Steam & Excursion > Cheyenne Depot Days 2015

Here are a few photos taken inside the Steam Shop last Saturday afternoon and evening.
 

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E Units sitting outside the Steam Shop.

An incredible N-Scale model of the UP Roundhouse and Steam Shop in 1959 Cheyenne.

Westbound empty coal train rounding the curve at Archer Hill.
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/20/15 11:16 by ts2100.

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A westbound manifest approaches as the coal empties head east from Archer Hill.

The cab of the 844 inside the Steam Shop.

One of the water tenders outside of the Steam Shop.


 

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First of all nice photos. I wanted to go but I could not get the time off from work. Looking at your photos I am glad I didn't. To say I would be disappointed at the condition of 844 would be a understatement.

Posted from Android

Thanks for sharing, great photos!

Al Seever
Phoenix, AZ

Wow, I really like that model of the Roundhouse and shops.

badtanker1987 Wrote:
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 To say I would be
> disappointed at the condition of 844 would be a
> understatement.

How would you expect a locomotive undergoing repair, to look??

Spikes Wrote:
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> badtanker1987 Wrote:
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>  To say I would be
> > disappointed at the condition of 844 would be a
> > understatement.
>
> How would you expect a locomotive undergoing
> repair, to look??

Please explain why all the staybolt caps have removed?

HotWater Wrote:
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> Spikes Wrote:
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> > badtanker1987 Wrote:
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> >  To say I would be
> > > disappointed at the condition of 844 would be
> a
> > > understatement.
> >
> > How would you expect a locomotive undergoing
> > repair, to look??
>
> Please explain why all the staybolt caps have
> removed?

To replace them with chrome caps. It's what all the cool kids are putting on their engines.

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Because the current manager cannot assume anything done by his predecessor was done correctly so he must check to make sure every bolt, nut and staybolt is tight and secure!

TrackGuy

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TrackGuy Wrote:
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> Because the current manager cannot assume anything
> done by his predecessor was done correctly so he
> must check to make sure every bolt, nut and
> staybolt is tight and secure!
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> TrackGuy

Well excuuuuuussse ME!  THAT is just stupid.  Then again, guess he has nothing better to do since there isn't a Boilermaker employed there any longer.

And I bet those new caps won't last long, count on it!

TrackGuy Wrote:
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> Because the current manager cannot assume anything
> done by his predecessor was done correctly so he
> must check to make sure every bolt, nut and
> staybolt is tight and secure!
>
> TrackGuy
>
> Posted from Android

Of course, you'll do the same with the 1352 and 2100, right?

And how can he not be sure? What indication does he have aside from his imagination and his never-ending search for things to blame on his predecessors?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/20/15 14:12 by Realist.

I'm hoping Trackguy was joking with that comment.

Spoony81 Wrote:
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> I'm hoping Trackguy was joking with that comment.

Sad to say, he was spot on with the truth. The current manager has lied to his superiors in Omaha that during the 844 complete firebox/boiler rebuild of 2000 thru 2005, "used" and "incorrect material" staybolts were installed. I'm surprised that Matt Austin has not offered SOME SORT of statement concerning all the "problems" the current manager has uncovered with Mr. Austin's design and workmanship. Mr. Austin posts a quite a bit over on RYPN, concerning such subjects, so I wonder why he has been so quiet, as he and his company are dragged through the mud by the UP's current manager.

That rebuild was featured pretty well in the video of the 844 sold by the UP....maybe Omaha should watch that and see what ctually was done during that rebuild....and how well it was done.  Perhaps they would then see what the DL has been feeding them.  hen again they wouldn't know what they were looking at.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/20/15 14:58 by NWClassJ.

Spikes Wrote:
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> badtanker1987 Wrote:
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>  To say I would be
> > disappointed at the condition of 844 would be a
> > understatement.
>
> How would you expect a locomotive undergoing
> repair, to look??

Key word is repair.

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up3985 Wrote:
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> Wow, I really like that model of the Roundhouse
> and shops.
That module in the Albuquerque NM club's N scale layout was built by "Buzz" Lenander. He IS a master modeler in my mind. His plan is to expand the Cheyenne module to include the west end Tower A  section.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/20/15 18:25 by Bob3985.

Jack you didn't know that the staybolt caps have to be removed for the mud and scale removal in the boiler, it must be part of that process. Lol The poor 844 that engine is going to be so screwed on a scale of epic proportions when the DL gets done with it. Its so sad to see! I can't wait to see how the inside of the boiler gets cleaned out and how its going to be done.

CS

Actually I'm gonna be really upset after a disaster strikes since  you still got the idiotic Dickins Kool Aid still tryinfg to defend him, that happens it'll hit the fan agaIn!