The family spent a long weekend in Carlsbad Ca. last week. One thing I can say about North County San Diego is that it is a wonderful place to watch trains. And lots of commuter and regional action. This Coast is just pulling into Carlasbad train station
Carlasbad? You lucky devil... Now let's get my mind off that track and onto this one. A somewhat bored-looking operator has his steed all steamed up and ready to go, on Granby Zoo's miniature train ride, way back in August of 1975: S3235A_Live_Steam_Ride_Granby_Zoo by Mike VE2TRV posted Apr 6, 2017 at 7:50 PM There's a gas canister in the tender that supplies fuel (probably propane) to produce steam. This cool little 4-4-0 hauls a good half-dozen visitor-loaded cars around the zoo grounds - so it's in revenue service . On the tender is the name "Le Tortillard", which in French refers to a slow, winding railroad. I visited the zoo again back in the 90's and the train was no longer there. They ripped it all up. These days there's a giant water park and the admission price (which went through the roof) to the zoo includes the water park, even if you're not interested in partaking of them (last time I looked was about ten years ago). I was going to make an offer to the bored operator to relieve him at the helm. I do remember that back in '75, when I was 12 years old and about two years into my train fetish, I soooooo wished I was in his seat! I wonder where "Le Tortillard" is today... probably sold to some other theme park a long, long time ago... hopefully someone still has it and takes care of it.
Taken last Sunday afternoon, Black River & Western's SW-1 crosses the Third Neshanic River Bridge south of Flemington, NJ with a passenger train. The line is former PRR and the locomotive is former LV No. 112.
The Engineman has great pride in it and opened all of the hood doors so that my cousin and I could see the internals and listen to its two-cycle EMD melody. He then he invited us up in the cab. Even the control stand is vintage original: I asked the Engineman what was actually in the SW-1's signature "toolbox" at the front of the hood. He opened the lid, gestured in and said, "Sand". Now I know!
Some BNSF and KCS fun around Krum this weekend and an UP freight in Argyle, Tx.: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
This is classic West Texas railroading at its best. AWESOME shot Russ! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
