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robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Bubalola wrote:

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robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

JustJill wrote:

WOW. Your volunteer work sound like fun! Sorry to hear about your bad luck.
The special trains at Boone draw a good crowd too.

Here is a link to what my husband is working on.

https://bsvrr.com/wp/get-8419-steaming-in-2019/

Interesting!
I did find an entry that said the Chinese factory assembled a few special order locos of that class until I guess they ran out of parts in 1999.
I also found entries that say except for a few unique uses the only steamers not run by museums or rail fan groups are some mountain narrow gauges in Northern India and a few in China.

The rail fans do love steamers. My wife took our special needs son (a train NUT) on a tour in Oregon and some years ago on a ride behind the restored Big Boy when it hit So. California on its country wide tour when it became operational again.

It is to be noted that all those steam tours included a diesel-electric or two to help ease the strain when the going got tough and just in case the steamer had problems.

When our little Prairie Class is running, we almost always have a diesel on the back end of the train. It also makes things safer since our main line is straight and no turn around at the far ends. With the extra loco on the other end that means going out and coming back to the museum, the train is really going forward both ways. A movie company rented a steam train from the museum to make a movie, and they had their studio prop people clean, do some repairs and give the whole train a new coat of paint for the movie.
On days when enough qualified volunteers show up the steamer will run without the rear loco, but a diesel road switcher will be sitting on a siding warmed up and idling in case it is needed.

When we pull a train with our big Santa Fe loco the car at the back of the train has a whistle, brake override etc. and one of the brakeman/engineers rides the rear platform. That loco used to pull the Super Chief, and we have a few passenger cars in beautifully restored colors. I couldn't find a decent image in my files, so I got one off-line taken by the photographer whose name appears on the image. I don't know the person and hope he doesn't get upset that I used his image.

Then we have a UP stream liner in their Yellow with Red trim colors and matching cars that also has controls on the platform of the rear car.

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joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

I'm not a train nut, but these shots and the locomotives are magnificent 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

JustJill Loc: Iowa

robertjerl wrote:

Interesting!
I did find an entry that said the Chinese factory assembled a few special order locos of that class until I guess they ran out of parts in 1999.
I also found entries that say except for a few unique uses the only steamers not run by museums or rail fan groups are some mountain narrow gauges in Northern India and a few in China.

The rail fans do love steamers. My wife took our special needs son (a train NUT) on a tour in Oregon and some years ago on a ride behind the restored Big Boy when it hit So. California on its country wide tour when it became operational again.

It is to be noted that all those steam tours included a diesel-electric or two to help ease the strain when the going got tough and just in case the steamer had problems.

When our little Prairie Class is running, we almost always have a diesel on the back end of the train. It also makes things safer since our main line is straight and no turn around at the far ends. With the extra loco on the other end that means going out and coming back to the museum, the train is really going forward both ways. A movie company rented a steam train from the museum to make a movie, and they had their studio prop people clean, do some repairs and give the whole train a new coat of paint for the movie.
On days when enough qualified volunteers show up the steamer will run without the rear loco, but a diesel road switcher will be sitting on a siding warmed up and idling in case it is needed.

When we pull a train with our big Santa Fe loco the car at the back of the train has a whistle, brake override etc. and one of the brakeman/engineers rides the rear platform. That loco used to pull the Super Chief, and we have a few passenger cars in beautifully restored colors. I couldn't find a decent image in my files, so I got one off-line taken by the photographer whose name appears on the image. I don't know the person and hope he doesn't get upset that I used his image.

Then we have a UP stream liner in their Yellow with Red trim colors and matching cars that also has controls on the platform of the rear car.

Interesting! br I did find an entry that said the ... (show quote)

Thanks for posting more about your railroad and museum, I enjoyed it!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

joecichjr wrote:

I'm not a train nut, but these shots and the locomotives are magnificent 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

Thanks very much.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

JustJill wrote:

Thanks for posting more about your railroad and museum, I enjoyed it!

You are welcome.

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

Nice captures. I like the full frame in B&W the best, but they are all good.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

topcat wrote:

Nice captures. I like the full frame in B&W the best, but they are all good.

Thanks ever so much. Though I like color for most things, the B&W does a better job of showing the grit, grim and grungy look. It also tones down the new overalls he was wearing for the first time. In color, they look too nice for the grunge theme.