If you have been monitoring My Blog recently you know I have been recording all the places Lisa and I visited in 2006; trust me it was one heck of a year. Back on June 30th and again on July 2nd we made our first of several trips to the Colorado Railroad Museum (CRRM) spending a good part of both weekends going around the yard in detail taking a photographic inventory of the collection. One of the main reasons is the yard is nearing 100% full as most of the old Georgetown Loop equipment is being stored here. If you have not been here or it's been awhile you need to stop by and check this place out. My plan like my other RRAdventures topics is to slowly share this Trip Report with you, a few images at a time so sit back and an enjoy this photographic journey as it slowly unfolds exclusively here on TrainBoard. Yes, I'm calling this topic Part I as there will be more topics later from our other trips to this wonderful museum just west of DENVER, COLORADO.
We enter the CRRM and start our tour... Let's get this topic start off with a few signs to set the stage of what is coming up next. - - -
CRRM Display #1 It seems only fitting that the first item we photograph is the Manitou & Pike's Peak Ry. Cog Engine #1. - - -
The missus and I visited this museum in March 1994- I was torn between a tour of the Coors brewery (across the street) and the RR museum, and- well, you know the answer. Got several shots of the stuff on the grounds, as well as a pic of the wife on the obs platform of the Midland terminal car, and descending the steps of the 4-wheel "bobber" caboose. Keep those pics coming!
More Ex-Georgetown Loop Equipment Georgetown, Breckenridge and Leadville Narrow Gauge Diesels - - -
Darren, where is the turntable in relation to the main building? It wasn't there when I last visited in 1995. Duh, how long ago was that? Is the dual gauge track with switches still there? :teeth:
Armstrong Turntable Some quick history, it's an authentic 74-foot hand-powered turntable that was first installed in 1901 in Parkville, IL on the Fulton Country narrow gauge railroad. In 1904, the gauge was changed narrow gauge to standard guage. The turntable was removed in 1914 and installed on the CB&Q branch line in Saint Francis, Kansas. The Colorado Railroad Museum acquired it in 1998 and moved it to Golden, where it was converted to "dual gauge". Both the [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]Cornelius W. Hauck Restoration Facility and the Armstrong Turntable can be seen from Google Maps <Click Here> to the left of the main building. [/FONT]
Great map! Boy, they sure have been busy there. It was interesting to visit 12 years ago but I think now I have to return. Thanks. :teeth:
