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Welcome to 2005, I was Very Thrilled and
Honored to spend a few days with my adopted family in Pagosa
Springs.. one day they took me for a Horse ride. Here is the
Apple of my Eye, Jessica on her horse for
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Monday January 10th 2005....
Welcome to a new feature of the Shops Website, Daily Pictures from
Antonito Colorado.. Today we finished the repairs on car 503 and you
can see it rolling pass the Antonito Water Tank as we switched it
over to the finished line of cars on the main line.
It was a bit breezy today.. light rain shower and blue skies
with fast moving clouds. |
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A look at the Antonito Water Tank.. and a view of the
yard in Antonito... |
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To the left car 503 rolls toward the other passenger cars.
Marvin is in the backhoe as it acts as out Switcher Engine. |
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A few of the Friend Car Repair building in Antonito. And
a view of the Depot.. all picture's were taken between 11:30 A.M.
and 12:00 P.M..
Antonito Shop Update, Jan 10th 2005:
Today in the shop we finished car 503 making some repairs on its
gates and steps. then we rolled car 505 into the shop and jacked up
its A-side, we removed the trucks and began repair on the Draft Gear
and Centerplate underneath. |
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Tuesday January 11th 2005.... Well
here's today's shot of the Friends Car Repair Building, There was
some heavy cloud cover today in Antonito.
Looking west, you can see the storm clouds that are just
hanging on the San Juan Mountains, we heard there is close to 10
feet of snow on Cumbres Pass. |
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A view of the Car Repair shop, we did have some nice Sunshine
today. And here is the Pettibone Machine parked in front of
the Building we call Fort Knox. We had the Pettibone up and running,
more to come later???? |
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Looking toward the Water Tank and the clouds hanging on the San
Juan Mountains. These pictures were taken around 11:30 A.M..
Now it is about 3:30 P.M. and the clouds are rolling in Antonito,
we did get a light snow and rain today. |
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Well its afternoon Tuesday the 11th and the clouds and snow are
starting to hit Antonito,
As of the 5:30 P.M. and earlier, Cumbres Pass was closed
because of Avalanche Danger and the Highway Crews have been putting
up quite a fight to keep the road open. The Highway Crews have been
going 24 hours, 7 days to try to keep the road open.
Antonito Shop Update, Jan 11th 2005:
Today we continued work on car 505, we finished rebuilding
the draft gear on the A-side and re-installed it into the car frame.
we also added some metal plates underneath the interior paneling to
support the gates and doors on the platforms. Now we are waiting for
new wheels which are stranded out of town due to the heavy snows, so
we lowered the A-side of car 505 and lifted the B-side and will
began work on the draft gear and trucks on that side.
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Wednesday January 12th 2005.....
We had a little snow overnight, not much.. but it was a cold
morning.
The Antonito Friends Car Repair Shop sits against the cold
blue skies of Antonito.
The coal stove in the shop is going full blast trying to keep
us warm..
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About 9:00 this morning I went out to the Coal Pile to get Coal
for the stove in the shop and took a few Picture's. Caboose
0579 sits patiently in the early morning cold of Antonito.
The Pettibone sits with a thin layer of snow on it. |
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The Antonito Depot gets a nice layer of Snow.. Just
after lunch, the snow rolled in again, we now have about 5 inches on
the ground.
The cars out in the Snow. |
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Just before 5:00 P.M., the sky cleared and the Temperature
dropped, its cold now.. and its going to get colder, the sky is
crystal clear. Antonito Shop Update, Jan
12th 2005: We continued
work on car 505, the B-Side Draft Gear needed some work, it
had some uneven wear so we are working on that, we also began work
on the interior, checking all the seats and windows, we also built
up some wear on the B-side trucks and centerplate. |
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Thursday January 13th 2005.... Its
9:36 A.M. and the Antonito Local of the San Luis & Rio Grande rolls
into Antonito, 19 empties and 2 Locomotives.
Locomotive 4300 and 4301 lead the way. |
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How about a Cotton Belt covered Hopper. and a CNW
Hopper...
and a Covered Hopper bringing up the rear with a red Flag. |
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Thursday January 13th 2005... Its
the Antonito Local being lead North by 4301.
Heading for Alamosa with 6 Loads, 2 of Red Rock and 4 of
Perlite.
Check out that Rio Grande Hopper. |
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And a Union Pacific Hopper. Some Union Pacific covered
Hoppers with Perlite.
And a Red Flag bringing up the rear. The Train departed
Antonito North for Alamosa at 11:31 A.M.. |
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Friday January 14th 2005... San
Luis & Rio Grande Locomotives 4300 & 4301once again bring the
Antonito Local in Antonito at exactly 9:00 A.M.. |
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Today had 17 empties, 4 hoppers for Red Rock and 14 covered
hoppers for Perlite...
Now see that car with the red arrow, that Face painted on
there has been all over the United State's I bet, I have been
watching that car pass for years.
And a Cotton Belt covered hopper brings up the rear. |
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Friday January 14th 2005... 4301
and 4300 head North with the return loads for the trip to
Walsenburg.
17 loads, 5 Red Rock and 12 Pelite. |
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Rio Grande and Union Pacific cars on their way North.
Departed 12:01 P.M.. |
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Saturday January 15th 2005...
