We are traveling in Wyoming with our first stop at the Cheyenne Depot Museum. In addition to the story of the train infrastructure in Cheyenne, it houses a huge model railroad layout in HOn3 scale.. HOn3 is HO scale narrow gauge railroad. The huge layout took 30 years to build. I wish my father was alive to see this one; he was a huge model railroad fan.
In addition to the gallery of still photos (click to enlarge and start slideshow).
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- The old depot has beautiful architecture.
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- Because I’m an engineer who used devices like this early in his career, here is a pyrometer. A thermocouple generates a millivotage in proportion to the temperature.
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- These boots are made for… art exhibits throughout the city. Here (from left to right) famous travelblogger, his spouse Kay, and Bill’s spouse Diana. Bill was the photographer.
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- Architecture.
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- Ten blocks from the depot is the Big Boy.
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- The world’s largest steam engine. This one made its lasst run in 1958.
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- The major repair facility in Cheyenne featured a huge turntable and roundhouse.
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- Train diorama.
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- Part of the huge model train layout.
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- Part of the huge model train layout.
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- Incredible detail on the layout.
