It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Today's image is one that I took a number of years ago on a trip to Colorado. Former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad locomotive 1819 sits at the Colorado Welcome Center in the town of Lamar. It's a Prairie type 2-6-2 locomotive that was built in 1906 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. It was retired in 1953 and donated to Lamar in 1956.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! I am dipping back in the archives for this one. This is a shot I took while traveling in Colorado. This Santa Fe locomotive is on display in Lamar in front of the Colorado Welcome Center there. It served the Santa Fe for 47 years and performed, freight, passenger and switch duties in Missouri, Kansas and Colorado. It is a Prairie type locomotive, a 2-6-2. Back in 2021 I shared it from the front end, here is a link to that post if you want to see the other angle ATSF Other Angle I kind of like this image as it gives the impression it is moving away from me. 😊
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog once again! Dipping into the archives again to a trip to Colorado. This image is of Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad locomotive number 1819. It is a Prairie type 2-6-2 that was build in 1906 by Baldwin Locomotive Works. It currently sits on display in Lamar Colorado and is much more rusty these days. Hopefully they will do some cosmetic work to it soon before it gets beyond repair. Back when I saw it several years ago it looked much better, it had some rust but not too extensive.
