Big Al & the Critters.
Three diesel "critters" - admittedly large ones - are seen at the Colorado Railroad Museum, laid up around the turntable. At left is Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad locomotive no. 7, nicknamed "Big Al," a GE 87-tonner originally built for the Algoma Steel Railroad in 1975. In the middle is Golden City & San Juan no. 4, a GE 55-tonner originally built in 1955 also for the Algoma Steel Railroad Co. These two locomotives coincidentally served together at the D&SNG from 2002, when they were both acquired, til 2004 when no. 4 was sold to CRM. The third locomotive seen here is D&RGW no. 50, which was built by Davenport Locomotive Works in 1937.
While Colorado's narrow gauge steam railroads are the major draw, the state is also home to several diesel-powered tourist railroads that take passengers to the Royal Gorge and other sites.
From a hint of "Bee" (NKP 765), colorful "Bees" (KCS), "Bees" w/ "attitude", to "Bees" that "sting" your eyes, in their own way they have "Bee" on display! Equipment that "Buzzes" with Yellow & Black colors! ("Bees" can still "Bee" entering this "hive"!)