Driving down State Street, I grabbed a few shots of the San Luis &
Rio Grande Locomotives resting between trains in Alamosa.
Looking West on the Main. |
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This is Bountiful Colorado, it had been a long time since I had
seen any Cars set out here, but the Railroad is working on getting
the Business back for the Antonito Local Trains. Not Sure
if this is Barley, but they were loading Friday. |
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Here is the cab of 488, you are looking at the Primary Water
Glass and Water Column. |
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Here is the Water inlet for the Primary Water Glass and you can
see a new Copper Air Line going to the Automatic Fire Doors. |
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Now a look at the Firebox of 488. |
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Here is the New Arch Tubes in 488, look closely, see the Blue
line I drew on the right side of the firebox wall... thats the new
patch that was installed. |
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Here is a look at the Grates of 488. |
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Here's a look at the New Staybolt caps on 488. |
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Here is that beautiful heart-warming smile
behind the counter at the "Village Bean" in Chama. |
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Another look at the Firebox, the tubes look Great.. if you look
into some of the Tubes in the middle you can actually see the Return
bends of the Superheater units inside the flues!!! |
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Another look at the new Steam Line to the Firemans Injector
coming out of the Square thing, which is actually the Main Fountain
Steam Turret. |
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Here's Ole' 487 sitting in the Chama Shop. |
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Here's a look into the Smokebox thru the inspection door on the
Smokebox Door. Look inside, the "Blue Arrow" points to the Steam
line that is actually the Blower Line or Steam Assisted Draft. The
"Green X" is the Steam Line coming from the Super Heater Header to
the Cylinders, The "White X" is the Super Heater Units and the "Dark
Blue X" is on the Petticoat Pipe running up to the Stack. |
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A look at the Pilot Trucks under the front end. |
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Here is the Roof Vent of the rebuilt interior of the 488's Cab. |
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A look at the wood work inside the 488's Cab. |
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A look at the Left side Equalizer between the Spring on the
Trailing trucks and the number 4 driver wheel. |
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Here is a look at the Air Reservoir support brackets and the new
boiler insulation.. you can see the wires used to tie the insulation
in place. |
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Here is the Right side Piston rod and cylinder. |
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Here's Joanne, everybody say hi to Joanne. |
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Another look at the insulation. |
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Here is 487 on the left side track in the Chama Shop. |
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A view of 488, see the insulation has yet to be placed on the
Firebox section of the boiler. |
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Here is the Brake Shoe heads for 488, the have been changed to
accept Composite Brake Shoes now... these are the Driver Brake shoe
heads. |
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There is my Favorite, Ole 487... she has been and will always be
my Favorite.. |
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A view of chama, quite a bit of snow has fallen since these
picture's were taken. |
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Here is The Tender of 488 outside of the shop. |
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The tender of 488 was rebuilt in Antonito and will be adjusted by
the guys here in chama to match the height of 488 after the rebuild. |
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Now these were taken for my Friend Dean.. |
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A right side View. |
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A back view. |
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A left side view. |
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And another for good luck. Yipes, she needs a Paint Job. |
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Thanks to my Mr.
Jussi Tepponen, Chief of Operations, Jokioinen Railway Museum,
Finland.. for all the photos and more to come on later updates, feel
free to visit:
www.jokioistenmuseorautatie.fi |
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Here is Jokioinen Museums Locomotive #1, it
is a H. K. Porter Locomotive built in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in
1901. |
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Here's Number #1 outside in the Fresh Air. |
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Doesn't that Locomotive look Great. |
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Aanekoski-Suolahden Rautatie Number 1 |
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While I was in Pagosa Springs I purchased
my retirement home, I just have to do some painting and I am all
set.. she's a Beauty don't you think. Maybe I will add a deck and
Hot tub later. |
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Here are my Sweety's Jessica and Samantha. |
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Here's Sam on her Horse and there's Jessica
in the background. |
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Here's my Horse, I think he was called
Train Wreck or Killer or something!!! |
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There's Samantha ready to ride the trail. |
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And Jessica saddles up. |
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Its the Dickey Springer American Legion Post in Alamosa Colorado and
once again the Alamosa Community is holding their Community
Christmas Dinner. It has been a tradition to help out with this
Wonderful meal, and once again me and my whole Family were there to do our
part. |
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There were plenty of Volunteers to help, some stayed by the door to
welcome Guests to the dinner tables such as Elizabeth. |
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Here's a young couple dancing to the music. |
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And here's one of Santa's Helper burning up the floor. |
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Here's my Sister and one of her wonderful friends, everybody came
out to help. |
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Mom and Dad, dad was in charge of the Coffee.. |
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Here are two gentleman who took the Time to help.... here's Gerry
Johnston |
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and James Noble. |
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And here is one of the Wonderful Young Ladies who came to help, let
me introduce you to Elizabeth Wagner.. Thanks Elizabeth, that
smile warmed a lot people's hearts that day. |
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Here's Mom with one of the Dessert Trays to serve to the Guests. |
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And here is the Entertainment, what a wonderful time everybody had,
I love working with everybody to make this Dinner such a success. |
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Here's those wonderful Girls again.
Well that's it for the First Week of 2005,
come back soon... I will have lots more of 488. Thanks for
everything, you have made this Website so successful and I am very,
very Grateful. |
