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Tres Piedras and a historic tank
still waits for a Ghost locomotive to take water.. |
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Welcome to the Antonito office and Cathy... hi
Cathy. |
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And here is Lisa, Lisa is from El Rito, New Mexico
but is a new transplant to Antonito and was quickly welcomed into
the A-Team.... |
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Now I am in Lake City, Colorado...
it is a Beautiful town northwest of Creede, Colorado on highway 149.
I stopped in to the information center and picked up some info,
Rachel Shull was extremely nice and I was honored to have her hold
the Magazine up for a Photo. Thanks Rachel for the info and your
friendliness. |
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Monday the 1st of August, Locomotive 488 is at
Osier on Train 4. |
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It was a Great day, we had a good run and 488
performed very well. |
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488 at Osier, Colorado. |
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Fire Patrol is ready to chase Train 4 to Antonito. |
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A close up look at 488's Main Rod, Eccentric Crank
and Eccentric Rod. |
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A look at 488's Expansion Link and the Rod that
drives the Mechanical Lubricator. |
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A look at the Connection between the Tender and
Locomotive... |
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488's Tender. |
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And 488's Cab numbers. |
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Some Interior views of 488's Cab.. There is a Oil
Can with a heavy weight oil used in the Hydrostatic Lubricator. |
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A view of the Super Size Hydrostatic Lubricator...
its a bunch of knobs and brass..... |
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A look at the Primary Water glass and Water
Column. |
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And the Throttle itself, you can see the wear from
years of gloved hands handling the Throttle. |
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Early Morning Antonito, how about a few views of
the Tank and Track Crews Shed. |
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I thought these views were pretty good, I see them
everyday, but figured I would take a few for you out there in
Internet Land. |
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This really is a beautiful Tank. |
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I love how it stands above everything in the Yard
and against that Beautiful Blue Colorado Sky. |
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Now a Silhouette of the Tank. Can you see 484 in
the Picture. |
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Now back to the Crews who make the Cumbres &
Toltec run, here is Road Foreman Max Pacheco and Joseph Sisneros, if
you remember, Joe helped in the rebuild of 487's Boiler and actually
rolled all the Flues in 487's front end. |
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There is Veteran Cumbres & Toltec Motor Car 104. |
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There is a Veteran of the Cumbres & Toltec..
Diesel 19 and a newcomer, the Ballast Regulator. |
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Now a few views of the Restored Stock Pens in
Osier. |
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I love the work that was done here... |
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The wood work is Beautiful... that structure looks
right at home against those green mountains and blue skies. |
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Wednesday and Ronnie and I are climbing the East
side of Cumbres.. Ronnie's got the throttle and I have the Shovel... |
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I tried to capture the glow of the fire for you... |
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C&T Friend Laura Kammerer... |
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Volunteer crews work at Cumbres, they found the
base for the Original Water Tank. |
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It was raining hard at Cumbres and even a little
hail fell, but that didn't stop the crew from working... Thanks to
these wonderful people for all the hard work they do to preserve the
structure's and so much more along the line.
The work the volunteers do, allow us, the trains
crews to concentrate 100% on running safe trains for our
passengers... |
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Well we had some major rain on Thursday, Ronnie
and I on 487 chased the storm from Mud Tunnel to Antonito and what a
rain it was, just what we needed. |
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I love these big rains, it is so amazing to see
water flowing under all the normally dry trestles from Antonito to
Big Horn. |
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Well as always the rain drains to the Southeast
corner of the parking lot, well we have a little bit of a drainage
problem on the new track.... |
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Hopefully the Ballast will take care of the
problem and the water does soak in fast.. |
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I am sure the guys can fix the problem. |
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It may not even be a problem, but I wanted to show
you how much moisture we got over the last week. |
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And i am glad to say, we received rain in the
driest parts of the railroad. |
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A little bit of water is always a Great thing here
in Antonito. |
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Another view of the Tank... |
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It sits so alone in the fields of
Northern, New Mexico. Does anybody have a picture of a Locomotive at
this Tank, just curious... I have never seen one. |
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Now back to Lake City, Colorado...
