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Welcome again to Gunnison,
Colorado..... |
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The nose of Rio Grande 268. |
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I love the detail, its beautiful.... |
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A shot of the Firemans side of the
Locomotive.... |
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June 12th and I am on the Goose as a Pilot
on two round trips to Cumbres and back to Chama. |
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Number 5 takes a break at Cresco Water Tank.. |
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Posing Number 5 at Cresco for the Photographers. |
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Now, a run-by at Coxo Curve... |
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Goose Number 5 is making a run thru Coxo Curve. |
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Ain't that a great shot.... |
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Rio Grande Southern Number 5 in the Snowshed at
Cumbres... |
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Another picture of the Goose in the Shed at Cumbres... |
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Ready for departure, Goose Number 5 sits at the
Standpipe at Cumbres. |
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We stayed a while and let the passengers pose with
the Goose... |
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A close up of the Goose.... |
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Galloping Goose Number 5 comes across Lobato
Trestle... |
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A view of the Trestle and the Goose.. |
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I love this shot.... just a Beautiful site.... |
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Again the trestle and the Goose... |
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The front truck of 268... |
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The running gear of 268, those Blind
Drivers are cool... |
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I love those lights.... |
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That would be the crosshead and valve
stem... |
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Well, its June and we are in the Chama
Shop... |
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Locomotive 489 has been rolled in to begin its
rebuild. |
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At this time, the guys were working on removing the
wheels and mapping the boiler. |
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A look at the left cylinders of 489, the valve and
piston are still in place. |
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A look at the Firebox at the rear... |
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Its amazing how these locomotives look so empty
without the cab and other items. I will keep you informed as to how
this project is going!! |
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Well a while back we had a little trouble
with the Water spout at Sublette. |
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A water car was stationed at Sublette to provide
water for the Locomotive's. The water stop at Sublette is extremely
important and we set up this new way to water locomotives overnight. |
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Using a Pump, we could get about 1500 gallons into
the tender in about 10 minutes. You can see the water hose inside
the tender! |
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We would stop short next to the Tank and begin
pumping water. Sometimes we have to do things a little different to
keep the trains running, hope you all don't mind!!! |
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Train 215 at Cumbres, at the rear is a load of ties
for the track crew... pulling uphill 2 or 3 cars of ties is a bit
much for the Diesel 19.. Using a light passenger train and a Steam
Locomotive to move the ties is very effective for us! In the
picture, I ran the Passenger train thru the passing track, dropped
the ties and pulled the train out the other end... no back up moves. |
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Lava Pump house, I will have to get back to this
place in the fall, I will show a new season in the life of this
Place... I am catching up and shooting new
stuff... keep your eyes open. |
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