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An ore train backing down the switch back leaving the mining area. |
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Climax locomotive #1 is on the point of the ore train as it continues down the switch back to drop its cars on a siding adjacent the mainline. A steel girder bridge in the foreground supports the dual mainline tracks. |
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Another view of the same train backing down another leg of the switch back. |
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An overview of the Oreland Mining Complex II. An ore tipple in the foregrounnd has just finished loading an ore car. |
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Workers are unloading supplies at the mining complex. |
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A worker is cutting some firewood for his track side shed. |
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An overview of the engine house and service facilty. |
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Note all of the accumulated junk strewn about the facility. |
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Shay #8 is being watered and loaded with coal for another days work. |
