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Its one of Our Bus Drivers... Everybody meet
Hot-Rod!!!! |
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Say hello to "Encarnacion Rivera"
he worked in the Locomotive shop of the Rio Grande in Gunnison... I
really enjoyed talking to this guy, what a treasure of Railroad
knowledge... |
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Its the Young ladies of Handlebars
in Silverton, my Buddies took me here for the best burger in
Colorado. |
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Here's
my Buddy John Kelly... he's at the throttle of a Live Steamer... I
have always wanted to run one of these... |
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And John has always wanted to run
one of these "in the cab of 487"... we are going to have to switch
places someday... |
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The photograph is of Mike Camara,
full-time fireman on Connecticut's Valley Railroad. Mike is firing
ex-Birmingham and Southeastern 2-8-0 #9, enroute to connection with
a riverboat at Deep River.
Thanks to Bruce Edgerton for the photo. |
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Here's Randy Myers in front of
488, thanks to you Randy for visiting with us, come and ride with us
again someday soon! |
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The Motorcar group has arrived in Chama.... |
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Although a few have already been taken off the
rails, a few hung around till the train came in.. |
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I love Motorcars, such great piece's of History. |
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Well we are over Lobato Trestle and are performing
a Locomotive Boiler Blowdown and well here is the end result.. A
beautiful rainbow from the Fireman's seat... |
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Here are the Motorcars with Train 215 in the
background. |
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Basically a box with wheels, oh, but what charm
these machines have!!! |
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It is so nice we are able to open the railroad and
allow these machines to ride the rails, the way they were meant to
do! |
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I always enjoy a visit from these Motorcars... |
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Love these smaller open ones, that's about as
close as you can get to actually riding the rails... |
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Well I am at Lava
Tank after having hiked up the side of the Mesa from the Pump house
below... You can see Train 1 on its way up the hill. |
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While we wait, how about a few artistic
shots... check this out, this Pine Tree growing by the tracks has
been groomed by the locomotives passing by into this odd shape. |
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The fall season has been overtaken by the
Beautiful Flowers growing along the tracks. |
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Another Pine Tree holding on as the trains
continue to pass over the rails. |
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The West Switch at Lava.... |
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Details of the switch...... |
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Another view of the switch, I try to gear these
shots at the Model Railroaders, I hope you like the details. |
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Check this out, one of the Ballast cars is in the
clear at Lava and a bit of the ballast remained behind, well....
time goes by and a beautiful flowering plant is growing inside the
car... |
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Another view of the Groomed Pine Tree... |
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Train 1 makes its way around the lower loop of
Lava... |
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Locomotive 484 comes into view.... |
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I have always loved this view of the train.... its
amazing to see it make the loop around you. |
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Nearing the East Switch of Lava. |
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Past the East Switch and heading to the Tank. |
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Lava Tank... |
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484 makes the curve and comes out of the cut... |
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It will clear the switch and be on its way to Big
Horn. |
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Its amazing how a Basic Railroad structure can so
Beautiful against a Blue New Mexico sky. |
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Train 1 leaves me behind at Lava, New Mexico. |
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Right behind is Fire Patrol with Marvin V.
aboard.. |
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The spout continues to hold on..... |
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My parents hiked with me to the tank and are
having a bit of lunch in the background. |
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An old tank on a narrow gauge line, no its not
1950, its 2005..... |
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Now i must say, somebody has made a nice home here
at Lava... |
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The boards are a little dry and there are
cracks.... |
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The bands are a little loose and the paint is
peeling, but still this tank shines of its formal glory and stands
watching trains continue to go by.... |
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488 brings the afternoon train
into Antonito.... I would like to Thank Chris McEwan for the use of
these great shots.... |
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There is yours truly filling up
488, thanks Chris for the shot. |
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Another awesome shot of 488, I
love this pose... |
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Now this is the one I love
completely, here is Locomotive 22 at a Museum in Fairplay,
Colorado.... This is a awesome shot, love it.