ain't that a beauty, it was being lettered and is looking Beautiful. |
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It is in the grounds of a Museum
right off main street.... I was extremely lucky to bump into a very
talented Musician in Lake City, his name is Robby Rothschild and we
will visit with him next week. |
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Welcome to Santa Fe.. |
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And the Home of the Santa Fe
Southern. |
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Central Railroad of New Jersey Car
1158. |
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I must say, that is a beautiful
Depot.. |
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Ain't she a beauty, kinda out of
place in New Mexico, but she has earned her place on these Santa Fe
Southern Rails.. |
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She will lead the Train today
behind a boxcar to Lamy, New Mexico. |
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And the skies, check out those New
Mexico Skies. |
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A beautiful Structure of North
American Railroad and the Santa Fe Southern and her crews keep her
from fading into the history books.. |
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The first class car dome car on
the Santa Fe Southern. |
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Two Rio Grande Caboose's sit in
the New Mexico Sun. |
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Santa Fe Car 502. |
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It has been said Elizabeth Taylor
rode this car on one of her Honeymoons, quite a history. |
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Discarded wheels and the Dome Car. |
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Santa Fe Southern number 93 brings
a freight car up to the train.. |
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They will run a Mixed
freight/passenger train to Lamy today. |
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I have always loved the Santa Fe
Southern, from the first day I walked upon its grounds. |
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Slowly inching up to the train. |
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This really is a magical place and
the crews are outstanding, if your near Santa Fe, stop in to see the
SFS, its a great Railroad. |
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That boxcar kinda looms over the
Locomotive doesn't it. |
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The train is hooked up and the
Engineer begins to charge the train. |
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Good Ole' Number 93. |
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July 31st, 2005.
Welcome to Owl Cafe in Albuquerque,
New Mexico..... |
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You can see that Owl from quite a
ways off. |
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The Owl cafe is on Eubank, just
north of I-40. |
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Two Employee's of this Famous
Restaurant. |
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Love that Menu, I had a Green
Chili Burger, the special of the House, it was Good!!!!!! |
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A view of the Counter... |
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A looking toward the Kitchen... |
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Looking West inside the Cafe..... |
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Paying the bill... oh, and I got a
hat too! |
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Saying Goodbye to the Owl Cafe,
but I will be back.. I have to have another of those Great Burgers.
The Owl Cafe is one of the most Famous Cafe's in Albuquerque, its a
Must see and "Twinky Approved"! |
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Sculpture's in Santa Fe... |
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I love her Face.... |
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Another street in Santa Fe. |
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A cool little corner in the
capital of New Mexico. |
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Another beautiful mural down a
street in Santa Fe. |
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See that sign, I got a great
Rootbeer float in there... |
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Welcome to the Rio Grande Depot in
La Jara, Colorado.. |
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Mid way between Antonito and
Alamosa... it is now the City Hall for La Jara. |
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Its a Beautiful structure and
thought I would like to share it with you... there is also a Narrow
Gauge Flanger parked in the grass next to the Building... |
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Wednesday we pulled in to Cumbres on Train 215
Westbound to Chama, and there is this Young Lady working, it was wet
and a little cold and the ground was muddy and yucky and well I was
Completely Impressed!!!! I think she could handle a
fireman's shovel. Well, I am always
thinking of ways to improve the website and figured it was time to
start recognizing a few people for the work they do for the
Railroad. So I would like to present the
"First Ever, Cumbres & Toltec
Shops Website Most Valuable Person Award"
She will be given a Crew Autographed
Hat and a Hooded Sweatshirt displaying her award... and she will be
made a "Honorary C&T Steam Locomotive Crew Member".
She is the new Generation of people dedicated
and willing to work hard to preserve our Country's Railroad History
and I would like to thank her very much from the entire Railroad!!! |
