2016 Geese #5 & #7 + #315 Sunday, August 28

Yours truly, Lorne Noyes. It's 7.15am, and a little cool. I look stuffed because I have a down vest under the coat. I handed my camera to Jerry Day who took the photo.

Jerry Day, well known railroad photographer.

Brad from Phoenix uses Hi-Def equipment for playback on BlueRay players,

Bill White (Littleton, CO) & Bill Lund (Denver CO). They kindly offered me transportation to Osier on Day 3. My Miata does not fair well off-road

John Freedman from Queensland, Australia, probably traveled the farthest to attend

Giving the Goose Crews orders for today's run was Wade Hall, C&TS dispatcher and (sometimes) pilot for special 'foreign power".

Galloping Goose Historical Society member, Larry Gibson from Michigan, oiling around, was part of the crew this week.

Rendezvous Special pulls out of Chama at 8:01am headed with K-27 #463

Bill Wolf, motorman, and John Randall, motorman and crew leader, share a joke with others prior to Rendezvous departure. I must be getting old because, I can't remember the joke!!

This is Jeff Taylor, our newest Goose #5 motorman. Jeff comes with years of experience running Goose #3 at Knott's Berry Farm. Jeff will be closer to the action now that he is working at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, CO

Al Blount, motorman of Goose #7. Al is also VP on the Board of Trustees at the Colorado Railroad Museum.

Goose #7 leads the way to 'the Pass'

#5 "running hot and on the loose" if you are familiar C W McCall's song "The Gallopin Goose" chasing #7

Rendezvous Special w/#463 is third in line.

The Geese coming out of 'the Narrows" A sight you just don't see every day

Now its Engine #463 turn

The trio have pulled into Lobato and are waiting for regular eastbound Train 216 to pass.

Speaking of which

Remember the box car that was set out on this siding on Friday, Day 3? Well, it was still there, so all 3 had to back out onto the main.

One of my favorite photo spots, Perry's Pond.

The Geese pull into Cumbres Pass

The 'Serious Railfans" concoct a plan, but before that happens, I drop my camera bag and photograph the 'Photoline". I count six in the group photographing me!

This was the plan. We corralled John Randall to pose with this vintage Model T, beautifully restored, when #463 arrived at Cumbres Pass. Notice how John is checking his pocket watch. My timing was to get #463 thru the windshield, and was I lucky!

Galloping Goose #5 Crew: Front Row: Jeff Taylor and Lew Matis Back Row: John Randall, Scott Gibbs, Bill Wolf, Joe Beringer, Larry Gibson

Rick, Al, and Doug from the Colorado Railroad Museum

Pile Driver demo photo line

Pile Driver OB getting ready to operate; first by raising the boom

Now with supports in place, the hammer can be raised and dropped, assuming you have something like a post to put in the ground

Raised weight on the gelatin. I would like to know what the 'hammer' weighs?

With post in place, it's ready for the hammer to come down.

What a great day for the demonstration

Next on the agenda was clearing westbound Train 215 in order for the 'Special' to back down to a point above Tanglefoot Curve.

I rode back on Goose #5, and as the double header continued to backup, the photoline was established a few hundred feet down the line.

Here we are waiting for the first runby.

Double header on the right, Geese on the left, we're ready for action.

Both engines whistled off and proceeded up Tanglefoot Curve.

Did I mention how great the sound from 2 steam engines was in this small meadow???

Our second photoline location.

A nice pond reflection

Our third photoline location on the hillside. To the surprise of us all, we had 4 runbys. To my dismay, I didn't take my tripod for videos this trip!