Richie
Rio Grande Railroad , Mountain biking , Gardening
Had a great day Sunday running trains on a friends layout who just happens to model the Rio Grande too 
Just thought i would share a few pics of the day with you all
Burlighton E9 pulling the California Zephyr ( Gloves had to be worn to handle this loco to keep the chrome plating free of finger prints )
K-27 #455 seen pulling a small freight
Southern SD45 high nose pulling a coal train on the big curve
Along box car train snakes across the garden the same train can be seen in 3 location in this pic
Entering the Royal Gorge
Down grade out of the gorge
My Rotary Plow Oy is seen in the siding with a 5 F unit A-B-B-B-A train pulling the Zephyr which soon had a engine failed :crying:
Just thought i would share a few pics of the day with you all
Burlighton E9 pulling the California Zephyr ( Gloves had to be worn to handle this loco to keep the chrome plating free of finger prints )
K-27 #455 seen pulling a small freight
Southern SD45 high nose pulling a coal train on the big curve
Along box car train snakes across the garden the same train can be seen in 3 location in this pic
Entering the Royal Gorge
Down grade out of the gorge
My Rotary Plow Oy is seen in the siding with a 5 F unit A-B-B-B-A train pulling the Zephyr which soon had a engine failed :crying:
Day didn't start to well as the 7 coach Zephyr kept coming off the rails on tight curves so the train became a 5 coach Zephyr found the problem to be the weight of the train . Coaches are now on E bay if your interested . All Dave's loco's are radio controlled so we found the K-27 wouldn't pull much as the tender weighed a ton with all the batteries the new AMS coach looks very nice would love one of them some day :love: Would be great if there was a Rio Grande club will have to ask Steve if he know's of one when i see him next . 
