Track maintenance gore at Salt Lake City Union Terminal, look away @ThermiteBeGiants Now at at 4 hr behind and waiting again for a UP freight train.
#AmtrakWestern2023
Passing Soldier Summit, now 5 hours late... #AmtrakWestern2023
Trying the other IPA that Amtrak stocks, Elysian Space Dust. Still 5 hr late, ETA in Denver is 1 am... #AmtrakWestern2023 #BeerOnTrains
The "Ratio" sculpture art in Green River, last stop in Utah. This area is literally the "Desolation Valley Wilderness Study Area". #AmtrakWestern2023
Passed the westbound version of our train at the Colorado border. They were on time, we are still 5ish hours late, and will cross the Rockies entirely at night. Oh well, I'm just glad to be almost home. #AmtrakWestern2023
We ended up getting into Denver at just past 3:00 AM, and I promptly went home and crashed. That was a heck of a trip, but I'm glad I did it. #AmtrakWestern2023, signing off
Adding it all up, I went 4,724 km (2,935 miles) on trains, 4,420 km of that on #Amtrak. Slightly less than 5% of that was on electrified tracks. 98% was on standard (Stevenson) gauge tracks, 1.7% on broad gauge (5'6" BART), and 3 km on meter gauge (the cable car). #AmtrakWestern2023 #trains #transit
And if you found #AmtrakWestern2023 fun, stay tuned for #AllTheShinkansens2023 late in August. It's going to be electrifying. 🚅🇯🇵🚂
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