A Day At the Museum
On Sunday, Lisa and I went to the Nevada State Railroad Museum, where they were all steamed up for Memorial Day Weekend. There aren't a lot of places where you can see two steam locomotives in two different gauges working simultaneously, but this was one of them.
( Train Pictures and Video )
One of the stars of the Memorial Day operations at the museum was the recently-restored narrow-gauge locomotive Glenbrook. We saw it standing at the depot as we drove into the museum, but for some reason I couldn't seem to track it down as it moved from place to place on the museum grounds. Finally I spotted it moving up to the the upper switch where it would then move down the "main line" back to the area near the turntable, and managed to shoot some video.
( Glenbrook on the Move )
Glenbrook's crew was offering short rides up and down this section of track.
( All Aboard the Steamer! )
As the day neared its end, we hit the museum bookstore, which is our major weakness. Although our membership gives us free admission and half-price train rides, we rarely escape the bookstore. In this case, they had a bunch of VHS train videos for sale at only $1 each, so Lisa jumped on them. We also bought some books that were on clearance, and a couple that were not, using our 15% membership discount on the latter.
After a full, enjoyable day at the museum, we headed north to Reno and had dinner at the Peppermill. Our original plan had been to do our large-scale grocery shopping after that, but what with the drive home from the Bay Area Saturday and the day out in the sun on Sunday, we did only a short stop at Whole Foods for cheese before heading straight home and making for bed as soon as possible.
( Train Pictures and Video )
One of the stars of the Memorial Day operations at the museum was the recently-restored narrow-gauge locomotive Glenbrook. We saw it standing at the depot as we drove into the museum, but for some reason I couldn't seem to track it down as it moved from place to place on the museum grounds. Finally I spotted it moving up to the the upper switch where it would then move down the "main line" back to the area near the turntable, and managed to shoot some video.
( Glenbrook on the Move )
Glenbrook's crew was offering short rides up and down this section of track.
( All Aboard the Steamer! )
As the day neared its end, we hit the museum bookstore, which is our major weakness. Although our membership gives us free admission and half-price train rides, we rarely escape the bookstore. In this case, they had a bunch of VHS train videos for sale at only $1 each, so Lisa jumped on them. We also bought some books that were on clearance, and a couple that were not, using our 15% membership discount on the latter.
After a full, enjoyable day at the museum, we headed north to Reno and had dinner at the Peppermill. Our original plan had been to do our large-scale grocery shopping after that, but what with the drive home from the Bay Area Saturday and the day out in the sun on Sunday, we did only a short stop at Whole Foods for cheese before heading straight home and making for bed as soon as possible.