Back from the Black Hills!

[Nick the DSM]

thats really cool, man! i've only ridden the amtrak and that only lasted like 30 minutes or so.

[Nighthawk]

thats really cool, man! i've only ridden the amtrak and that only lasted like 30 minutes or so.

I've chased the Amtrak. The Rockies make everything beautiful!

Oh yes, they were built for several logging companies. Small, could handle tight curves, and lots of tractive effort for their size. I'm pretty sure they also built 2-4-4-2's.

Here's my model that I'll paint one of these days.



I really like the grey scale photo or your site. Black and White just sets the right mood for steam loco pics.

Chris...

That's just SEXY!! I want one! I have a pewter UP 844 that I'm going to assemble and paint some day. Of course, I've been saying that for ten years...

That black and white is actually a collage. It was the 844 and the Challenger doubleheading. They were too long for one shot, so I set up my camera on a tripod and took two. And as if those two engines together aren't sweet enough, the Challenger blew a seal right before they got to Cheyenne, Wyoming (it was an excursion trip from Denver to Cheyenne and back) so they had to couple the 844 with another helper. I didn't pay a lot of attention to the helper- at first. I just thought "Now that's one big diesel." And about 40 miles into the Colorado border, they stopped to do a photo run. It was at that point that my cousin and I noticed that the helper wasn't just a big diesel. It was the big diesel. Yes sir, it was a DD40 coupled to the back of the 844!! Marty was beating on my arm and I was snapping pictures. I couldn't believe my eyes, man! And of all the pictures I took, this was the only one worth keeping:



I didn't have my digi back then, so all I had was three disposable cameras. But such is life.