Vintage Steam Time for some vintage steam loco pics (and maybe a bridge or two thrown in)! This first pic got me started. This pic of UP #75 with a head of steam got me looking at 19th century locos. In looking at how the tender is lettered – U.P.R.R. – this tells us that …
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Month:September 2021
Kevin’s Komments 09/17/2021
Oil Burners One of the locomotive curiosities that caught my attention after my recent trip out west was the oil burning steam locos of California. Most of us steam lovers across the east and Midwest understand the firebox of coal fueled steamers. But I wasn’t exactly sure about those oil burners of the west. My …
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Kevin’s Komments 09/10/2021
Yosemite Valley Railroad It’s been a couple weeks since my last set of pics – I was on vacation last week at Yosemite…Which introduces the subject of today! Yosemite Valley RR Co. was a short-line that operated from 1907 to 1945. The RR followed the Merced River for about 30 miles up to the edge …
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