12/21/25

 It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog!  Today's image is of the 3rd and last incredibly detailed model built by Herbert Votaw at the Colorado Railroad Museum.  The 3 models are all 1 inch scale.  This one was built between 1955 and 1958 and took 1850 hours to build.  It is a Rio Grande Challenger type locomotive and took 6160 handmade pieces to build.  it is 123 inches long.  Amazing detailed and beautiful work.