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Manitou & Pike's Peak
Railway Locomotive Number 2. Now I tell you what, I would love to
see these Locomotives up Pike's Peak.. that would Amazing.
Thank to my Buddy Casey who
sent this shot for the Website. |
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You Remember Casey, she is
one of the Engineers who started my training on the Standard Gauge,
I must say I was thoroughly Impressed with Casey. She completely
amazed me with her skill and train handling, I would love to see her
on a Steam Locomotive, she has a smooth hand on the throttle and
brake stand, I know she could run steam Beautifully.
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Now this is a Great Shot of
Cumbres, Winter Sundown... by Our Friend Steven Dickey |
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Welcome to the Chama shop.. I made a visit
to the shop on February the 26th of 2006... I would like to thank
Steve Montano as he and Ed took the time to open the shop on one of
their day offs so I could get these shots for you.. |
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The work being done in here is amazing, these
Locomotives are going to run like Champs this year. |
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Your looking at 484, she is having a axle changed
on one of her drivers and I will show you those shots later. |
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Locomotive 484 was a smooth Locomotive, I can
hardly wait to run her with her new adjustments. |
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Now you are looking at 488, she is in the process
of warming up, her boiler is full of water and the "Locomotive Life
Support" is hooked up slowly warming and circulating hot water into
the boiler. The guys, with the FRA around plan to do a Hydro-test on
the Boiler, they just want to make sure it will have no leaks at all
this year. |
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A quick peak at 484's open Smokebox... 484's pilot
trucks are still being worked.. I will show you picture's soon. |
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Another look at 484, the guys will be doing alot
of work on her drivers. |
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The 484 was timed very well, but the guys might
still get her a little better... |
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Now we are looking at one of 487's driver axle's,
they guys are truing the Journal surface and Tire surface, once this
is done the axle will be moved to another machine to Quarter the
Pins. |
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It is amazing to see a Driver set like this, now
this is very heavy, its a wonder how the guys move them so
precisely. |
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I hoped to get you as close as possible, so you
could see the cleaned surface of the Tire... Beautiful work. |
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How about a few views of the shop, just to get
inside the picture's. |
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Now you are looking at the machine being used to
true the Tire's and Journals. If you look closely, you can actually
see the Clean surface and the old surface of the Journal. |
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Another close-up of the Machine. |
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Looking past 488 to the 484... |
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A look at a pile of "Shoe's and Wedge's" for the
Locomotive's. |
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488 and 484 and some drivers in the shop. |
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One by one the axle's are being trued and cleaned
up. |
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Now I finally combined my
Balloon picture's and the Railroad.... the last weekend of February
was the Snowball Balloon Rally in Chama, New Mexico.
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Thanks to Clarke O'Bryne and his
Balloon "Viento Encantado", I was able to fly 800 feet above
Chama. I would also like to thank the Parlor Car Bed & Breakfast in
Chama for sponsoring the Balloon and providing us with room and
board for the Pilot and his wife Ailene and the crew. |
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I really love this place,
visit the Parlor Car with Wendy and Bonsall as your host in Chama,
New Mexico... |
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We are drifting just above the Wye
and Stockyards in Chama. It was a thrill to see Chama and the
Railroad from high above. |
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Now a look at the Chama Yard from 800
feet above the ground. Now be patient, I will have a few more in the
next update. |
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Thanks to Steven Dickey for
another collection of his Picture's. A look at Los Pinos in December
of last year.... |
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Frisco Locomotive 1630...
Thanks to Bill Noe for a look at his Collection of Picture's. |
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Illinois Central 201, A 1880 Commuter
Locomotive 2-4-4RT. A Rogers built locomotive, 56.5 inch drivers,
fueled by coal and capable 11,862 pounds of Tractive effort. |
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I like this one, Locomotive 2407. |
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And yes, I love that Caboose... |
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Absolutely Beautiful, what it would
have been like to ride on passenger cars like these...
Again Thanks to Bill Noe.. |
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A beautiful look at the area
of Milepost 329 near Cumbres, thanks again to Steven Dickey. |
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Welcome to Madrid, New
Mexico... A area rich in Coal Mining History. |
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The Old Coal Mine Museum is a Amazing
collection of Mining Equipment, if you like mining equipment, this
is a Treasure trove for you!!! |
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A mining cart sits in the sun. I was
amazed at all the different types of equipment. |
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A mining truck, it has seen its
better days.. but its a beautiful relic. |
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I liked this Mining Locomotive, its
pretty big.... |
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Now this is a great find, A old
Volunteer Fire-truck... at some moment in time, this truck protected
the citizens of this area, carrying volunteer fireman.. It served a
great service and carried a great bunch of men, too bad its not in
mint condition in the Smithsonian... |
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Another view of that locomotive... |
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This place is just a great collection
of stuff... check out the frog for a mining switch.. they are all
over the place.. I will have
more picture's from Madrid in coming updates. |
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Another Shot of the Parlor
Car Bed & Breakfast in Chama, New Mexico... Thanks to Wendy and
Bonsall Johnson for sharing their Beautiful B&B with us...
Visit the Parlor Car at
www.parlorcar.com. Call
for info at 1-505-756-1946 or 1-888-849-7800. |
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Welcome to the New Mexico
State Fair Grounds... I came upon these and thought I would share
the story with you. |
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It was a long story, I thought I
would just share the whole thing with you! |
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I am sorry about the picture's, I had
to shoot into the sun.... |
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The Organization was lucky to find a
second car for parts. |
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I love this system, I have always
wanted to run a train hooked up like this, just to see if it feels
different. |
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Here is a shot of the wheel and its
set-up, love the single axle... |
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I hope you enjoyed these shots, I
love the detail in things and when I walked by these cars about two
month's ago I knew I wanted to get back and take shots of them for
you out there in Internet Land.
Hope you enjoyed the picture's. |
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Here is Steven's Dog, I love
this shot, its a great one.... Thanks to Steven for these great
shots..
See you next week.... Carlos Llamas |
