Looks quiite threatening, doesn’t it, this snowblower?!
Snowblower at the Colorado Railroad Museum
I’m About to Gobble You up 9 comments
Human Looks? 8 comments
The front of this engine does look somewhat like a human face, doesn’t it. It reminds me of the movie „Silver Streak“, when, at the end, after the run-away engine has broken through a wall and come to a halt in the hall of the Chicago railway station, Grover T. Muldoon [played by Richard Pryor] comments that it looks like the locomotive is actually grinning.
Grinning? – Or Just Menacing Looks?
„Puffing Billy“ 10 comments
Well, I know that the „Puffing Billy“ was quite a different locomotive, but I think the name would have been appropriate here, too – judging by the looks of that engine, which, btw, is propelled not by steam created with a fire inside the engine, but by compressed air in its huge tank. This makes it safe in an environment with fuels, as it wa used by the Standard Oil Company.
Locomotive Driven by Compressed Air
The Little Engine That Could 3 comments
Doesn’t it really look quite like it?
Manitou & Pikes Peak Steam Locomotive No. 1
From the railroad museum’s website: „M&PP No. 1 is a unique locomotive specially designed to climb steep mountain slopes with grades up to 25 percent. The underside is equipped with a toothed cog wheel. As the wheel turns, it connects to a stationary rack rail in the track, thus helping to pull a train up the mountain or provide braking on the way down.“
More Locomotive #683 3 comments
Locomotive #683
This time from a different perspective and in „natural“ colours.
Locomotive #683 and Carriages 3 comments
Locomotive #683 and Carriages
This is Locomotive #683 – with two vintage railroad cars – of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden/CO. It was built in 1890 and in use for various railroad companies until 1956. It is the only surviving standard gauge locomotive of the D&RG.
Rocks, Clouds, and Sea 17 comments
Muir Beach/CA
California’s Napa Valley – Quite Like Tuscany 14 comments
Napa Valley
Another Galloping Goose 9 comments
Galloping Goose with Snowplough
Galloping Goose 2 comments
A strange name for a strange vehicle:
A „Galloping Goose“
According to Wikipedia, a „Galloping Goose“ is the popular name given to a (series of seven) railcar(s) built by the Rio Grande Southern Railroad in the 1930s, because at that time trains were too expensive to run on their minor lines. This one here can be seen at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden/CO. For enthusiasts: The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad still offers rides in Galloping Goose #5.
