Ride to Jamestown, August 18, 2012
A long way for a short ride on the Railroad

Jamestown is always a fun place to visit and walk around.

There is a Railroad Museum with working locomotives They run excursions on weekends during the tourist season. They run a steam engine on Saturdays and a diesel engine on Sundays.
	They pull the coaches backward up the track for the first leg.	Most people who see this view are not happy. It often portends something very bad
The "car host" was dressed like a conductor and was very informative		At the far end of the line, they pull the locomotive to the other end of the train
After the ride, they fill the tender with water and then put the locomotive to bed	We took a tour of the round house This is a mechanics' grease pit	The movies used these old, small coaches to film the train at a simulated distance
Locomotive #28 is their heavy weight. It is awaiting repair		Last time I visited, locomotive #2 was running, but it broke and is awaiting funds for repair
Inside one of the old coaches	The old railroaders used ingenuity and anything handy They made a transport vehicle out of a Model-T Ford
This is the diesel they use on Sundays It used to be a military switcher locomotive	End of the day, old #3 getting a well earned rest	We watched as they rolled her into the round house

They posted a list of the movies and TV shows filmed here