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Welcome to the Creede Repertory
Theatre 2005.... You are looking at Employee Adrian Egolf... do you
notice what she is leaning on???? |
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Cumbres shines on the tender of 487 in Antonito.
Oh and I would like to wish my wonderful Friend
Denver Police Officer.."High Ranking Officer" Pat Anderson a very
Happy Birthday...
He promised me some picture's soon, Ha, I got
you!!! |
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Maintenance Of Way Workers Robert and Julian.. |
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Ronnie and I were lucky to have a visit in the Cab
from Ticket Agent Ashley. |
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See, they put Scrappy looking guys like me in the
Locomotive Cab where nobody see's us and put Beautiful Smile's like
Ashley in the Office to deal with Passengers.. thats a Great Idea,
don't you think!!!! |
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Thanks to my friend and yours, Bill Kepner... |
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We have some interior shots of the Antonito Car
Repair Facility. |
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You can see the equipment on the North slab of
Cement. In the groove next to the slab of cement is where the Track
will come into the shop. |
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They hope to put in another slab of cement next
summer. |
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This is the south side of the shop. |
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And this is the back wall facing East. |
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This place is huge, what a great facility. |
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Looking thru one of the West doors to the old Car
Repair Facility.. Old Fort Knox. |
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How about 487 in Antonito on Saturday the 6th. |
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Ole' 487 was under Jeremy and Ronnie's control
that day... |
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This has to be my Favorite Locomotive. |
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Friday after the big rain on Thursday and I
thought I would share some views of Antonito with you. |
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There's 494. |
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Locomotive 487's Cab and Tender were cleaned today
in Antonito, I am sure you can see the shine on clean black paint. |
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The Depot in Antonito, I like this shot. |
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The Rain stays behind in this parking lot. |
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And thanks to the puddle's, I got some great
reflection shots of the depot. |
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Monday the 8th of August, Osier, Colorado. |
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Steve Montano and I have 487 today on train 2 from
Chama to Osier... |
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A nose shot of 487 against the blue Colorado skies
in Osier. |
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Shop Foreman Steve Montano. |
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Good Ole' 487... |
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Another shot of Steve Montano. Thats the face of a
Veteran Railroader. |
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We are waiting for Train 1 and then 487 and I will
switch over to the Mainline and take control of Train 4 for a return
to Antonito, Colorado. |
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I caught a Quick picture of Antonito Ticket Agent
Ronnica taking down the flags before heading for home and calling it
a day. |
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Robert and Julian prepare to leave Osier, Colorado
ahead of Train 215. |
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And there they go, and in the Flat behind is all
their tools. |
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Fire Patrol sits on the siding in Osier.. |
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And behind the Fire Patrol is the Ballast
regulator. |
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The Ballast Regulator followed the Train to
Cumbres, where it will do some testing runs on Weed Control... |
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A view from the Seat of the Ballast Regulator. |
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The Fire Patrol sits in the siding and we are glad
it has not been needed as we have not had any fire's. |
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A view of the Regulator. |
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Looking forward ahead of the Regulator at Osier,
Colorado. |
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Another view of the Fire Patrol. |
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Say Hello to Breann, she was recently part of a
Co-ed Softball who won the League Championship in the Alamosa,
Colorado Park & Recreation Softball League. Her Team sponsored by
H&R Block won the Title Thursday Evening, Congrats to Breann and I
will introduce you to another talented Baseball player and C&T Employee
next week. |
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Well we were extremely lucky and honored to have
Durango & Silverton Employee's Mike and Rich ride with us... these
guys are just the best and I have enjoyed knowing them, thanks guys
for the visit and I will be back to Durango to visit them in a week
or two.... and I will be sure to get alot of picture's. |
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The Rain rolled into Antonito again today Thursday
the 11th, we had a Downpour. |
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The first rain came in before the train came into
town and the second downpour is visible in the background, it rolled
in about 8:00 p.m.. |
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You can see how much rain came down, the tracks
were actually covered when we first came into town, I had to wait a
while to get these shots. |
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Oh, Oh... the Docents are out of Uniform and were
on the prowl today on the train... there's Chuck and Rich and Mike. |
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More views of the rain... |
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It literally flooded the parking lot and over the
tracks to the road. |
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The rain continues to flow across the tracks and
under as in this case... can you see the tiny whirlpool. |
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We are lucky the Parking lot and Loop is level, or
we may have had a washout in the yard. |
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I just love this Caboose, just can't get enough
picture's of it. |
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I can't wait to see this thing rolling along the
tracks. |
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And a shot of the Antonito Depot, here comes that
storm... |
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Now how about this Beautiful
Caboose in Lake City, Colorado. |
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I love the detail work, this is a
Amazing restoration in Progress. |
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A look at the coupler pocket and
draft gear inside. |
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This is a great museum and the
Caboose is a valuable addition for the museum... |
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I love the single window in the
Cupola. |
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The work is ongoing and I will go
back for more picture's later. |
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I actually went thru the museum,
but took these picture's outside the grounds from the alley way. |
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Its a beautiful Caboose and I am
so glad it is being restored, |
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Yup, its a Railroad Tie with three
Tie Plate marks on it... I wonder where they got that one from... |
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The tie's are all over the
Building and were used very cleverly in the structure.
Thanks to Adrian who so graciously
let me take all the pictures I wanted... |
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The Creede Repertory Theatre on
Main Street Creede, Colorado. |
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I have actually been to a great
many shows at the
Creede Repertory Theatre and would like anybody who has the time to
drive over to Creede and visit this amazing Theatre and its
collection of talented actors from the world over. |
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Two Employee's from two completely different
branches of the Railroad, Ticket Agent Ashley and Train Service
Employee Engineer Ronnie. |
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WEBSITE EXTRA!
ASHLEY SANDOVAL
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And we will end this with the Toltec on 487's
tender. Have a great one and see ya next week.
Carlos J. Llamas |
