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(RRAdventures) - CRRM 50th Anniversary

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Saturday, May 14, 2011 4:28 PM

GC&SJ #4

Lisa catches the "Golden City & San Juan" engine #4 next on the turntable but action on the "loop" will keep her from getting a head-on shot but got lots of nice side shots to pick from.

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Friday, May 13, 2011 8:15 PM

Galloping Goose #7

Next up on the turntable is RGS#7 and Lisa once again got a ton of shots for me to pick from.

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Thursday, May 12, 2011 8:38 PM

GC&SJ #3

With action occurring on the "loop" in from of Lisa she will only catch a few shots of "Golden City & San Juan" engine #3 and I've pick this one as my favorite.

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 8:37 PM

Galloping Goose #6

Next engine on the Turntable is RGS#6 & once again Lisa catches a ton of shots to pick from.

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 7:30 PM

Galloping Goose #2

With so many things happening at the same time, I decide to group the photos of each photo event together starting with the photos Lisa took of the Turntable action starting with RGS#2. Lisa took a ton of shots so I've tried to pick just a few to show different angles of the engine as it rotated before us...

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Saturday, May 7, 2011 9:18 PM

Well, it wasn't every piece of operational equipment they have but you can only run so much at the same time. Now, lets see what other photos Lisa and I took of the parade followed by VIDEO!!! of the event...

Crazy Day!!!!!!!

OK, I think I have figured out what photos of Lisa's to post in this edition of RRAdventures and now working on the order of posting them...

Let me set the scene of how this day went, we arrived to late to catch D&RGW #346 being turned on the Turntable and lashing up with caboose #40 but we will catch the others not counting the speeder since it was just lifted onto the track as it normally would. Now keep in mind, the "Loop" track is about 0.4 miles and while they loaded each engine onto the Turntable and brought onto the mainline, those already on the line were running around the track. So, as one shots photos/video of the turntable action, engines keep passing by you; EEK! which action should I shot now!. Once they are all running on the "Loop" together we wanted to catch a few Run-By's but again they are running so close together one can miss one engine while get shots of another so it was one Crazy Day!!!!!!!

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Saturday, May 7, 2011 9:15 PM

But 8 (or is that 7.5) ENGINES!!!!!!!

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Thursday, April 28, 2011 8:19 AM

CopCarSS

Wow! They had just about everything runnable going that day, didn't they?

What made you come to that conclusion?  Wink Wink Wink Wink

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Thursday, April 28, 2011 8:17 AM

... and not just six

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Posted by CopCarSS on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 2:27 PM

Wow! They had just about everything runnable going that day, didn't they?

-Chris
West Chicago, IL
Christopher May Fine Art Photography

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 2:03 PM

... and not just five

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 8:48 AM

... and not just four

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Monday, April 25, 2011 8:38 AM

Thanks and yes there will be lots more coming.  It was a great event and I love to share my reports with fellow Railfans via Photos/Video as well as love reading those from others around the world.

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Monday, April 25, 2011 8:33 AM

... and not just three

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Posted by Firelock76 on Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:07 PM

To Stourbridge Lion, thanks for the pictures!  I've been to the CRMM, and yes, they are a class act.  To bad I live half-a-continent away, I'd have loved to have been there!

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Posted by gbrewer on Sunday, April 24, 2011 1:31 PM

A very nice event it was. I am happy to report that I was in attendance also. Keep the photo-stream going. I know there are more to come.

Glen Brewer

Bob Richardson and the Founding and development of the Colorado Railroad Museum

Is this any way to run a railroad museum?

 

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Friday, April 22, 2011 6:57 PM

... and not just two

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Friday, April 22, 2011 8:48 AM

... and not just one

 

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Thursday, April 21, 2011 8:18 AM

Engines!!!!!!!

 

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(RRAdventures) - CRRM 50th Anniversary
Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 9:21 AM

On July 11, 2009 marked 50 years of operation of the Colorado Railroad Museum (CRRM) and if you know anything about this little gem of a RR Museum you know they would mark this event with some flair.

To begin with there was the Dignitary Pomp and Circumstance speeches and then they started a "Parade" a parade of _______________!!!!!!!

Mischief Mischief Mischief Mischief

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