Western Railroad Discussion > An inside look of the CCRG part 2.

to tag on to my previous post on "my home road" shown here https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,6140150
here is another current project happening at the CCRG 11Th street shops

CRRX 5562 "penrose" another bar/club/dinning car is in to get some truck work done as well as once finished in this bay will head over and get new silver paint and get the orange and black buffed. 

image 1 the west end truck sitting on blocks waiting outside while the rest of the car gets work done to it. 

image 2 the car "inside the barn"

image 3 the under carriage of the car sitting on the jacks.

keep tuned for more

AC



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image 4 is a diffrent anlge of the truck sitting on blocks

image 5 is a new wheel set wating to be put under the truck.

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Great operation keeping The Royal Gorge passenger fleet in tip top shape.  Thanks for sharing your photos.  Now, back to work...

Thanks for sharing, how does the future look for the F-units?

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> Thanks for sharing, how does the future look for
> the F-units?

It looks great for the F7A 403 and F7B 1503 the F7A 402 may have its own restoration coming but only for a static display there isn’t even a prime mover left inside the unit. BUT never say never i have learned!!


Picture of the 402 engine room below



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Thank you for the inside look.  I need to get back there and ride the train.  We were all ready to ride one day in June 2021 and when we got to the depot we noticed the limited amount of people and cars with only an hour until departure time.  We were told the train was cancelled that day and later found out it was because the FRA had been snooping around that day and didn't like something so they made them cancel that days train.  Maybe you remember that and can add some details?  I believe we just had bad luck and it ran the next day but we needed to be back in Denver the next day.

Nice shots Adam. May have to get down that way and bs with Alan, grab a few shots myself.  Ben

Wow! I wish I had facilities that nice back when I was professionally racing. I at least had a concrete floor and a two car garage. I could always move the Classic Boss 302 out if I needed more room.
Nice things going on there in Canon City.
Gonut