Not kilt related. train traffic slow down in the Sierra's

[Richrail]

I work for Union Pacific Railroad. Two major corridors to the west are getting hammered with weather here are just a few pictures. First two are in the Sierra Nevada mountains, the last one is in the Black Rock desert.

[T90]

What do you do for UP?

[The Wizard of BC]

Hey, they all look perfectly good to me. The track is still there. The ties are still there. Maybe if they go really fast they can do an Evil Kenevil. Hey, I saw it in a movie so it must be possible. I would bet that Chuck Norris or Bruce Willis wouldn't let a little thing like that slow them down. Just cowboy up and go for it.

[Richrail]

What do you do for UP?

I'm currently working as a Conductor, but I'm also a licensed Engineer.

[Jock Scot]

I dont suppose that you could spare a week or six and pop over to London and give the chaps at "Southern Rail" a hand, could you?

[T90]

I'm currently working as a Conductor, but I'm also a licensed Engineer.

That is fantastic, I do the same but for CN.

Looking at your photos reminded me of the flooded Pine River in northern BC this past Spring. over 50 miles of rail was either wiped out or rendered impassible because the rail bed had washed away and left the rail hanging in the air. A similar thing happened in 2011 in the same area, just on a smaller scale.

[cessna152towser]

When I went to the Ventura Seaside Games in 2009 I was allocated a hotel room beside the railroad. "I hope you won't be disturbed by the trains" said the receptionist. More like a dream come true for me, to be wakened by the distant hooter and be up in time to open the curtains and watch a long freight headed by several power units racing through the night right outside the window. I rode from Santa Barbara to Ventura on an Amtrak California Surfliner train, powered by a UP SD70ACe. The guy with the bike told me this was quite rare. It seems that rather than have a defective Amtrak unit blocking their tracks, the UP will supply their own power unit to get it moving again.
Maybe you can be sent north and fix the railroad on Vancouver Island where most of my cousins live:-

Arrival of the daily Budd RDC from Victoria at Courtenay in March 2011, one week before the service ceased to run due to deteriorating condition of the track.

There was a major washout caused by flooding on the Carlisle to Settle route in the north of England during winter 2015/16 which is now being re-constructed and is due to re-open to trains during March 2017.
http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co...lway-land-slip

[The Q]

Not as impressive but they also closed the Norwich to Lowestoft railway line due to flooding yesterday, I think the highest this line acheives is probably 30 ft above sea level and for most of it a lot less.
The picture below is from a pub on the line there is no road access, you can see how easy it is to flood the area.



We've had stormy high winds from the north coinciding with spring tides and low air pressures all of which raise the sea level. The towns and villages on the coast only had minor damage, as the water didn't quite exceed the defences but it got very close, they had evacuated 5000 people from Great Yarmouth.

There is minor flooding in villages 20 miles inland by river today, because due to the high tides yesterday the river water could not escape.

[Panache]

Yikes!

Jamie

[Richrail]

This picture was just printed on the company website. Signal maintainers working on Donner Pass. They had to dig to get to the signal electrical box.