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 Posted - November 19 2014 : 1:44:37 PM
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A few years back, I took a train ride from Durango, Co. up to the mining town of Silverton. It was a great ride with beautiful scenery. I would recommend this ride.
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Posted - November 19 2014 : 1:53:51 PM
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across the tracks in Durango is a station shaped McDonald's  
I still say they should reconnect the Durango to Chama line 
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Posted - December 03 2014 : 8:41:12 PM
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Great pics. Was it warm in the coaches? How were they heated, certainly not
live stoves, I assume...
My little jaunt this summer, down the hill from Durango. Amazing to me how
the Goose was the transportation for so many rural Coloradans.
They almost had to drag me off the thing, didn't want to leave, no way.
Edited by - Chops124 on December 03 2014 8:43:57 PM
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Posted - December 03 2014 : 9:50:03 PM
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| dude!! I rode that one a couple years ago at Goose Fest!
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Posted - December 03 2014 : 10:19:23 PM
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Oh, those things.I actually kinda like those Galloping Goose locos. I've always found them very odd which is probably why I like them.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - December 04 2014 : 11:57:11 AM
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quote:
yeah I wanna build my version of Goose #1 but in Standard Gauge & 1:1 scale hehe
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Posted - December 11 2014 : 9:30:37 PM
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this must be the place
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6JYkdXR7SQ
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Posted - December 11 2014 : 10:01:31 PM
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the Gooses were used cause of bad tracks & cheaper to run
Which when one got restored in SW Colorado & ran on the C&TS it got 1mpg uphil & 3mpg downhill 
Goose #1 was either scrapped or for parts for Goose #2
in 2000 A replica Goose #1 was made
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Posted - December 12 2014 : 09:26:16 AM
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quote:the Gooses were used cause of bad tracks & cheaper to run
Which when one got restored in SW Colorado & ran on the C&TS it got 1mpg uphil & 3mpg downhill
Goose #1 was either scrapped or for parts for Goose #2
in 2000 A replica Goose #1 was made
Originally posted by microbusss - December 11 2014 : 10:01:31 PM
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That's actually fairly interesting.Where did you learn about the replica?
-Steve
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Posted - December 12 2014 : 3:11:02 PM
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http://www.ridgwayrailroadmuseum.org/motor1.html
Gooses were known as Motors actually & its kept there
Still its uber awesome they all exist today
Minus the original #1
ok more than 1 Goose is Geese but Gooses is funnier
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