Colorado Railroad Museum: Whistle Stop campaign Train!!

[Klinger]

I invite everyone who can to come on out to the Museum this weekend. We will be running Whistle Stop Campaign train, set up to look like an early 1900's whistle stop political train.

I have to work (DAMN!!) but I should be there from opening to about 1pm on Saturday. Look for the railroader in a Hawaiian shirt (I stand out)

GB&L #40, as far as I know, will be running. Dry weather will keep 346 quite for this steam up (although It rained two days last week, but all the prep work on 40 has been done, including repairing the superheater) so I believe 40 will be the motive power. Great chance to see an Ex-Georgetown Loop engine in action!! She is also a South American Narrow Gauge engine.

The Rotary Snow plow has been almost completely painted after her 37 year stay across the highway.

346 is now the first thing you see coming in, we put here where 12 was, because the paint was coming off of 12's boiler jacket (Phil said is galvanized steel, nothing sticks to it).

Should be a fun weekend!!

 

[HawkeyeFultz]

If I were near, I'd be there in a hearbeat! Unfortunately...I live in Missouri. Haha! Would you care to take some pictures?

 

[Euphod]

(Phil said is galvanized steel, nothing sticks to it).

I hate to dispute what Phil said, but the Preservation Roofing Industry has many products suitable for use in coating Galvanized Metals. Galva-grip is an inexpensive primer sold at most homecenters for priming galvanized gutters. The zinc that galvanized metals are coated with wears off easily with age and abrasion, and usually does not present a problem in painting after six months or so.

 

[Klinger]

The Whistle stop train ran at the Colorado Railroad Museum this weekend. Was quite an event

GB&L #40 was running, was great to see how a steam locomotive that has not operated in years, can be fired up anytime to run. The back to school train steam up ended up using Diesel power, it was too dry to run 346, and the super heater on 40 was leaking. That was fixed in less then a week, and she sounded wonderful.

Got quite a few pictures, hope everyone likes them

Abraham Lincon even showed up for the steam up!

And a picture from back in the day

 

[Prowler901]

Thanks for the pictures Klinger. I've always liked the #40. She's a sharp lookin' little loco.

Todd

 

[robbiehanson]

Klinger, is there a specific reason why 346 doesn't run in the dry? I'm assuming it's due to its lack of a spark arrestor...

 

[Klinger]

Nope, she has a spark arrester, however, even with that, chunks of coal still get through. How do I know this, I've been hit by them!!

scared the crap out of me the first time, after that, it was not as surprising. Even the little bit that still gets through can start fires, when they were test running 346, they stopped for a bit to do some tweaking, when they went back around, they noticed one of the work cars in the back of the museum have been set on fire, and because there was not fire patrol, we did not find it until it was too late.

The car is not destroyed, just damaged. but the thought of a coal fired locomotive when there has been little rain all year is not a good mix. Hence why the oil burning 40 was run