[motor1]

It's December 17, 1936, -27 #459 departs Durango at 8:45 AM with 5 loads, 3 empties.

Crew: Conductor Fry, & Engineer Katschthaler.

Consist:

Loads: 1 mdse, 2 explosives, 1 lumber & combine 202.

Empties: 2 box & a caboose.



The train rolls over 15th street bridge...



... runs through the valley...



... & rolls through Hermosa.

[trainzman]

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Helping Matt here a little

These shots remind me of some images taken way back when by the late Otto Perry. Cool work!

[markus_GE]

motor1, on 21 December 2020 - 09:27 AM, said:

Crew: Conductor Fry, & Engineer Katschthaler.

I've been following your narrations of you screenshot sessions for some time now and can't help wondering how you come up with all these names.

You engineer's name in this one definitely sounds like it could be of Austrian origin. So, where'd you get those ideas from?

Cheers, Markus

[motor1]

Markus, the crew names are from the actual train dispatcher sheets that have been posted on the NGDF by Jimmy Blouch. He always includes the names of the crew on the various runs.

The train climbs Hermosa hill...




... makes a brief stop at Rockwood...



... & traverses the High Line.

[atsf37l]

Nice work Ryan. 459 is a favorite. Like you, I really enjoy using that data that Jimmy provides to set up operations in the sim. Somehow it just seems so much more real to know that we are recreating an actual run with it's problems and triumphs. Knowing who the engineer and conductor was that day brings people into the equation.

One that I enjoy is the Silverton Branch train on December 24, 1940 (IIRC), with 459. She hits a rock in the track a little ways above Hermosa and strips the brake rigging and other parts and pieces under the locomotive. 459 has to back her train down the hill and all the way back to Durango at less than 5 MPH, getting in at 2:25 PM. They had to get cold 478 fired up and gotten ready then finally head out to Silverton at 3 PM, many hours late. The train finally got into Durango at 9:55 PM. Needless to say, some folks missed out on Christmas Eve celebrations that year in Durango! :bigboss:

[motor1]

Herb, you have remembered correctly about the Silverton Branch happenings on that day in 1940.

The train rolls over the High Bridge...



... stops at Tacoma...



...took on water at Cascade Creek Tank...



... & rolled over the bridge at Teft.

[motor1]

As the train climbs the hill...





... it stops at the tank at Needleton.



At MP MP 486 ¾, the 459 turns onto it's side. Conductor Fry went to Tacoma to report the derailment, & he requests tool cars, section men & 2 rails.

[motor1]

The 268 departs Durango at 4:10 PM with the tool cars.



The work train arrives at the derailment at 7:55 PM. The crew for the work train (Conductor G C Smith, & Engineer V Cummins) were released at 10:10 PM, & the crew of the Silverton were released at 9:30 PM. The 459 was re railed at 10:50 AM the next day. The work train crew went back on duty at 6:10 AM, & the work train went back to Durango.

THe crew of the Silverton (now Extra 459) went back on duty at 9:30 PM, & soon, the train got underway.



The train rolls over the bridge at Elk Park...





... & pulls into Silverton at 1:30 PM.

[motor1]

After 1 hour 30 minutes switching & time for the crew to eat, the train departs 3:00 PM with 11 ore, combine 202, a empty gondola, & a caboose.







Soon, the train rolls over the bridge at Elk Park.

[motor1]

The train stops for water at the Needleton Tank...





... rolls over the bridge at Teft...



... & stops at Tacoma.