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Now thanks to Ed Stabler, we have a
collection of Photos from the Nevada Northern Railroad.
Ready to Depart, Nevada Northern 93 with
the Afternoon Passenger Turn to Keystone and return. The rest are
farther down on the page. |
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Thanks to my Mr.
Jussi Tepponen, Chief of Operations, Jokioinen Railway Museum,
Finland.. for all the photos, feel
free to visit:
www.jokioistenmuseorautatie.fi |
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Monday February 28th 2005... Today
as soon as we arrived, we set out to unload a Trailer full of ties
for the new track that will head out to the Antonito Car Repair
Shop.
There were 13 bundles of ties on the Truck. Here are Picture's
of Ronnie on the Backhoe and me and Marvin V. unloading the ties. |
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Today we also moved Snack Car 502 into Track 4 and brought Car
500 into the shop on Track 3, we replaced the wheels on the B-side
Truck of Car 500 and tested the Braking System. We are also
finishing Honing the last Valve on 484 so we can send the new
measurements to chama for the new rings to be Machined. Car 502
continues to have its new Hand rails installed and is still inside
being worked on. |
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Wednesday March 2nd 2005... Well
today we had Car 504 in the shop, we replaced
a set of wheels on the A-side and since the car had already been in
for work before the Christmas Train, its maintenance is done. We
decided to do some repair on the wood siding and began painting it..
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By the end of the day, the car was fully painted Pullman Green...
tomorrow the Black trim and Gold Lettering will be applied... The snackcar is still in the
shop also on track 4, its going thru some interior work.
And, Ed came over from Chama and measured the Cylinders for
the New Valve Rings. |
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Your Looking at some Mainline that has been
worked, it looks great... |
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Some more of the Track... Beautiful
Scenery. |
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One of the Beautiful Structures along the
railroad. |
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There is a load of wood for the Wood
Burning Locomotive at the Museum. |
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Now this is something that is very
interesting... You are looking at a type of Ballast car on top of
another car... the Bottom Car is the Gauge of the Railroad and acts
as a Platform with its outside beams as Rails to support another car
on top.. The Bottom car is backed to a loading platform and the
bigger car on top with wider gauge is rolled on top. |
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Now using the bottom Car to ride the
railroad, the bigger car on top with wider gauge is filled with
dirt. |
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This is a better view, see the car on top
secured with wheel chocks and riding on the bottom car... the
railroad is able to dump ballast using a car with wider gauge...
that is just too cool... I thought you might like this!!! |
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Well these are kinda old, but I thought you might still like to
see them... |
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The Chama Depot under a layer of snow... |
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Here is the Railroad trailer with a few wheel sets and some New
Wheels that have yet to be pressed onto the axle's. |
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Caboose 0306 in the Snow at Chama.. |
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Here is the two tenders 487 & 488, this was before the 488 tender
was attached to the 488... but I thought you might like this shot.. |
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A look at the Rotary's, maybe someday we will have to call those
Monsters back into service.. |
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I must admit I loved working the Rotary, that was a experience. |
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The Tenders 487 and 488. |
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A look at Windy Point, now I will say, there is a lot more Snow
now, it has built up quite a bit. |
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What a great view in the Winter. |
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Mom and Dad. |
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Looking toward Coxo at the Road Crossing. |
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Now at Cumbres Pass, you can see the station in the background. |
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The snowbank sitting on the Main Line Track at Cumbres. |
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Mom and Dad with the Most Beautiful Smile
and Personality in Chama at the Village Bean... Look at the Bottom
right corner of the Chalk Board in the background, that's my Self
Portrait I drew on there this Summer. |
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Well last week a truck driven by Mr. Russom came into Antonito to
unload, onboard were the Switches for the Track that will be
installed to the Antonito Car Repair Shop. |
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Onboard was everything we needed, switches, extra track, throw
rods, tie plates, angle bars and more. |
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We used the backhoe with a rail grabber attachment to unload the
rail.. basically you just measure the rail, find the center point
and lift it from that point and the rail stays balanced. |
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These are the actual Switches, still have to unload them. |
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Marvin unloading the rails and stuff. |
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Down to the last Rails, if you look closely, there is a set of
rails with crossbars. That is the 3 foot Rail, rack kind of thing Mr
Russom made to haul our equipment, it is chained to the Trailer and
just lifts right off. |
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This is all the stuff that came on the Trailer. |
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You can see the spring frogs painted black. |
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Marvin is working on the Trucks of Car 502. |
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This is the Bolster of the B-side Truck of Car 502, it is turned
90 degree's and on its side and right where the "White Arrow" is, we
are laying down fill welds to build up worn edges. The worn areas is
where the Bolster goes up and down with the motion of the car and
rides against the spring pocket inside the side frame of the trucks. |
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A better look at the Bolster on its side. |
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A look at the Rebuilt Journal Box, we have welded a plate to the
rear to make up and reduce lateral motion and we have installed a
new Piece of wood to act as a dust collector. |
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After welding on the worn areas, we have to grind them smooth, so
they don't get stuck or wear uneveningly. |
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Now we are working on Honing the interior surfaces of 484's
valves. the old rings were too tight and caused some minor damage in
the form of scratches. we will hone down the scratches and then
measure the new interior and pass that on to chama and they will
machine us new rings. |
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I made this picture as big as possible, so you can see a little
more details. We drive this tool with a 1/2 inch drill and there are
two guides and two cutting wheels, we spin clockwise and spray gas
into the valve to lubricate and clean the cutting stones.. its
pretty smelly, but it works! |
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Nevada Northern #93, a Alco Locomotive
built in 1903. Ready for Service at the East Ely Nevada Engine
House. |
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Now this is Great, 93's Custom Built Number
plate, made by and dedicated to the Volunteers at the Nevada
Northern Railway. |
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A look at the Engineers Side of 93, you can
see the Crosshead and Valve Stem and Mechanical Lubricator and more.
This is A Beautiful Shot!!!! |
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The Photographer of all these Photo's
except this one, Ed Stabler sits on the armrest watching a Blind
Curve while Approaching Keystone. |
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A view from the Firemans side of Nevada
Northern 93 leaving Keystone for East Ely Nevada. |
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The Throttle is locked and 93 sits in the
shop ready for Action. |
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Nevada Northern Engineer Kelvin Martinez
motions to Ed Stablers Son-In-Law Rowdy, two toots and we are ready
to roll. |
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Locomotive 93 under the Smokejack in the
East Ely Nevada Engine House. |
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A view from the Cupola en-route to
Keystone, check out the Engineer riding the Armrest. |
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A view from up in the Cupola of the Nevada
Northern Extended Vision Caboose.
I would like to say thanks to Ed, for
sharing these Great Photos with the Website.. Thank you so much Ed. |
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Back a few years ago when we started the Season only running to
Los Pinos while Martinez Cut and the Roller Coaster were being
repaired.. well I took some pictures... 487 and the Train at Los
Pinos Siding during Lunch. |
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497 and the Train ready to return to Chama, 487 sits in the
background.. |
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487 hauled the train to Los Pinos and 497 hauled the train back..
Well thats it for this week, I hope to visit the Chama shop this
weekend and I will get pictures of 488 for you. Have a great Weekend
and I would like to say thanks to Bill Davis, he sent me the most
amazing piece of Artwork in the Mail, I loved it... Thanks. |
