Mike Pierson
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Continuation of Hangin with Eddie and Cindy
On Sunday after breakfast we went our separate ways. Robyn and I went to aforementioned railroad museum. If you haven’t been before you need to check it out. If you like history and how the railroad was instrumental in the growth and development of Nevada, as well as a number of fully restored and operational locomotives, you’ll love it. They have a schedule where they will actually pull the locomotives out into the yard and start them up for you to see. The largest one they have, No. 25, takes three hours to start up before it can actually get underway.
This is actually an engine and after it’s run, it has been two restaurants and a plumbing store. All there was left was the shell with a lot of rust, no power plant or any of the running gear underneath. The museum fully restored it complete with all remade seats, windows, paneling, and what blew my mind, complete running gear, made from scratch.
This is an actual turn table that the locomotive straddles and is rotated to move from one line to another. It is on a center pivot that is surrounded by small wheels acting as bearings. What’s wild is that it’s run by manpower, a bunch of guys, and maybe a Helga, push on the bars that extend out. If you come on a day when they pull out the locomotives you will likely be volunteered to help rotate it. Haha
On Sunday after breakfast we went our separate ways. Robyn and I went to aforementioned railroad museum. If you haven’t been before you need to check it out. If you like history and how the railroad was instrumental in the growth and development of Nevada, as well as a number of fully restored and operational locomotives, you’ll love it. They have a schedule where they will actually pull the locomotives out into the yard and start them up for you to see. The largest one they have, No. 25, takes three hours to start up before it can actually get underway.
This is actually an engine and after it’s run, it has been two restaurants and a plumbing store. All there was left was the shell with a lot of rust, no power plant or any of the running gear underneath. The museum fully restored it complete with all remade seats, windows, paneling, and what blew my mind, complete running gear, made from scratch.
This is an actual turn table that the locomotive straddles and is rotated to move from one line to another. It is on a center pivot that is surrounded by small wheels acting as bearings. What’s wild is that it’s run by manpower, a bunch of guys, and maybe a Helga, push on the bars that extend out. If you come on a day when they pull out the locomotives you will likely be volunteered to help rotate it. Haha
