It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! I had to share this image because it has been months to get it done. I finally got my ground garden layout weeded enough that I could run a train on it. I have been trying since April and some parts were weeded at least 3 times before I finally got it all done. This is my Accucraft Santa Fe locomotive and it's train making some rounds on it.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! I took this image of the Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad train as it headed out for a run this past October. The locomotive, former Santa Fe 3415, is now out of service for a while as it is undergoing it's FRA inspection. I will miss seeing it run this year.
It's a double digit day today! 😀 Today's image is one that I took on the way home from Union Station. We stopped in Lawrence KS to visit with some friends and on the way to their house we stopped and saw the Santa Fe train in the park. It was nicely lit for Christmas to appear as though it is moving and the smoke was flowing. The locomotive is one that will probably never run again but it is kept looking nice with paint so the rust is kept more at bay and makes for a nice display. I have a very short video of it HERE.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Today's image is of resored Santa Fe locomotive 3415, a Pacific type, 4-6-2 wheel arrangement. It was built in 1919 and saw service regularly in Argentine Yard in Kansas City. It was then donated to the city of Abilene in 1954 and sat in the city park for 40 years. In 1996 the city donated it to The Abilene & Smoky Hill Railroad. Restoration began in 2005 and has been in use on the railroad the last several years pulling excursion and dinner trains. It was not running this year the Trail days because it is up for it's 15 year inspection. This image is out of my archives as I took it back in 2009.