Thanks to Chris McEwan for these
shots.. |
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There are a few places on the railroad where we
can make these Steam Locomotive Rainbows, the passengers really love
them.. Its great to do them over Lobato Trestle, they almost make a
complete circle down into the river canyon. |
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Thursday and Diesel 19 with two new Traction
motors installed in Antonito, heads out to run a Work train for the
track crew... |
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Sam prepares to step off to line the switch back
for the 484 coming out of the shop. |
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Back into the Diesel and Sam and Marvin are on
their way to Lava, New Mexico. |
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They will pick up two flats loaded with ties,
continue to Sublette... meet the Track crew and unload the ties
where they are needed. |
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Engineer Ronnie is on the Job and getting 484
ready, The Locomotive has its fire cleaned, the Air Pump restarted,
washed, coaled up and watered by a single guy in Antonito.. Only the
Fireman is on duty during the morning. |
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With 484 at the Coaling dock, Ronnie will now walk
over and get the backhoe to coal up 484 |
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Coal is being put into 484 from the top, can you
see the Backhoe's bucket?? We like to
meet a schedule and even if we have to come in early off the clock
we do, every morning the Locomotive is ready to roll and hooked up
to the train by 9:00 a.m. to avoid having to move equipment with
passengers walking around. |
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I crossed the river to get this shot of the Lava
Pump House.. this view is looking North. |
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And another view of the House.. I was actually up
to my waist in water here for this shot. |
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The south facing windows.. |
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This place is Beautiful, what a great site. |
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Mom and Dad standing next to the Los Pinos
river... |
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The Lava Pump House continues to guard this
section of the river. |
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Its 488 and Train 2 rolling into Osier with 487 on
the Main.. |
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Its nice to see two Locomotives in Osier. |
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I would like to thank Mashawnna and Marleila for
riding the Railroad... I truly hope they enjoyed their ride with us
and hope they will return. |
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Fire Patrol out of Antonito is loaded and ready to
head home. On the weekends, Fire Patrol picks up ties along the
right of way left over from the track crew replacing ties along the
right of way.... |
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Conductor Ray Martinez in on job watching closely
as our train descends Cumbres Pass. |
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Its not many ties, but for one Guy its a hard bit
of work, I would like to thank Docent Mike for riding along and
helping load the ties unto the Flatcar behind fire patrol. |
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I am on the last car aboard the passenger train
and zoomed in to catch fire patrol coming across the Cascade
Trestle. |
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You can see the Elevation on the outside of the
trestle's curve... |
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The Fire Patrol looks so small upon the trestle. |
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A larger view of Cascade. |
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Continuing on and leaving Cascade behind. |
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Welcome to Handlebars in
Silverton, Colorado... this place was great, loved it!!! |
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Say hi to three of the Fantastic
Young ladies who work at Handlebars and the Guy... second from left
is the owner. |
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I loved this place, there is so
much to see and the food is awesome... |
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I have to go back and see what's
up with the Polaroid Picture's over the bar. |
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Thanks Ladies, had a great time
having lunch with my buddies. |
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Galloping Goose Number 5 in the
Hole at Silverton... |
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I love this machine and she looks
quite at home here in Silverton at the Depot. |
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I am standing right off the
Mainline in Silverton. |
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And here is Number 5 next to the
Silverton Depot. |
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Santa Fe Locomotive 5030.... a
look at the Blowdown. |
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A view of the engineer's injector. |
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A look at the Drawbars and
connection between the tender and locomotive. |
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The trucks under the tender... |
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A look at the construction of the
tender, each line of rivets must be a cross support or baffle plate
in the tender. |
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The rear coupler of 5030. |
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A view of the tender of 5030... |
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Check out the brake rigging... |
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Another view of the Tender trucks. |
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I love the steps, takes a few
steps to get into this cab... |
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A upward look at the cab and Steam
Valve's. |
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Another view of the Roof Vents.. |
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That's Handlebars in Silverton,
stop in for a great burger. |
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Now Thanks to Steven Dickey, we have
a few shots of Santa Fe 5000, and yes I will have shots of Santa Fe
5030 next week also... ain't that just great!!
If you like what you see, consider a donation!!!
Just a DOLLAR, nothing more and anything less would make the
envelope feel funny.. P.O. Box 323, Antonito, Colorado, 81120
See ya later, Carlos Llamas |
