Beaver Creek in the Sun

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 12 2009, 10:47 PM
It was sunny, life was good so it had to be a train day. Let my big one out (ooh er missus) and gave it a run around the layout to see what it could see.
A little challenge for it (clue)
First it showed off next to a venerable Accucraft K27

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 12 2009, 10:48 PM
Then it tried to impress the visitors to Lorraine's Diner

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 12 2009, 10:51 PM
Then it tried to scare the living daylights out of a lone passenger waiting at Arbour Summit

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 12 2009, 10:55 PM
Finally it rumbled through Beaver Creek station
But no-one seemed to notice
Size aint everything

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 12 2009, 10:57 PM
But that was not all that was happening on the Beaver Creek railroad today ...

The little Annie had a play too

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 12 2009, 11:00 PM
Long freights trundled through making Beaver Creek vibrate

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 12 2009, 11:05 PM
The Beaver Creek Quarry carried on crushing slate and the local monolith company continued to crate and dispatch huge lumps of slate.
A Shay goes about its business

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 12 2009, 11:08 PM
A climax drags some trucks full of crushed slate for use as roadbed.

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 12 2009, 11:10 PM
While in Arrowhead everything seemed a little laid back as people boarded the local sight seeing tour

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 12 2009, 11:13 PM
Before the train had arrived there was a flurry of activity at franks garage.

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 12 2009, 11:16 PM
Back down in Beaver Creek life was also at a crawl.

The Vee Dublya Garage was working at its usual snail pace.

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 12 2009, 11:18 PM
A heated discussion was going on at the yard tower. Someone was upset and in a heavy mood.
The chief controller was desperately trying to attract someone.

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 12 2009, 11:21 PM
Others were just chatting and chewin' the fat.

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 12 2009, 11:24 PM
While all this activity, or lack of it, was going on the trains just kept on rollin'

The California zephyr pulls out as A triple headed freight creeps by

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 12 2009, 11:30 PM
The little Accucraft C16 waited its turn to show what it could do. Unfortunately, not much, but everyone is too kind to tell it

Beaver Creek's only 4-6-0 Annie passes by behind

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 12 2009, 11:36 PM
At the end of the day the C16 gets a little chance and then has to be sorted, embarassingly, right out side the station.



And it was time for tea

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 14 2009, 01:00 AM
Goose No 2 lurks as The whole scene is watched by someone perched on top of Slab Rock

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 14 2009, 01:03 AM
From that vantage point he can see way over to the old timers playing chequers whilst their old auto just rusts away

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 14 2009, 01:15 AM
The Heinz pickle works seems to be having a delivery

 

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Posted by: beavercreek Sep 14 2009, 01:17 AM
The old loco wheezes as it pulls the two cars along the old track out of the scorching Colorado sun