I took this "End of the day" photograph just outside the museum's Enginehouse. Just below the rear drive wheels can be seen the remnants or "Clinkers" from a coal fire that was just dumped from the locomotive firebox. The engineer is walking around the engine with his oil can to perform some last minute maintenance to the locomotives running gear and other parts. Soon the locomotive and coaches will slowly roll into the enginehouse on a gasp of steam preasure, and be "put to bed" for the upcoming winter. This is a genuine "Behind the scenes" photograph of museum steam train operations. The cold damp weather and Autum foliage caught the look and feel of steam railroading in 1991.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Servicing after the last trip of the season. The Hesston Steam Museum. Hesston Indianna USA. Late October 1991.
I took this "End of the day" photograph just outside the museum's Enginehouse. Just below the rear drive wheels can be seen the remnants or "Clinkers" from a coal fire that was just dumped from the locomotive firebox. The engineer is walking around the engine with his oil can to perform some last minute maintenance to the locomotives running gear and other parts. Soon the locomotive and coaches will slowly roll into the enginehouse on a gasp of steam preasure, and be "put to bed" for the upcoming winter. This is a genuine "Behind the scenes" photograph of museum steam train operations. The cold damp weather and Autum foliage caught the look and feel of steam railroading in 1991.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment