Off-Road on a old Colorado Railroad route!
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2024
- Rollins Pass off-road trail was the historical Rollins Pass railroad which saw trains reach about 12,000ft which we can now drive over. Before the Moffat Tunnel was built, trains had to negotiate the steep winding railroad route to get across the continental divide. Once the tunnel was built, the Moffat Hill route was no longer needed and became vehicle road. Through the years it has fallen into disrepair requiring ground clearance, AWD/4WD, and is no longer connected on both sides. learn about the trails, the camping, and see the beautiful scenery of both Rollins Pass Trails in this video.
This is the fourth of a series of concentrated trail videos, but full length Trail Guides on these trails will be released as I get them edited. These are a new kind of video and may morph into mini-trail guides eventually (5 minute Trail guides), but due to my work schedule, I'm making them like this for now. Full Trail Guides are still my priority, just restricted on editing time currently (filming more though!). Feedback is greatly appreciated because I just make these based on what I would want as an offroader, but I make these for others so let me know!
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome! This historical trail is wild!
00:32 Historical Info on Rollins Pass/Moffat's Railroad
1:13 Rollins West/Corona Pass & Rollins East Trails
1:24 Rollins Pass West from Winter Park Info
2:36 Rollins Pass East from Rollinsville/Nederland
3:30 What makes this trail worth doing?
4:07 Rollins pass camping information
4:20 I'm going to make a Historical Guide using this book
4:55 Other Trails in the Area - Auta a dopravní prostředky
This weekly series is forcing me to edit and upload videos even if I don’t think they’re perfect. I ran out of time on this one (thought I would have 2 days off but work had other ideas). I’ll eventually link a cleaned up version (just audio tweaks) in this pinned comment if people want that, otherwise the trail guide of these trails will be polished.
Next few videos will be shorter and true to the highlights idea for these videos, but I’m doing this so I can get Red Cone and Mount Blanca Trail guides moving along and uploaded sooner. I think you’ll love those!
In 1974 I took my 1967 VW Fastback from the East Portal all the way across Rollins Pass. You would go through this unsupported tunnel and there is a warning sign that the road is not maintained and travel at your own risk beyond that point and the next thing I was driving across was an old railway bridge with no guardrails and what looked like a 1000 ft drop to the right heading west. I guess this has now been closed for some years. That last picture he posted was of Dog Face on the left and Monkey Face on the right from the old D&RG railroad tracks (now BNSF) in Larkspur, Colorado. That was cool to see. My mom was raised there.
Very cool!
Hello! I've been enjoying your channel - and yes - videos from the train (when allowed) are awesome!!! That could be a whole other thing..
Awesome to hear! We’ll see how to integrate that… I did film a deadhead through the mountain rail route which I’ll eventually edit. Just trying to get caught up on trail guides first.
I absolutely love the train footage because it gives a beautiful view and an insite of how you see things while working
Thank man! I sure do love to work this route, but looks like I’m going back to Wyoming today lol (our least scenic route, just mirrors 85).
@@coloradomallcrawlers oh trust me I know how bad it is, I live in Wyoming 😂(luckily I live in the north west)
Lol, that’s no slight to Wyoming which I think is beautiful… it’s a slight to the railroad route to Cheyenne. It’s not that bad, but we’re further East than the other Denver to Cheyenne route so further from the mountains.
Hey Dewie, THANK YOU for taking the time to make these Vids !!!!! They are GREATLY Appreciated !!!! I would LOVE to know ( and See) what a Day for you at work is like !!!! To ME, it looks AWESOME.
Some guy filmed me switching (orange hat, shiny vest)… I’m not a yard guy so I was bored and annoyed because I’m not supposed to be called for the yard. I’m also a locomotive engineer and dislike using remote locomotives like I was this day. They have a delay and are just not smooth enough for me. czcams.com/video/pPQiRpkJjU0/video.html
I’m a road extra board conductor meaning I cover long distance trains that go west (into the mountains), east (to Kansas), or north (to Wyoming). I do really enjoy that especially when I go into the mountains during the daylight. I see some amazing things like giant mountain lions (that’s why I bought a off-road teardrop lol), but the schedule is chaotic. Anyway, I filmed the route on this deadhead and will likely publish it here even tho it’s not off-road in nature.
Dewie, that was really cool video….. here’s me my first summer as an engineer at CN with CSX locomotive… czcams.com/video/fB0EkuAKQMw/video.html
Love this, i look forward to doing this next time I’m in CO
It’s fun a trail!
I'm of the generation that could drive over the entire pass, including through Needle's Eye Tunnel and the two trestles at Devil's Slide.
That’s awesome!
Nice quick video buddy, sucks I didn't get to see ya during our brief trip back. Keep it up
That would have been great! We’ll get back out on the trails together tho!
