RRAdventures: Railfanning South of Town (2010)

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Next up is this SP Coffee Shop

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Rio Grande Mainline Caboose #01501

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Here is an old Amtrak car now listed as RRIX #4

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Los Angeles Railway PCC Car No. 3101

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Glad you enjoyed it Mike and it's a nice stop and a bit of a hidden gem of a place on mining that if you are into this area (as we are) is worth the stop.  If time allows take the guided trip as they do try to operate as much of the equipment as they can but you can walk around the place with or without a guide if pressed for time.

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Thanks for the Mining & Industry Museum pix.  We usually hit Colorado Springs near the end of the vacation when we are running out of time.  We usually hurry past all the tourist traps in the Springs, but thanks for opening our eyes to this museum.  Next trip we will make time for it.

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When we arrive and step inside the museum building / ticket office we immediately see a wall of photos and diagrams that speak to the history of street cars that once ruled the streets here.

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Our last stop of the day would be in Colorado Springs at the Pikes Peak Municipal Street Railway (they seem to go by various names here) which also has lots of other RR equipment around. The highlight here is a ride on one of their operational Trolleys.

 

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VIDEO:  Western Museum of Mining and Industry

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That's all the photos II took at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry but I do have some video that I will put together into a YouTube and get that posted soon.  It includes video of the little Porter Compressed Air Locomotive running up and down the tracks.  The Porter Compressed Air Locomotive has "NO BRAKES" so it was a bit fun watching the demo as he tried to get it to stop at a specific location.

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I can see in my photo there was a sign talking more about it but I don't have a clear shot of the sign

This is what I found online which does real say much

Melting furnace used at the Golden Cycle Mill in Colorado Springs. The furnace would be heated to upwards of 2000 degrees in order to melt the ore
for processing.

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Do you recall how they heated the Melting Furnace?

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Replica of a Working Mine

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Melting Furnace

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I'll come back to Mill later as I have some video clips I will merge together to make a short video on the museum as a whole.  Back to the main museum...

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Stamp Mill Display

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From there we head up the hill to another building

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Compressed Air Trammer

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Lion  ----  for some reson unable to pull up your links dated mar 1 or later

What links are you referring too?

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Porter Compressed Air Locomotive

 

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Lion  ----  for some reson unable to pull up your links dated mar 1 or later

 

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Porter Compressed Air Locomotive

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