a safe spot around cisco
hiking the right of way east of MP178 on the union pacific roseville subdivision over california's sierra nevada mountains can be treacherous business; ballast is rough and loose and space to walk along the tracks is very narrow in places with steep drops to the side.
if one is going to walk along or on the tracks here (which is illegal but i digress) QUALITY hiking boots and a scanner configured to seek for the EOTD transmission from a train especially are a must.
the couple in the right side of this photo had neither but at least they had the good sense enough to move away from the tracks and stay there when we told them a few minutes in advance the MRVNP was coming up behind.
they were walking along the track the train is traveling on.
trains can be pretty difficult to hear from behind in the mountains, especially over donner pass where the noise from nearby interstate 80 can be heard almost everywhere along the route.
the nearest grade crossing i can think of to the west of this location is at blue canyon, some fourteen rail miles away--you will hear no train horns in this area.
a safe spot around cisco
hiking the right of way east of MP178 on the union pacific roseville subdivision over california's sierra nevada mountains can be treacherous business; ballast is rough and loose and space to walk along the tracks is very narrow in places with steep drops to the side.
if one is going to walk along or on the tracks here (which is illegal but i digress) QUALITY hiking boots and a scanner configured to seek for the EOTD transmission from a train especially are a must.
the couple in the right side of this photo had neither but at least they had the good sense enough to move away from the tracks and stay there when we told them a few minutes in advance the MRVNP was coming up behind.
they were walking along the track the train is traveling on.
trains can be pretty difficult to hear from behind in the mountains, especially over donner pass where the noise from nearby interstate 80 can be heard almost everywhere along the route.
the nearest grade crossing i can think of to the west of this location is at blue canyon, some fourteen rail miles away--you will hear no train horns in this area.