Sep 1: Colorado Rail Museum, Denver

ReisendeThese units were primarily used on passenger trains, including the California Zephyr and the Rio Grande Zephyr. They were were donated to the Colorado Railroad Museum in 1996.

ReisendeMust have been a challenging life for the engineer on a hot day having to stand, hemmed in beside the boiler to run the engine. The fireman was outside the cab at the rear to stoke the firebox. The controls seen here are the reversing lever ('Johnson bar' they liked to call it) at the bottom standing upright, the regulator (throttle) lever above at an angle, an original Westinghouse Straight Air brake handle for the locomotive, and a (probably) D-8 automatic air brake valve, minus handle, to control the train. The bracket with 3 holes once mounted some gauges... probably the steam pressure and a couple of air brake pressure gauges. The big brass object with the red handles is a Nathan 'Bullseye' hydrostatic lubricator, that metered an oil supply to the engine cylinders. There are no cab seats.

ReisendeThe Shay locomotive had a simple-expansion vertical engine arranged on the right-hand side. Its crankshaft was coupled to drive shafts that extended forward and backward and drove every axle (including the tender) via straight bevel gears.