Such an awesome place! My friend has a cabin up on the Tabernash side so we take the road to the closed tunnel sometimes. Beautiful views for sure!
I’m jealous of that cabin… that area is awesome!
@@coloradomallcrawlers We don't go up for the winter, but we go up for the summer. I'll let you know when we plan in case you have extra time.
Great work on this video! I miss jenny creek "then" or before the fishing conservation. Made it to yankee doodle in a stock samurai in 2015, so much fun driving through the creek!🤙🇺🇸
Thanks! Yeah, I really miss it! May just put what I have of it into a little video!
Beautiful scenery if you're an engineer. I live two houses away from the K&O Orient line, and two miles from the VR railfan cam in Wichita. Love seeing the 60s n 70s power come by. I hope you got to see SKOLs , bright blue Colorado Pacific, engine before they stripped the logos off due to not running out there anymore. I'm also finishing up a 78 Ford f250 4wd that I hope to start going on adventures with. Loving your videos, and damn I miss Colorado!
Cool! I’ve had some SPs, repainted RGWs, numerous heritage units… but no Colorado Pacific. Have fun with that F250!
@@coloradomallcrawlers just Google wamx 3831 . You'll see her. She's just blue now.
we did Rollins West in a Crosstrek, not knowing that the pas didnt go through until we got to the top. Kind of a let down but it was still a great time. there was lots of places for camping or stop for a meal.
It’s a shame it’s not connected, but hopefully in the future. Sounds like you had a great time!
Great content, Dewey. I've always loved those wooden Trestles. The craftmanship is amazing. Looking forward to the trail guide.
Thank you! Yeah, I’m really hoping the proposal to use the wagon road to link the trails happens as that’ll make it easier to film it. But it’s definitely coming one way or another.
That bridge still looks pretty sturdy, what could possibly go wrong? Would be neat if the could take up a collection and make it passable the whole way. Thanks for the filming location!
There was a plan to use the wagon road to reconnect the two halves but I’m not sure where that stands. I’ll try to find more when I go back in the future.
This is so cool! Thanks for the correlation, history and perspective!
Thank you!
Hey Dewey! All your videos are awesome. I’ve never run Rollins Pass and wondered what it was like. Thanks for this one!
It’s on the easy side as full size trains needed to safely climb and descend it (kept the grades to 2% as much as they could), but it’s a great trail!
One of my favorite trails In the fall!!!! Let me know when you want to do it I'll go with you 😜!!!
I’ll probably film the full one in the fall or even after the first taste of winter to give the full perspective on how tough that trail was for the railroad before the Moffat was built!
I don't think I've done this one. Looks awesome!
You’d enjoy it… easy but scenic with great camping options!
The closure of the tunnel sucks, its definitely passable, if it was this trail would be pretty epic!!
Absolutely!
Well done. I really enjoy learning about the history of the trails I ride. Beautiul scenery indeed I'm jealous of your job :) Why are the rules so strict about using cell phones on freight trains?
Thank you! It’s a great job if you take out stuff like my current situation of being called for 11:50p when you were supposed to being called at 4p lol. A commuter rail engineer was texting and operating and ran a block crashing into a freight train. Can’t even wear a Fitbit now.
In the transportation industry, deadheading is, among other things, when an off-duty employee takes a free ride, either for fun, or to travel to or from work. Airline pilots do this, and in my case, bus drivers.
lol, deadheads by train are never for fun. That was filmed on a 14 hour day where I got paid a basic day and had my federal rest clock reset. This should have been a 3.5 hour van ride or 5 hour Amtrak ride and I think I worked 17 days straight when I filmed this. Thanks for watching!
@@coloradomallcrawlers ouch! Just thought I'd help out the uninitiated. I suppose a fair number of off roaders are in the industry.
Not a slight against you, but most of us hate deadheads by train. My engineer and I (I was set back at the time) fought that one and lost. We eventually got this practice nixed because another engineer got sick in the Moffat tunnel from diesel fumes. I might be the only one who likes Amtrak deadheads, but I can’t stand Rocky Mountaineer Deadheads.
@@coloradomallcrawlers no slight taken. I was just shocked at your working conditions. I'm a 4x4 neophyte living on disability, checking off trails on my bucket list, so I'm following a bunch of trail channels.
The forestry service ruined Jenny creek trail when they re routed it!
I liked the old route better myself.
Dewie, it's pronounced "Raw-linz".
Rollins is a station we call out while working. I was exhausted and combined Rawlings with Rollins for some reason, but the actual location you want to find is Rollinsville.
@@coloradomallcrawlers It's a beautiful area with sweeping vista's. My first trips included driving thru the Needle and traversing the trestles! Talk about scary...