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Category Archives: Crater Lake 2015

Day 271: Golden Spike Part 9!

At last it was time to leave… A cart full of “Eastern” railroad ties. It is lonely looking West. It is just as lonely looking East. There weren’t nearly as many people at this “joining” as there were the first one! One last informational sign… The traditional railroad “Station” sign, complete with Elevation. And a […]

Day 270: Golden Spike Part 8!

More Bits & Pieces! Part 2. The other side of the engines on display…the 119… …the Jupiter. Looking West. Inside the 119’s cab. I think this is the sand dome on the Jupiter.  Engines were works of art, and the crews kept them that way! Steam comes out from all over on these things! Just […]

Day 269: Golden Spike Part 7

Bits & Pieces!  Part 1. There is always something to photograph on a steam engine!  It is better than Robyn’s Junk Pile!  (If the engine is making steam, anyway…) * This is a neat view of the wheels and brass… …but if you look closely at the bottom of the wheel, you will see the […]

Day 268: Golden Spike Part 6

Here the 119 backs up prior to the famous reenactment of the meeting of the rails! *** *** Now the 119 slowly… …slowly… …slowly meets with the Jupiter at the final spike! Bits and pieces to come! ~Curtis in Utah!  {!-{>

Day 267: Golden Spike Part 5

After backing up to the switch, the 119 starts a low speed run-by of the Visitor’s Center.  The white steam is the whistle blowing. Here She comes! There She goes! Blowing off a bit if steam to clean the lines. And the whistle, long, loud and lonesome! ~Curtis in Utah! {!-{>

Day 266: Golden Spike Part 4

“After the ceremony, Jupiter continued in service for the Central Pacific. In the 1870s, the railroad decided to end their practice of naming their engines, and thus, the Jupiter name was dropped and the engine was simply known as C.P. #60. The locomotive also received many new upgrades such as a new boiler, cowcatcher, domes, […]

Day 265: Golden Spike Part 3

The first view upon coming out of the Visitor Center! There are a lot of interpretive signs, and of course Wikipedia always has info! The Last Spike! Coast to Coast Jubilation!  We don’t get that nearly enough anymore… Original Rail. *** It all looks pretty close to the original event, but without so many people. […]

Day 264: Golden Spike Part 2

A much more important place in our History than this small outpost in a field would indicate. ~Curtis in Utah!  {!-{>

Day 263: Golden Spike Part 1

Day dawned too early in Wells…actually, the Dawn was OK, it was just the COLD that left me in my bed!  But once I got out I had a mystery.  What the heck was this? !!!!! After pondering a bit I decided to head out into the wilds again.  20 miles down the Interstate and hang […]

Day 262

In planning this day had bothered me a bit because the road I wanted to take didn’t have gas pumps for 213 miles…not bad in a car, but a little beyond the normal range of my GoldWing.  I decided I could do it if I kept it at 55mph.  My mileage goes way up at […]