Thread: Calling all steam railway fanatics!

Ah ha Steam Locos.
Here in Denver during the summer the Union Pacific shows off its steam loco stock housed in Cheyenne Wyoming.
Running the 100 odd miles from Denver to Cheyenne it take rodeo passengers up to Wyoming for Frontier Days a two week western festival.

Here's one running lst year in Nunn Colorado.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap0Itv2bIBA"]UP 844 Nunn to Carr, Co - 2011 Cheyenne Frontier Days Train - YouTube[/ame]

If you can't get enough of UP 844 here she is again.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhbCQ85nYNM"]Union Pacific 844 - 2012 Cheyenne Frontier Days Train - YouTube[/ame]
By the way Federal horn whistle blowing regs--Two longs one short and a long as you go over the grade crossing.

If you are interested in that biplane then look no further:-
Colorado to Dayton Ohio for a biplane festival fly in!
Enjoy:-
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSBR4ivfTCY"]Vintage Aero Flying Museum: Dayton 2009 - YouTube[/ame]
See below the farms and hamlets of eastern Colorado
Dennis

I know this is NOT steam, but I have to have a chuckle at this.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEETEOcQW90]3TE 10U - smoking - YouTube[/ame]

If there's a bloke in the pusher unit he must be coughing his guts up in that tunnel!
Dennis
zedcars
Talk about carbon emissions!

Originally Posted by F4Phantom

did anyone go to the steam museum open day on burwood hwy? good day out.

Missed the big one they had recently
We also gave up on the Lake Goldsmith 100th rally due to the que and time
But few of us got over there for a day out 2 years ago
Vic. Melbourne(Scoresby) Social/Steam off day. Sunday, 26 Sept.'10

There is talk of Lake Goldsmith in May next year as a forum trip.

Thought I would show a few piccies of the last Steamfest at Maitland, the bride and I went on the "Great Train Race" from Maitland to Newcastle and back. It was a race with two steam loco's on parallel tracks racing against a Tiger Moth plane. The plane was knobbled in as much as it had too do loops in the sky to make the race more even, any way here are a few photo's from the day, which we enjoyed very much.


This is "our" engine changing ends at Newcastle before returning to Maitland.



Our opposition Loco, the sights sounds and smell of steam was great. I'm hanging out of the carriage window as far as I'm game to get this shot.


The Tiger moth we were racing against.I was only using a compact camera so please excuse the blurriness.



Taken at Newcastle station.The loco is running down to the other end of the carriage set.



A close up of "our" loco. That's Mrs Aus hogging the photo!!



Even had small scale loco's at Steam Fest.



Another view of "our" train at Newcastle Station.





Other steam engines at the Steam Fest, we had a great day and hope to go back next year.

Finally I have been hearing of the Politicians and their plans to stop steam loco's from travelling on the main lines on special occasions, that would be tragedy and I certainly hope the idea does not get off the ground.

Originally Posted by zedcars

Ah ha Steam Locos.
Here in Denver during the summer the Union Pacific shows off its steam loco stock housed in Cheyenne Wyoming.
Running the 100 odd miles from Denver to Cheyenne it take rodeo passengers up to Wyoming for Frontier Days a two week western festival.

Here's one running lst year in Nunn Colorado.
UP 844 Nunn to Carr, Co - 2011 Cheyenne Frontier Days Train - YouTube

If you can't get enough of UP 844 here she is again.
Union Pacific 844 - 2012 Cheyenne Frontier Days Train - YouTube
By the way Federal horn whistle blowing regs--Two longs one short and a long as you go over the grade crossing.

If you are interested in that biplane then look no further:-
Colorado to Dayton Ohio for a biplane festival fly in!
Enjoy:-
Vintage Aero Flying Museum: Dayton 2009 - YouTube
See below the farms and hamlets of eastern Colorado
Dennis

There have enough motive power on it two diesels and a steamer.
Cheers,John.

John
I have a mate who is a conductor for the UP on coal trains.
Apparently the two diesels are there just in case the steamer takes a dump on the main line.
Talk about confidence!!! But the UP is a commercial railway so I suppose having the tracks open for freight revenue comes first.

Anyway on the other more scenic Colorado mountain railway lines, there is the narrow gauge stuff and NO diesel back ups!
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9zNeaIs_2M]Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad "Winter photo special train" - YouTube[/ame]

Then if you are into the "unorfadox" there's the Shay locomotives about 40 miles west of me in Georgetown.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDhUu1Mv8rY]Shay on the Devil's[/ame].
Dennis

Originally Posted by zedcars

Ah ha Steam Locos.
Here in Denver during the summer the Union Pacific shows off its steam loco stock housed in Cheyenne Wyoming.
Running the 100 odd miles from Denver to Cheyenne it take rodeo passengers up to Wyoming for Frontier Days a two week western festival.

Here's one running lst year in Nunn Colorado.
UP 844 Nunn to Carr, Co - 2011 Cheyenne Frontier Days Train - YouTube

If you can't get enough of UP 844 here she is again.
Union Pacific 844 - 2012 Cheyenne Frontier Days Train - YouTube
By the way Federal horn whistle blowing regs--Two longs one short and a long as you go over the grade crossing.

If you are interested in that biplane then look no further:-
Colorado to Dayton Ohio for a biplane festival fly in!
Enjoy:-
Vintage Aero Flying Museum: Dayton 2009 - YouTube
See below the farms and hamlets of eastern Colorado
Dennis

That is one big mother locomotive. Yanks ran much bigger steam gear than we did here.

When do they run this? I like riding in trains and will be back in the US in May 2013 and August-September 2013. Love to do a Rocky Mountain trip in a big steamer. Likewise would love to do the Durango & Silverton.

I wondered about the constant whistle blowing. I had three trips on Amtrak last year and on the East Coast in populated areas the bloody whistle seemd like it was going non-stop. Lancaster-Philly-NYC and NYC-Washington Union Station. Not so going over the Sierra Nevada, Sacramento-Reno.

Yanks built fancy railway stations. Union Station in Los Angeles, Penn & Grand Central in NYC and Union Station in Washington were real eye openers to an Aussie more familiar with QGR & NSWGR modest efforts.

dennis, thanks for those vids! at 4:17 in the first one the wheel spin is crazy

gotta love steam


jc