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Here is a Shot from the Cab of one
of the Locomotives of the San Luis & Rio Grande and it was taken
right at sunset as the train rolled thru the Valley Floor traveling
West into Alamosa. |
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This photo was taken in August of
2001 on the Georgetown Loup Railroad. It shows GTL's # 14, a Shay
locomotive, as it runs around the train at the Georgetown Station.
It will soon be pulling the train back up the hill to Silver Plume
via the High Bridge, several miles up the hill.
Thanks to David Ketchum for this
Photo, hopefully he will add a few more in the future, thanks again. |
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Well its just another beautiful day in Chama..... |
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Well I was working on rebuilding trucks with
Marvin and
Ronnie was hard at work Painting. The first car has its first coat
of Paint. |
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Now he is working on the second one, we are going
to paint three cars in Chama. |
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Monday we should apply the second coats on these
cars.. |
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There we go, both have their first coats of red
on, Monday we will add another coat and the black. |
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Well here is Machinist John Smelster working on
cutting down the Axle of a Passenger coach wheel. |
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This is a Car Axle being machined, the centers are
a bit heavy, so the shop is cutting them back a little.. |
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This is the last Truck we worked on last week, it
is completely pulled apart and we added shims to the left side
journal boxes and built up a little wear on the strike plates on the
bolster. |
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Marvin did the honors of welding the worn parts
for us. |
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Now in Antonito we use Air Jacks to lift the cars,
we couldn't do that in chama, so we used the forklift with the
Backhoe's help to keep the Tail of the Forklift from going up in the
Air. Amazing with the Backhoe's help, we lifted the cars right up
into the Air. |
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Now you are looking at a brand new wheel, it is a
blank and still needs some work. It will be cut inside to fit the
axle and after attachment to the axle, it will be machined to check
for roundness... |
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Here is the Boring Machine, the Machine doesn't
spin... the whole bottom part does. |
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Shop Foreman Steve Montano was doing the work on
this project. |
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Now here is Donald Martinez working on Masking the
Air Pump, 488 will get another paint job as will 487, the tenders
won't be touched, but the Boiler jackets and cab will be redone. |
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Here is the fully masked Cab of 488. |
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Ricky and Tommy did this work. |
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Caboose 0306 is being Freshly Painted in Chama as
we speak.. it was completely stripped, primered and is being freshly
painted.. |
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And next to it is old Caboose 05635 being
completely rebuilt, I will keep you informed on its transformation. |
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Now there is both of them, I will get back to you
with more picture's of both Caboose's. |
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Some of the Freshly redone wheels in the Chama
Shop, they will now be machined to polish the Wheel Surface. |
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These are actually the last wheels done outside of
the C&T Shops, we will in the future do our own wheels right here in
Chama. |
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Well today Wednesday the 18th of May, with Marvin
at the throttle and me as the Fireman, 488 stretched her legs a
little as we left the Chama Yards Behind. |
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488 steamed like a champion and with a light
fire.. I kept a level fire over the Grates and 488 just kept the
Pressure needle right at 195 pounds. |
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She ran quite well, needs a adjustment or two, but
was doing just Grand.. |
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But a few miles into the Narrows, the Johnson Bar
started getting a little jumpy, Marvin shut the throttle on a
downgrade and 488 slow down quickly as if something was binding...
then in a left hand curve I noticed a Problem with the Expansion
Link. Not sure of the exact problem, but the radius rod and
expansion became a bit tight and we had to back into chama... there
was a little damage to the radius rod consisting of a chip in the
metal, but nothing the Chama shop can't fix.. I will give you more
information when I get it. In the
picture, Marvin has the 488 in reverse.. see the Johnson Bar.. and
we are rolling back into Chama. |
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Here we are on 488 back in the Chama yard, 488 was
in the shop by Noon and the guys went right to work on the problem. |
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I tell you what, the 488 ran great... and it is
Beautiful... |
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Look at the Locomotive shine, I apologize.. I took
these shots with my Cheap Digital Camera, but I will have better
shots from film in next weeks updates.. I just wanted to show you
the 488 as soon as possible. |
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I am at the switch and Marvin begins to back 488
down the Shop lead track.. |
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Thanks to John, here are shots of
Ilwaco Railway Car N-10. |
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Here are a few picture's from the
Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Co. RR (also known from 1888 to 1930
as the Irregular Rambling and Never-get-there
Railroad). Later it became part of the Union Pacific until
abandonment. |
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Thanks to John Sporseen for the
Photo's. |
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Two Shots of the Car N-10. |
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It is amazing to see these
Beautiful Cars survive to the present day and I have more shots of
this car in the future. |
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Interior of restored Ilwaco
Railway Car N-10... thats beautiful. |
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Its not slim gauge,
but!! here is a Shay and a Heisler from Cass. |
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Back ground of
Heisler is the old saw mill at Cass. Thanks to my friend Bob
Stiverson and his friend for these Photo's. |
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Now Welcome to "Lost Canyon Lake
Lodge". |
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We stayed at this Beautiful Bed &
Breakfast while we visited the Durango & Silverton. |
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This is the room we stayed
in, warm and comfortable.. I loved it, didn't want to go. The "Lost
Canyon Lake Lodge" is near Dolores, Colorado and you can e-mail them
at:
tomandsally@lostcanyonlakelodge.com or
visit:
www.lostcanyonlakelodge.com
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I loved the place and will have
more from Lost Lake in coming updates, if you are in Durango or near
Dolores or just chasing the stations of the Rio Grande Southern,
stay at Lost Lake, its the perfect starting point and the food is
Great. |
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The Lost Canyon Lodge is a
Contemporary two-story Log Cabin nestled in the Pines over-looking
Lost Canyon Lake. The Lodge sits at 7400 feet above sea level and
has four guest rooms, two with private lofts and all with their our
Bathrooms. |
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The Lodge sits on 20 acres and is
just about 2/3 of mile from the old Rio Grande Southern Main line.
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This is view from our Second story
room overlooking the lake and deck and hot tub below. |
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This is the front of the Lodge. |
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And I must say, the Lodge dog is a
sweet animal and very friendly. |
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Locomotive 482 has the Morning
Cascade Train burning up the rails along the Animas River Valley. |
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Ain't she a beauty... |
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Across
the crossing and onward to Hermosa Siding where I will catch up with
it. |
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Love those Yellow Cars.. |
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And there goes the Alamosa
bringing up the rear. |
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The Fire Service water tank cars
at Hermosa Siding. |
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Those are Good Looking Cars. |
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Now thanks to my Friend Richard
Cutter, we have shots of a San Luis & Rio Grande train with FEC
Locomotive 148 in the Consist coming up La Veta Pass. |
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Climbing up the East side of La
Veta. |
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This is a Beautiful Mountain Pass. |
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FEC Locomotive 148 is in the
consist as the Train makes the climb up La Veta, La Veta is a 3
percent climb... |
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Train Crews make a inspection of
148 on its Flatcar. |
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And following the Train is a
Hi-Rail Truck. |
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Here is Engineer Mike Nichols, he
has been a Great Guy to me for years. |
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Now I was not allowed into the Cab
of 482, so I would like to thank the employees of D&S for taking
these picture's for me.... |
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A look at 482's water glasses and
water column and steam gauge. |
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William listens in to the Durango
Dispatch over the Radio. |
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Another shot of Mike Nichols. |
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And the classic shot of Engineer
William Colley. |
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And a great shot looking down the
Firemans side of 482. Well I will have more soon, I took shots of
488 and those will be on the next update, and Caboose 0306 will be
on here in its fresh new paint.. keep your eyes open.. see ya soon.
Carlos Llamas |
