Classic trains photos from the Denver Public Library

[Flintlock76]

Overmod

Wayne, I don't have access to PM but look on the MR forum at the Hasegawa rail mortar project -- your input will be valuable.

 

It's done, and I even found a video everyone should find interesting!  

[Overmod]

BaltACD

Wondering what sort of testing is taking place with the 'box' on the engineer's side of the pilot on the Lady Baltimore?

Indicated testing, likely of something related to average cylinder pressure or compression.  See the (probably) well insulated hose across the cylinder jacket and its point of connection.  One to the forward side of that piston could be taken through the cylinder head, which is right behind that shelter as built.

[BaltACD]

Jones1945

Train #2, The Abraham Lincoln; 9 cars; 35 MPH; locomotive "Lady Baltimore". Photographed: leaving St. Louis, Mo., September 24, 1935.

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/57966/rec/202

Wondering what sort of testing is taking place with the 'box' on the engineer's side of the pilot on the Lady Baltimore?

[daveklepper]

Thanks for the efforts required to post these fine pictures.

[Overmod]

Wayne, I don't have access to PM but look on the MR forum at the Hasegawa rail mortar project -- your input will be valuable.

[Flintlock76]

Thanks Mr. Jones!

Oh yeah, in the old days Denver was a hot railroad town, and the photos reflect that.

I'm guessing the "Pacemaker," the "Fast Flying Virginian," and the "Tennessean" must have made a wrong turn somewhere if they wound up in Denver.   

[Jones1945]

Thank you for the additional information, Peter. 

Some rare encounters from the Otto Perry collection:

Train #112, City of Denver; doubleheading with M-10005, 10 carts, 20 MPH. Photographed:  leaving Denver, Colo., January 24, 1937.

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/60684/rec/29

Train #111, City of Denver; doubleheading with M-10005, 11 cars, 70 MPH. Photographed:  Dupont, Colo., January 17, 1937.

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/60657/rec/8

Train #40, Exposition Flyer, 11 cars. Photographed: east of Derby, Colo., July 14, 1940.

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/62422/rec/16

Train #10, Denver Zephyr; 10 cars, 65 MPH, locomotive "Aeolus". Photographed: east of Derby, Colo., February 26, 1938.

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/46102/rec/24

Train #2, The Abraham Lincoln; 9 cars; 35 MPH; locomotive "Lady Baltimore". Photographed: leaving St. Louis, Mo., September 24, 1935.

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/57966/rec/202

[M636C]

 

Train #111, City of Denver, 11 cars. Photographed: near Denver, Colo., 1951.

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/67585/rec/9

Train #103, City of Los Angeles; 9 cars, 25 MPH. Photographed: leaving Cheyenne, Wyo., March 7, 1937.

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/60688/rec/37

The second of these photos is just an example of how important Otto Perry's photographs are to all of us now. There is another photo showing the same train in Cheyenne station a few minutes earlier, which is used as an illustration in the Wikipedia entry for the M-10002 train.

The second unit is the B-unit from the fourth spare City of Denver power set coupled to the M10002 cab unit. I say coupled, but in fact the two units were articulated, the two units resting on a span bolster linking the two trucks. So these two were put together in a big, well equipped workshop. The only reason for this pairing would seem to be that M-10002 B and M-10003A were unserviceable at the same time, and someone suggest this ungainly solution to getting the train on the road

I understand that Otto Perry was a postman with the US Postal Service in Denver and was able to get out and photograph trains around Denver, but as an enthusiast travelled all over the USA and in the 1930s, to Europe.

However in 1917, Otto spent what appears to have been a single day in Beijing, China and visited the North station which served trains to the Great Wall.He was able to photograph a fairly new Alco 2-8-0 and an older Chinese built 2-6-0

I assume that he was with the US Armed services at this time, but I'd be grateful if any light could be shone on this visit.

Peter

 

[Jones1945]

 Denver Public Library has tons of classic trains photos uploaded to their digital collection ( https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/ ). Check out if you want to pass the time.

Train Second #24, Grand Canyon Limited; 11 cars, 37 MPH. Photographed: near Belen, N.M., September 3, 1946.

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/59335/rec/106

Train #111, City of Denver, 11 cars. Photographed: near Denver, Colo., 1951.

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/67585/rec/9

Train #103, City of Los Angeles; 9 cars, 25 MPH. Photographed: leaving Cheyenne, Wyo., March 7, 1937.

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/60688/rec/37

Train #101, City of San Francisco; 20 cars. Photographed: near Granite Canon, Wyo., June 15, 1952.

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/60667/rec/34

Train #19, National Parks Special, streamlined steam engine; 7 cars, 20 MPH. Photographed: in Denver, Colo., July 7, 1940.

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/56961

Train #7, Fast Mail Express; streamlined; 9 cars, 45 MPH. Photographed:  west of Syracuse, Kan., February 9, 1941.

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/59075/rec/92

Train #2, The Pacemaker, streamlined engine; 8 cars. Photographed: leaving Chicago, Ill., August 10, 1939.

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/61818/rec/107

Train #6, Fast Flying Virginian. Photographed: at Montgomery, W. Va. station, June 27, 1950.

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/48085/rec/6

 

Train #46, The Tennessean; 10 cars, 70 MPH, good smoke effect. Photographed:  near Salem, Va., July 11, 1953.

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/65122/rec/19