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Viewing Album:  Colorado RRing
 
By:John Schumann
Dates:1/1/2006 - 7/30/2009
Album Info:Dedicated to slim gauge mountain railroading. If I could just win the lottery, I would be working as a fireman on one of these gutsy suckers in a heartbeat......
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Riding the Loop
Title:  Riding the Loop
Description:  Rode the Georgetown Loop for the first time since my honeymoon, long ago. Much had changed-12 gets ready to pull the train.
Photo Date:  7/31/2007  Upload Date: 12/16/2009 2:45:40 PM
Location:  Georgetown, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  GLRX 12(2-6-2)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
Over the bridge and through the woods
Title:  Over the bridge and through the woods
Description:  To Silver Plume We go.
Photo Date:  7/31/2007  Upload Date: 12/16/2009 2:46:03 PM
Location:  Georgetown, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  GLRX 12(2-6-2)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
Climb that Hill, Baby
Title:  Climb that Hill, Baby
Description:  #12 had guts, although she had to stop to build pressure about half way up. I hear the C&S had to do that also, back in the day..
Photo Date:  7/31/2007  Upload Date: 12/16/2009 2:46:25 PM
Location:  Georgetown, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  GLRX 12(2-6-2)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
Running Around
Title:  Running Around
Description:  12 runs around our train, for the return trip.
Photo Date:  7/31/2007  Upload Date: 12/16/2009 2:46:58 PM
Location:  Georgetown, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  GLRX 12(2-6-2)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
Get up That Hill
Title:  Get up That Hill
Description:  12 heading to the bridge
Photo Date:  7/31/2007  Upload Date: 12/16/2009 2:47:31 PM
Location:  Georgetown, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  GLRX 12(2-6-2)
Views:  251   Comments: 0
Best Picture of the Whole Trip
Title:  Best Picture of the Whole Trip
Description:  Can't help myself, I just love this shot.
Photo Date:  7/31/2007  Upload Date: 12/16/2009 2:47:49 PM
Location:  Georgetown, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  GLRX 12(2-6-2)
Views:  240   Comments: 2
DRGW 484
Title:  DRGW 484
Description:  Switching Chama with 484, with what could be the last wooden coal tower in back.
Photo Date:  7/19/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 9:12:33 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  DRGW 484(2-8-2)
Views:  486   Comments: 0
Los Pinos
Title:  Los Pinos
Description:  Coming up on the Los Pinos water tank.
Photo Date:  7/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 1:08:59 PM
Location:  Los Pinos, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
Tanglefoot Curve
Title:  Tanglefoot Curve
Description:  We're hammering Tanglefoot Curve on the return trip.
Photo Date:  7/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 1:09:27 PM
Location:  Los Pinos, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
Switching the Chama yard
Title:  Switching the Chama yard
Description:  Switching at Chama after the train. These pictures amaze me. Looking at them, it is hard to tell when they were taken. The level of preservation at Cumbres & Toltec is unbelievable.
Photo Date:  7/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 1:09:53 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  376   Comments: 0
Switch them cabooses
Title:  Switch them cabooses
Description:  I love these shots. Yep, they are not in the mountains, but instead a railroad going about its business. I am so glad the CATS repainted their equipment back into DRGW, it really rolls back the clock.
Photo Date:  7/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 1:10:24 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  566   Comments: 0
DRGW 488 at Labato
Title:  DRGW 488 at Labato
Description:  On the train, 488 is hitting Labato trestle.
Photo Date:  7/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 1:11:15 PM
Location:  labato, NM
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  257   Comments: 0
DRGW 488
Title:  DRGW 488
Description:  Pounding the 4% on the way to Windy Point, 488 was LOUD.
Photo Date:  7/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 5:35:02 PM
Location:  Coxo, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  282   Comments: 0
DRGW 488
Title:  DRGW 488
Description:  Hammering the 4% up to Cumbres Pass, same as she has since the 1920s. Show that grade who's boss.
Photo Date:  7/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 5:35:40 PM
Location:  Coxo, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
DRGW 488
Title:  DRGW 488
Description:  Windy Point!
Photo Date:  7/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 5:36:11 PM
Location:  Cumbres, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
DRGW 488
Title:  DRGW 488
Description:  We're just about to Cumbres Pass....
Photo Date:  7/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 5:36:43 PM
Location:  Cumbres, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  DRGW 488(2-8-2)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
DRGW 487
Title:  DRGW 487
Description:  At lunch, 487 is switching the train for the run to Chama. Love the grime and marker lights, real old-school, way it should be.
