May
14
Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad: Part 2
Posted by Dom | Posted in Random/cool, Updates | Posted on 14-05-2010
Here are more pictures from Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad north of Santa Cruz, CA.
Trestle on a curve:
Watering the Dixiana, two truck Shay locomotive:
This picture below demonstrates the tremendous traction of a Shay locomotive. You can see the train on the right fork of the switchback, the picture was taken right over the switch. At this point on the switchback the grade was 9.25%. To put this in perspective 4% is considered a very steep grade for your average railroad, most grades are less than 2%.
