US Prototype

The real stuff

Prototype

Listen carefully as the tiny train leaves the platform.

Live steam in Durango, Spring 1995
Live steam in Durango, Spring 1995 (Image ©EJB as CC BY-NC-SA)
Silverton Depot, Spring 1995
The restored steam engine in operation on the Durango Silverton train, taken during our trip to the USA in the spring of 1995 (Image ©EJB as CC BY-NC-SA)

Vintage railroad soundtracks

A nice A&J Roadside video on YouTube

Highball nostalgic railroad sounds (Fidelity in Motion album MF-4, 1972)

Highball LP sleeve, front
Highball LP sleeve, rear

Index:

  1. C&S #807 2-8-2 from Fort Collins to Denver, CO
  2. C&S #807 2-8-2 to Boulder CO
  3. C&S #900 2-10-0 Northern northbound to Cheyenne WY
  4. GW #75 Consolidated w/beet gondolas to Loveland CO
  5. GW 0-4-0 Saddle Tank switcher in Loveland North Yard
  6. GW #90 Decapod east of Windsor CO
  7. C&S #809 + #900 double heading in Derby Hills, south of Loveland CO
  8. Santa Maria Valley RR #21 Mikado 2-8-2 from Guadelupe CA
  9. Sierra RR #28 2-8-0 w/ lumber train in CA
  10. UP Big Boy #4002 intro (scratched)
  11. UP Big Boy #4002 extra, west of Cheyenne bound for Laramie WY
  12. UP #3700 4-6-6-4 Challenger in Echo UT
  13. UP Big Boy #4002 w/ OK reefers bound for Cheyenne WY
  14. UP #3711 4-6-6-4 Challenger east of Wasatch UT
  15. SP #4460 4-8-4 near Altamont WY
  16. UP #804 800-class Northern near Gothenburg NE
  17. UP #829 Northern near Maxwell bound for North Platte NE
  18. SP #4460 4-8-4 Northern special bound for Sacramento CA

C&S = Colorado & Southern, GW = Great Western, UP = Union Pacific, SP = Southern Pacific

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