Trains and a Cliff Cliff Cessna Senior Undergraduate Civil Engineering Iowa State University [email protected] Reg Souleyrette, pe Professor Civil,

Trains and a Cliff

Cliff CessnaSenior Undergraduate

Civil EngineeringIowa State University

[email protected]

Reg Souleyrette, peProfessor

Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

Iowa State [email protected]

Jerry Rose, peProfessor

Civil EngineeringUniversity of Kentucky

[email protected]

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

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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!


Dining Car


Sightseer Lounge


Photo by Ben Hucker


Gross Reservoir/Dam




Short Tunnels


Moffat Tunnel


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


Remote Canyons


Slide Fences


Slide Fences

Photo by Ben Hucker


Interstate 70


Photo by Ben Hucker

Photo by Ben Hucker



Donner Pass



Average Snowfall = 34 feet!


Keep It Clear!



Other Dangers – Fire!


There it is!

Photo by Patrick Johnson 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



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)


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


Portland Union Station

Seattle











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



Izaak Walton Inn – Essex, MT




Glacier National Park

Questions?

Thanks for coming!

Documents

Trains and a Cliff Cliff Cessna Senior Undergraduate Civil Engineering Iowa State University [email protected] Reg Souleyrette, pe Professor Civil,