Trains and a Cliff Cliff Cessna Senior Undergraduate Civil Engineering Iowa State University...

Trains and a Cliff

Cliff CessnaSenior Undergraduate

Civil EngineeringIowa State University

cliff.cessna@gmail.com

Reg Souleyrette, peProfessor

Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

Iowa State Universityreg@iastate.edu

Jerry Rose, peProfessor

Civil EngineeringUniversity of Kentucky

jrose@engr.uky.edu

Background photo: Cliff Cessna

This Can’t be Good

Brief History

Prior to May 1, 1971Passenger trains operated by private

railroads1829 -1920s: Most rail lines had

passenger service1930s & 1940s: “Streamlined” era

Photo by: E. M. Bell, railpictures.net

Photo by Drew Jacksich, railpictures.net

May 1, 1971National Railroad Passenger

Corporation (Amtrak)Currently:

21,000-mile network508 stations; 46 states (excl. AK, HI, SD, WY)28.7 million passengers in FY08Ranks 8th among US “airlines”

From amtrak.com

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Superliner

Classes

Coach - Standard classSpacious, reclining seat with leg- and footrest

Sleeper - First ClassRoomette, Bedroom, Family Bedroom,

Accessible RoomFree meals in the Dining CarFree hors d’oeuvres on some trainsShowers for the sure-footed

Coach

Photos by Nathan Smith

Sleeping Car – Roomette

Photo by Patrick Johnson

Diagram and Photos from Amtrak

Sleeping Car – Bedroom

Diagram and Photos from Amtrak

http://gosoutheast.about.com/od/photoswebcamspodcasts/ss/auto_train_photos_4.htm

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Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Benefits of Train Travel

Relaxing - you can stretch your legs! No driving (except to the station) Meet variety of people Moderately priced “Greenest” way to travel (OSC-SAC = .36 tons = $3.58;

Entire trip (4605 mi.) = 0.88 tons**)

** 1 ton of freight can go about 10x further with same footprint!

Graphic from Amtrak (*per passenger-mile)

Scenery can’t be beat!

Photo by Patrick Johnson

Dining Car

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Sightseer Lounge

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Photo by Ben Hucker

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Gross Reservoir/Dam

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Short Tunnels

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Moffat Tunnel

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Photo by Louis Capwell, railpictures.net

Built by Denver & Salt Lake Railroad Bored 1923-1927 Opened to trains February 1928 Now owned by Union Pacific Railroad

24 ft high, 18 ft wide, 6.2 mi long Third-longest railroad tunnel in US West Portal is at Winter Park, CO

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Remote Canyons

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Slide Fences

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Slide Fences

Photo by Ben Hucker

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Interstate 70

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Photo by Ben Hucker

Photo by Ben Hucker

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Donner Pass

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Average Snowfall = 34 feet!

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Keep It Clear!

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Other Dangers – Fire!

Photo by Cliff Cessna

There it is!

Photo by Patrick Johnson Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Info from www.steamlocomotive.comPhoto by Cliff Cessna

Southern Pacific’s

Cab-Forward4-8-8-2Steam

Locomotive#4294

Last of its class of 256 Rated at 124,300 lb tractive effort Approx. 6000 HP

Photo by Patrick Johnson

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Pacific Parlour Car

Frazier Landslide

Photo by Cliff CessnaMap from Trains.com (Trains Magazine)

January 18, 2008 – Frazier, Oregon

Frazier Landslide 3,000 feet of track 660,000 board feet of

timber salvaged 700,000 cubic yards /

1 million tons of waste material hauled

700,000 tons of rock brought in to stabilize

30 trains per day hauling material in/out

Reopened May 6 (105 days later)

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Information from Union Pacific Railroad (www.up.com)

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Portland Union Station

Seattle

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

USS Abraham Lincoln

Cascade Tunnel

Constructed by

Great Northern Railway Opened January 12, 1929 7.8 miles long (Longest

railroad tunnel in US) Two 800 HP fans clear

exhaust from tunnel after each train

Operate at low-power while train is in tunnel Photo from Wikipedia

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Izaak Walton Inn – Essex, MT

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Reg Souleyrette

Photo by Cliff Cessna

Glacier National Park

Questions?

Thanks for coming!