Saturdays Online: Engine 5629 & Heritage Railroads

One of the last of its kind in service, Engine 5629:

Needing some scale I included a photographer (below).  These wheels were ~ 5 feet in diameter.

Details of the lubricating system below:

Start here to checkout links to your Local Heritage Railroads.

Ending the Week.......

With the End of the Train..........

I've had a busy week at a conference....and dozens of great images from the Railroad Museum to edit.  So I'm finally on track to start my posting in earnest: Caboose 49.

A selection of three Cabooses from the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad.

If you Google the Caboose # you'll get a link to it's history....e.g. Caboose 0578

Caboose 04990

In fact all Engines and Cabooses have unique numbers that you can search on the web for more information.......

52 Rolls Week #13: At the Colorado Railroad Museum

I took the Holga along to the Colorado Railroad Museum.......

Click Here For more Holga Images.......Stay tuned on the Blog for More Mamiya 645 Images.

Colorado Railroad Museum

Fabulous Workshop a couple of weeks ago with Eli Vega.

Engine #191 at the Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden

Saturdays Online: A Note On Wanton Destruction!

Just as we care about our wildlife and wouldn't want to cause unnecessary damage to the environment.  It would have been 'nice' if this editor from the Farm Security Administration hadn't been so arrogant as to think he knew what should be preserved for posterity.

Imagine someone taking a hole punch to your negatives!