975 Builder Number 756046-7
UP classification - SD40T-2R - UP yellow
reference: UtahRails.net

375:
SD45, built 01/1968. Builder # 33857, frame # 7993-54. Ordered by the Pennsylvania, but delivered as Penn Central 6233. Served Conrail, then became CNW 6556, then NRE 6556, MRL 375 and finally IMRL 375. MRL blue.

 

[mrmoose]

Thanks Bruce! That SD45 really gets around!

 

[SDP45]

That SD45 has one very sweet horn!

 

[Eastern Railfan]

Nice job Joe!

 

[Mascorailbuff]

Thanks, guys! Glad to share. I love short-line railroading. For those not familiar with the soundtrack intro, it's Paul Butterfield's "East West" (Mike Bloomfield, guitar) from which I grabbed the title name, seemed to fit nicely. I edited over an hour and a half of footage and maybe later I may refine this even more. Dan, that MRL horn is very pleasant, indeed!

 

[8419]

Great video! Love the horn and the sounds from jointed rail.