The Voice of Rio grande 5371

one my recent vacation to colorado and utah, the ultimate goal was Rio Grande 5371, the last rio grande tunnel motor and unptached rio grande left in existance. i wanted to record a video of this now famous engine, and this is it, the light power move back to helper as the 5371 passes though the price river canyon at castle gate. video taken on 7-20-06

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[texaswestern70mac]

At Last we know the fate of our old slice of the great rio grande. 5371 is safe in the collection in odgen utah where she rests on track one. im glad i got see her in service. at least future generations will get to see what i fell in love with so much as a young adult, even if not moving or running hard like i saw her in my brief encounter with her. long live the denver and rio grande western

[texaswestern70mac]

interesting to note since the retirement of the 5371, the viewing per month of this video has over doubled. the 5371 remains safe and sound at cheyenne with rumors of a full as built restore job by the UP heritage fleet up there.... will be interesting to see what happens... long live the black and gold

[texaswestern70mac]

regrettably, the 5371's voice has been silenced and she has been retired by union pacific. there are rumors abound as to her fate, but at least she'll be in a museum as a static display, or more hopefully, part of up's historic diesel fleet. 5371 old gal, you did the black and gold proud, we'll miss ya and thanks for the memories

[atlantabravesfan92]

I heard rumors that 5371 has an upcoming inspection and that it might be patched. Does anybody know if its true?

[texaswestern70mac]

it wont be patched. jim young saved it and its going to be rio grande till it dies... then donated to a museum in utah

[texaswestern70mac]

UPDATE : hey all you grande fans, 5371 is back HOME in Helper again! yay!

[amtk415w]

To be the true voice, it needed an M3 air horn on it.

[strangledparrot]

@texaswestern70mac I had the privilige of visiting UP's steam shop in Cheyenne. In the building where they keep the 844 and 3985, and there was 5371. She looked good as ever but an odd note the number boards were missing (maybe being repaired). I have some pictures of myself in the cab. But she is in good hands, i wouldnt be worried.

[RioGrande3004]

First of all, UP sensored the true voice of this fine locomotive. I'm so tired of hearing dime a dozen K3LA horns. Doesn't matter now since it sits in Ogden doing nothing but it should have an old cast P3 or the M3. Just took a few shots on track one last weekend. She still has 3500 gallons of diesel too!

[morfeusz120]

Great Video 5*****

Awesome horn !

Great

[JoaoT805]

wow. instant favorite.

[chevyaholics]

Great video. In my mind of the best places to shoot video. I'am lucky I live close to the Utah Railway. Great Job

[SP4449BN9444]

She looked beautiful in Cheyenne I wish I saw it running though then that would have been amazing. But still at least I saw it with my own 2 eyes and the contacts that I had in

[RCKTBOY7]

Makes me cry...........................­..

[Petergloor]

Strange - but this horn sounds like the Canadian tuning variety.