Photo Date:  7/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 5:37:11 PM
Location:  Osier, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  861   Comments: 0
Getting ready for the run
Title:  Getting ready for the run
Description:  I ask you-if I published this in B&W, could you really tell me what year it was taken? This is what preservation is all about.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 1:10:47 PM
Location:  Chama, NM
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  DRGW 487(2-8-2)
Views:  302   Comments: 0
GLRX 1203
Title:  GLRX 1203
Description:  Ever wonder what an Alco powered 6 axle 3 ft gauge Porter looks like? I know I always did (well, not really). Answer is, it looks like 1203-sporting a 6 cylinder 251 and showing it off.
Photo Date:  8/6/2013  Upload Date: 11/26/2013 2:16:38 PM
Location:  Georgetown, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  GLRX 1203(80 Tonner)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
GLRX 1203
Title:  GLRX 1203
Description:  Running around the train.
Photo Date:  8/6/2013  Upload Date: 11/26/2013 2:17:01 PM
Location:  Georgetown, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  GLRX 1203(80 Tonner)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
GLRX 1203
Title:  GLRX 1203
Description:  Super cool little engine. Like it!
Photo Date:  8/6/2013  Upload Date: 11/26/2013 2:17:26 PM
Location:  Georgetown, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  GLRX 1203(80 Tonner)
Views:  532   Comments: 0
DSNG 480
Title:  DSNG 480
Description:  Side by side, fireman working the oilcan, pretty sweet.
Photo Date:  7/9/2014  Upload Date: 7/23/2014 10:10:37 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  DSNG 480(2-8-2) DSNG 481(2-8-2)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
Sliverton Northern enginehouse
Title:  Sliverton Northern enginehouse
Description:  There is a group working on rebuilding the SIlverton Northern RR. This was a shortline that connected with the D&RGW at Silverton. First part was rebuilding the original enginhouse and surrounding track. The original SN caboose is shown with nearly complete restoration. See www.silvertonnorthern.com for more info.
Photo Date:  7/9/2014  Upload Date: 7/23/2014 10:08:47 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives: 
Views:  124   Comments: 0
Silverton Northern enginehouse
Title:  Silverton Northern enginehouse
Description:  Stub switch with harp stand, very cool.
Photo Date:  7/9/2014  Upload Date: 7/23/2014 10:09:06 AM
Location:  Silverton, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives: 
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Meet coming up
Title:  Meet coming up
Description:  Georgetown Loop was running two trains this day, with the Shay's exhaust trying to blot out the 1203 as it passed overhead on Devil's Gate bridge.
Photo Date:  6/9/2015  Upload Date: 8/21/2015 1:23:10 PM
Location:  Georgetown, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  GLRX 9(Shay 3 Truck) WSLCO 9(Shay 3 Truck) GLRX 1203(80 Tonner)
Views:  475   Comments: 0
ONE CAR
Title:  ONE CAR
Description:  Time honored switch move, as the conductor brings #9 back to couple. Your choice of the distance to call 'one car' and also 'that'll do' (don't say stop unless it is an emergency, you'll never hear the end of it) depends on the skills of your engineer. On the C&NW, we had some that were so bad on the brakes that they would roll another 30 feet after that'll do, so after a while you learned to "lead 'em". Conversely, we also had the 30+ year guys who could stop 2 Geeps and a string of cars with their brake hoses disconnected within a few feet of your stop signal. It was pretty embarrasing to switch from one of the Crap-tastic engineers to one of the old heads, lead him by 20 feet, and have him stop with 15 feet to spare....You didn't hear the end of that one, either.
Photo Date:  6/9/2015  Upload Date: 8/21/2015 1:23:35 PM
Location:  Georgetown, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  GLRX 9(Shay 3 Truck) WSLCO 9(Shay 3 Truck)
Views:  402   Comments: 0
Last One
Title:  Last One
Description:  You a steam Fan? Here we have the engine that pulled the last Class one standard gauge freight from Climax to Leadville on October 11, 1962. Next day a SD9 took over, and another era came to an end.
Photo Date:  6/11/2015  Upload Date: 8/21/2015 1:22:28 PM
Location:  Leadville, CO
Author:  John Schumann
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Locomotives:  CS 641(2-8-0)
Views:  342   Comments: 0

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