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2016 Geese #5 & #7 + #315 Sunday, August 28
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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.
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Jerry Day, well known railroad photographer.
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Brad from Phoenix uses Hi-Def equipment for playback on BlueRay players,
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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
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John Freedman from Queensland, Australia, probably traveled the farthest to attend
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Giving the Goose Crews orders for today's run was Wade Hall, C&TS dispatcher and (sometimes) pilot for special 'foreign power".
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Galloping Goose Historical Society member, Larry Gibson from Michigan, oiling around, was part of the crew this week.
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Rendezvous Special pulls out of Chama at 8:01am headed with K-27 #463
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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!!
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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
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Al Blount, motorman of Goose #7. Al is also VP on the Board of Trustees at the Colorado Railroad Museum.
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Goose #7 leads the way to 'the Pass'
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#5 "running hot and on the loose" if you are familiar C W McCall's song "The Gallopin Goose" chasing #7
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Rendezvous Special w/#463 is third in line.
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The Geese coming out of 'the Narrows" A sight you just don't see every day
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Now its Engine #463 turn
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The trio have pulled into Lobato and are waiting for regular eastbound Train 216 to pass.
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Speaking of which
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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.
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One of my favorite photo spots, Perry's Pond.
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The Geese pull into Cumbres Pass
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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!
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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!
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Galloping Goose #5 Crew: Front Row: Jeff Taylor and Lew Matis Back Row: John Randall, Scott Gibbs, Bill Wolf, Joe Beringer, Larry Gibson
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Rick, Al, and Doug from the Colorado Railroad Museum
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Pile Driver demo photo line
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Pile Driver OB getting ready to operate; first by raising the boom
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Now with supports in place, the hammer can be raised and dropped, assuming you have something like a post to put in the ground
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Raised weight on the gelatin. I would like to know what the 'hammer' weighs?
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With post in place, it's ready for the hammer to come down.
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What a great day for the demonstration
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Next on the agenda was clearing westbound Train 215 in order for the 'Special' to back down to a point above Tanglefoot Curve.
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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.
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Here we are waiting for the first runby.
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Double header on the right, Geese on the left, we're ready for action.
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Both engines whistled off and proceeded up Tanglefoot Curve.
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Did I mention how great the sound from 2 steam engines was in this small meadow???
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Our second photoline location.
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A nice pond reflection
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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!
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