Some US Railroads from Railroad Glory Days

Winter is coming! Prepare the rotaries.When Rotary OM was out on the line. Fireman (and artist) John Coker observes.The whole story: http://RailroadGloryDays.com/Rotary

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Denver & Rio Grande Western Rotary OY. More about this at: http://RailroadGloryDays.com/RotaryOY

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The return of Colorado & Southern No. 9 (but it lasted only one year): http://RailroadGloryDays.com/CS9

 

Some US Railroads from Railroad Glory Days

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Former Denver & Rio Grande Western, K-37 class, 2-8-2 No. 491 awaits its next assignment pulling ‘The Polar Express.’ She is on the ready track beside the roundhouse at the Colorado Railroad Museum: http://RailroadGloryDays.com/CRRM/index2.html#transporttuesday #railfans #SteamySunday #RailwayWednesday

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The first cable car ran in San Francisco in 1873, said to be a solution of the hardship hourses had pulling cars up hills such as the one ahead in the photo (Nob Hill) on the California Street Cable line. Soon similar lines were popular all across the US. Most however, were quickly replace with electric street cars when they became practical. San Francisco’s survived because of the steepness of the hills and later, the resistance of its citizens to the removal of what had become an icon for the city.#transporttuesday #railfans #SteamySunday #RailwayWednesday

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New story on Railroad Glory Days: Denver Union Station Renewal,
The good, the bad and the ugly.Read it here: http://Railroadglorydays.com/DenverUnionStation

#transporttuesday #railfans #SteamySunday #RailwayWednesday

Denver Union Station

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White Pass & Yukon Route: Three GE shovelnosed units and 13 cars on the way to White Pass summit. Much More at http://RailroadGloryDays.com/WhitePass#transporttuesday #railfans #SteamySunday #RailwayWednesday

USA Railways – From Railroad Glory Days

USA Railways

From Railroad Glory Days

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It has been a long time since Denver had a visit from Union Pacific 3985.

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Denver actually has two remaining railroad stations: the well known Union Station, and the long disused Moffat Station shown here in a photo taken yesterday.

Moffat Station was the Denver terminus of David Halliday Moffat’s Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railroad. This railroad was a latecomer to Denver — construction begun in 1904. It was projected to be the short route between Denver and Salt Lake City. Although the railroad never achieved Moffat’s (1839 – 1911) goal,ending a Craig, it survived long enough to be absorbed into the Denver & Rio Grande Western in 1947.

The station, designed by Edwin Moorman, is said to be predominantly Georgian Revival architecture and was opened to business in 1906. It has been redeveloped for a new use among overwhelming, larger new buildings that constitute Denver’s burgeoning LoDo neighborhood.

Much more about Denver architecture at http://RailroadGloryDays.com/GhostBldgs

Classic Streamliners – Amtrak Exhibit Train – New York Central System’s GM Aerotrain

Classic Streamliners

AMTRAK EXHIBIT TRAIN VISITS CHEYENNE, WYOMING

Since 2011, the Amtrak Exhibit Train has travelled the United States to showcase the 40 plus year history of Amtrak, its current railway operations, and its future goals for high-speed passenger travel. On Saturday, May 17^th and Sunday, May 18^th, that train will visit the historic Cheyenne Depot Museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

The Amtrak Exhibit Train offers a free, self-guided tour of exhibits, artifacts, and Amtrak memorabilia. Pulled by a diesel-electric locomotive, there are three display cars and a gift shop car at the end of the train.

The visit coincides with the 9^th Annual Cheyenne Depot Days. Built by Henry Van Brunt for the Union Pacific in 1886, the depot was donated to the City of Cheyenne and Laramie County in 1993. The Cheyenne Depot Museum, via walk-thru exhibits, provides the history of Cheyenne from the arrival of the transcontinental railroad. This writer visited the museum in 2013 and the detail and lay-out are very impressive.Cheyenne, Wyoming, has been very much an intersection for the railway world of late. On May 8th, the steam train Big Boy 4014 arrived from California to be rebuilt in the local Union Pacific steam shop for future use as an excursion train. Additionally, the upcoming fourth season of AMC’s Hell on Wheels, which dramatizes the building of the first transcontinental railroad, will begin with the historic Cheyenne founded in 1867.

“New York Central System’s GM Aerotrain: The Road to the Future”

A postcard depicting a General Motor’s Aerotrain. From the back of the card: The New York Central System “The Road to the Future.” A General Motors “Aerotrain” is shown on display here at Buffalo, New York in Feb. of 1956. The train failed in regular operation and was in service on the Central less than a year. It was part of a futile effort to upgrade passenger service. Similar units were used briefly on the Pennsylvania and the Union Pacific Railroads. By 1969 the Road to the Future had proved to be the Road to Ruin. The card was distributed in 1970 by Owen Davies, Bookseller.