Lots of folks don't realize that the C&TSRR locomotive #463 is with us today because of the "singing cowboy" movie actor Gene Autry. Way back when, Autry purchased 463 and at a later date, donated it to the village of Antonito, who put it on display... sort of.
I recall when - after the Cumbres & Toltec was up and running - the village decided they could get a piece of the action by having 463 refurbished and put into service.
Turned out - among many other problems - that the boiler needed re-fluing, a $60,000 job all by itself, so the idea died the death of many a locomotive refurbishing project. Then followed a long period of chit-chat between the C&T and Antonito, after which 463 finally ended up in the Chama shop.
Wife and I went to Chama and got a few photos of 463 while it was being re-built. I say a "few photos" because you never get enough.
Everybody has photos like the one above, but I like the ones that take some effort to get, particularly since I use them to make scale drawings.
For example, a bit of brake hanger detail:
Notice that this main driver has a cast-in counter weight, in addition to the outside-frame counter weight we're all familiar with.
Or the front flue sheet:
Note my ever-present yard stick. Kindly ignore the southern exposure of my north-headed wife.
And of course, the obligatory souvenir of the big day:
2 comments:
The picture of the frame, you can not see the measurments. Where did you get the drawings.
Need to know the measurements of the frame.
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