Steam Trains

Comment by Odessa Red on June 16, 2009 at 2:26pm

This isn't quite a steamtrain...but I thought it was an interesting memorial to those who died in The Great Trainwreck of 1907" I hadn't heard of this event and will do a little more research on it.

Comment by George D Rodriguez on July 12, 2009 at 11:08pm

My better half and I are raising our autistic grandson. He is nine years old. He is a train fanatic. We have purchased all of the Thomas the Train DVD's and train sets. We have a train museum here in OKC and they run it once a month 2 miles down and 2 miles back. He loves to ride it. On Sunday mornings Channel 13 OETA there is a program called Tracks Ahead. He loves to watch it. So we watch it together. I have learned to enjoy the steamers and the hobbyist's who build model railroads. Awhile back about 12 years ago I worked for a company called Condea Vista where we converted Poly Vinyl Chloride Monamers into PVC Granules. Anyway we had to unload liquid tanker cars and load grain cars by using a 12 ton Trackmobile. Ah well I'll save that for a latter entry.

Comment by Jon Hovis on July 15, 2009 at 6:34pm

Just back from riding the train on the Cumbres & Toltec Railroad. Spectacular scenery and well worth the trip. We started in Chama, NM and rode all the way to Antonito, CO. If I ride again I would just do a half trip from Chama to Osier and back...that was the best part of the ride for me. The history of the area and the Rio Grande Railroad is very interesting. I was learning more about the line as I will be using it in my next book.

Comment by garth birch on September 5, 2009 at 3:31pm

i'm lucky we have two place for steam trains close by

Comment by Jim Pettengill on December 21, 2009 at 2:16pm

From the comments on BBB's recent blogs about the spring train issue, looks to be pretty interesting. In his most recent entry he was discussing methods used to rob trains. He mentioned pulling up the tracks, and taking control of the train by putting a gang member aboard who would later climb over the tender and take control of the engineer and fireman. I mentioned robbing the train at remote watering stations, signaling with lanterns at night near a station, and using torpedoes to signal trouble ahead, all of which were used here in southern Colorado. Anyone else have any good stories or methods that were used by train robbers back in the steam era? Let's hear about them.

Comment by Jon Hovis on November 7, 2010 at 3:58pm

for those of us who enjoy trains...my latest book, Silverton Gold, has just been released. Part of the story takes place along the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad as it passed through Chama, NM and up through Durango to Silverton.
Available through amazon.com and everywhere books are sold. Sure hope you enjoy!
Thanks,
Jon.

Comment by Mike Wood on June 4, 2011 at 12:44pm

Everett L. Rohrer - Find a Grave  Anyone remember Everett Rohrer?  My dear friend passed away in 1998 at the ripe young age of 91.  Everett was the owner of Steam Engine # 75, built in 1907, by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. It was a 2-8-0 class, serving the Great Western Railway in Loveland Colorado until 1965. Everett leased the locomotive to Hollywood, as it was used in about 30 movies in as many years. Old # 75 was featured in such films as "Cat Ballou" where Everett was listed in the credits as the Train Engineer with Lee Marvin and Jane Fonda, as well as "The Professionals" starring Burt Lancaster, and Lee Marvin. Other films involving Old # 75 included "Breakheart Pass" 1975 with Charles Bronson, "Far and Away" directed by Ron Howard in 1992, as well as "Geronimo", filmed in Utah in 1993.

Comment by Wolfgang on June 5, 2011 at 4:23am

Mike . ..  very interesting. Thank you fo posting.  Nice to know where the engine came from in those films. The trains are always a bit interest to me.  Just re-watched "Bite the Bullet" again !   Great scenes of Chama and the narrow guage RR in it !   Good railroadin' . . Wolfgang

Comment by Mike Wood on June 5, 2011 at 7:51am

Your Welcome! I owed this posting to Everett who befriended me about three years before he passed.  What a wonderful friend he was, and what a great legacy of steam he left behind. Some of the wonderful stories he shared...  They were amazing!

Comment by David T. Wright & Lee Michels on January 5, 2012 at 6:47pm

Howdy. Coming up on Saturday, June 15, before Father's Day, will be The Wild West Steam-Up at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. Free steam train rides, robberies and shootouts, a tent city (let us know if you have one to set up) period vendors (please inquire) live music, living history, displays and more! Please look at the Events page on our site monarchproductions.info  We hope y'all can make it on over!

 

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