Large Scale Central

Fall Foliage and Trains

Well last week it was the shoulder of hurricane Sandy and today and tomorrow it is a Nor Easter meeting a Sou Westa that has turned any thoughts of running trains to a soggy mess much like the leaves and debris that are certainly burying all the tracks as I type this. However this weekend was nice enoughand I was able to get out with the Fall leaf peepers on a specially chartered train headed up by a Heisler.

And another shot. The train paused for us when it headed over the trestle so we could all get a nice photo.

A good time was had by all and remember when all this wind and rain stops it will be another cheery bright day for RRing fun.

Looking good Todd. Don’t know about the Cape, but we are supposed to get warmer and sunny for the weekend. Right now I could run the plow if it wasn’t so nasty outside.

If you pause and listen, you can still hear the echoes from the Silvertons 2-8-0s working hard in the Red Mountain Mining district. The Trees are turning and the 11,000 ft winter is just around the corner.

(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff403/dave2-8-0/RedMtn-119-1.jpg)

The only gold most Colorado miners ever saw.

We have a few trees that turn but not many. It is a beautiful time of the year.

Nice photo Dave. All that yellow reminded me of a photo I took up in NH of a static 0-4-0 Porter loco located at the entrance to Loon mountain ski area. I don’t know if it was this particular engine but there was sign that said between 1893 anad 1947 over a billion board feet of wood was taken out of the area. Pretty neat.

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/capecodtodd/_forumfiles/040PorterLoonMTNH.jpg)

Recently someone here was wondering if the tank on a porter saddle loco went all the way over the top and it looks like it does.