Steam & Excursion > Unloading Klondike Mines Rly 4 Cheyenne, WY

Klondike Mines Railway 4, KMRy 4, Prairie, 2-6-2, narrow gauge locomotive is owned Dr. Charles O. Brantigan & his wife Kate.  Steve Lee (white helment) helped unload from truck the Klondike Mines Railway 4 at Wasatch RR Contractors, Cheyenne, WY, February 22, 2017.

Pardon the wind but this is Wyoming.

Dr. Brantigan plans to have No. 4 receive maintenance at Cheyenne and then move the Baldwin built narrow gauge steam locomotive to Como, Colorado, summer 2017.  Track is being relaid on the former Denver, South Park & Pacific Railway right of way at the restored Como Depot towards the Como Roundhouse.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/03/17 04:01 by cozephyr.

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Bob3985 and James (Jim) Ehernberger, both UP retirees, were at Wasatch Railroad Contractors, Cheyenne, WY, February 22, 2017 to see narrow gauge ex-Klondike Mines Railway 4's arrival.

Believe that's Tim Bain in background between the two gentlemen.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/23/17 07:09 by cozephyr.

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Thanks for the photo Chip. I have always enjoyed my friendship with Jim. Many a story gets revealed in our conversations at the UPHS office.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

Yes, that is indeed Tim Bain in the background.

Martin

What kept it from just rolling down the ramp under gravity and into the loader?  No handbrake, right?

Kimball Wrote:
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> What kept it from just rolling down the ramp under
> gravity and into the loader?  No handbrake,
> right?

By looking at photos in other threads, it appears the situation is well in hand.
One forklift was pulling or pushing, while the other was holding it back, thus
they had complete control of the movement at all times.

Think maybe they've done this before?

Certainly they know what they are doing, no question.  I saw only a chain pulling it in the video.  I wondered if it was so tight and unlubed that they were not worried about it rolling away on them? 

Looks like it will be a nice looking loco for that operation.

​Victor A. Baird
​http://www.erstwhilepublications.com