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(RRAdventures) - Goosefest 2010

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(RRAdventures) - Goosefest 2010
Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Friday, November 4, 2011 6:58 PM

National Train Day Weekend is spent at the Colorado Railroad Museum at Goosefest 2010; here are the star of the event!

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Saturday, November 5, 2011 8:36 PM

Rio Grande Southern #7

RGS#7

Rio Grande Southern, Narrow Gauge. Built by RGS Railway Shop in 1936 using a Pierce Arrow 80 Body a Ford V-8 Engine. Freight compartment converted to passenger use in 1950 using Ex-Denver Tramway Streetcar Seats.



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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Sunday, November 6, 2011 2:20 PM

RGS#7 - Details

Here are a couple of detail shots I took as well...

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Monday, November 7, 2011 6:37 PM

Rio Grande Southern #6

RGS#6

Rio Grande Southern, Narrow Gauge. Built by RGS Railway Shop in 1934 using a Pierce Arrow 36 Body and a Pierce Six Cylinder. Used as a Work Car.

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 7:09 PM

RGS#6 - Details

Here are a couple of detail shots I took of #6...

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:02 AM

Rio Grande Southern #5

RGS#5


Rio Grande Southern, Narrow Gauge. Built by RGS Railway Shop in 1933 using a Pierce Arrow Body and Engine. Freight compartment replaced with Wayne Bus Co. body for passenger use in 1946. Engine later replaced with a surplus WWII GMC engine. Rebuilt again in 1998 and runs regularly on the Cumbres & Toltec and the Durango & Silverton lines.


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On loan from
Dolores for this event

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Friday, November 11, 2011 1:43 PM

RGS#5 - Details

Here are a detail shots I took of #5...

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Friday, November 11, 2011 7:19 PM

Rio Grande Southern #2

RGS#2


Rio Grande Southern, Narrow Gauge. Built by RGS Railway Shop in 1931 using a Pierce Arrow 80 Body a 6 Cylinder Engine. Replaced Passenger Train between Ridgway and Telluride.


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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Saturday, November 12, 2011 3:33 PM

RGS#2 - Details

... and here are the same detail shots I took of #2...

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Sunday, November 13, 2011 8:51 PM

Other

I also took these few shots of other equipment as well...


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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Monday, November 14, 2011 8:20 PM

Video Time

Did I happen to mention that I took a CAB RIDE! in Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose Work Car #6 and had a working camcorder that I kept running the entire time around the loop as well as caught some action by all four as they went around the loop too?
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Posted by Lake on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 8:01 PM

Darren, thanks for the great photos. I had never seen this much of the GG before. It was cool to see all of the details.

Ken G Price   My N-Scale Layout

Digitrax Super Empire Builder Radio System. South Valley Texas Railroad. SVTRR

N-Scale out west. 1996-1998 or so! UP, SP, Missouri Pacific, C&NW.

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 8:51 PM

Thanks Ken!

I enjoy sharing trip reports on the places I have traveled too as well as placed like this that are close to home.

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:42 PM

Golden BNSF Yard

    Before heading home I make a stop at the BNSF Yard that is near the museum across from Coor's on what is called Depot Street off of 10th Street. I need to learn more about this area of Golden and it's RR history...

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 9:53 PM

Golden BNSF Yard

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Thursday, November 17, 2011 8:22 PM

Golden BNSF Yard

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Friday, November 18, 2011 8:20 PM

The End

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Posted by Lake on Monday, November 21, 2011 2:56 PM

Stourbridge Lion: You just had to post more pictures of BNSF engines.

How did you know that I have been thinking of a way to incorporate some BNSF or BN units into my model train world?  Sleep

Now I have to think more about it.Bang Head

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Monday, November 21, 2011 7:17 PM

LOL!!!!!!!

Lot's of BNSF and UP in my little corner of the world.  Maybe this will help motivate you deeper...

 

BNSF #8708 (Ex-Santa Fe)

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