Steam & Excursion > 844 Frontier Days Special wyeing and Southbound

Yesterday, the Cheyenne Frontier Days train was wyed in its entirety at the main line wye at Speer Jct., WY, and after reboarding passengers in the afternoon, the train returned to Denver.

Photo 1 - Rounding the Speer Jct. water tank on Track 4.

Photo 2 - Now on the west leg of the wye at Speer Jct. as a westbound doublestack roars by on Track 3 in the background.

​Photo 3 - Departing Cheyenne under the C&S bridge, crossing all the way over from Track 1 to Track 4, and a large assembly of humanity is gathered beside though not apparent in this photo.

Three mooore...

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Photo 4 - Departing Speer Jct. southbound on the Denver Main, taking the passengers from Cheyenne Frontier Days that rode up in the morning back to Denver.

​Photo 5 - Highballing at speed past the station sign at Dover, CO, which used to be a settlement but is now only a setout spur, the only location between Carr and Nunn.

Photo 6 - Leaving Dover at a very fast clip determined to make the scheduled arival time in Denver, with a drumhead hung on the porch of platform-obs "Cheyenne" bringing up the rear.

Happy 844 railfanning! === === = === JLH



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/24/16 11:36 by highgreengraphics.

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It's funny how Mr. Dickesn is always leaning out the window.  

coach Wrote:
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> It's funny how Mr. Dickesn is always leaning out
> the window.

Those elephant ears are in his eye sight! That is why. VBG.

Uncle Joe,Seffner,Fl.

All very nice.  Including the 7 dome cars.

Thanks for taking and posting for everyone to see.

coach Wrote:
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> It's funny how Mr. Dickesn is always leaning out
> the window.  

 Really??Seems in the past I've seen dozens of people doing that on nice days...........

rev66vette Wrote:
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>  Really??Seems in the past I've seen dozens of
> people doing that on nice days...........

On the train, yes. But NOT constantly mugging for the cameras from the Engineer's side or Fireman's side of the cab.

Those are superb photos!!  ALL of them are excellent!!
And getting that westbnound stacker "meeting" the 844 and
her train at Speer is incredible!  Talk about timing -- wow!
You nailed that one!  Photo  #4 with the 844 and train heeling
to the curve is spectacular.  The lighting in that one is stunning,
and really makes that shot.  Wow....  And you really lucked out
with a train on the C&S bridge in Photo #3.  Talk about lucky timing.

Thanks for the nice photo of the open platvform of the Cheyenne
with the drumhead.  Didn't know the train had one until I saw this
shot.  Thanks!

And you got her with her rods down in every single shot.  That
is even more good timing and luck.  Wow.....

A fantastic and stunning set of images, sir!!  Well done!
Thank you very much for posting these beautiful images here.

Wow........

You, sir, have an artist's eye.  (And the luck of the Irish!)
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/25/16 09:15 by Margaret_SP_fan.

Something about the shot at Dover that has great urgency. Well done.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/24/16 16:27 by King_Coal.

HotWater Wrote:
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> the cameras from the Engineer's side or Fireman's
> side of the cab.
 
Have to say I wasn't out there to physically see how many times he may have been in a photographers lens, but I can say from my experience here in the east on steam excursions that many a crew on a steam engine were very adept at "mugging: for the photographers. 



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/25/16 06:19 by rev66vette.

Well hopefully they ain't dumb and hang on the engines gangway while in motion just to get their picture taken!

Nice work with the lighting in #4 and #5!!

You are quite the talented photographer. Thanks for all.

Nice photo at dover.
John
 

Very nice series, Jim. Was nice catching up with you Saturday over lunch. 

Thanks for sharing,
Ryan

Spectacular! Thanks so much for sharing. :)