One Abominable Snowman

At the Greeley Freight Station Museum

The OC&E Layout

The Oregon California and Eastern HO Layout can be seen at the Greeley Freight Museum. Covering 5,500 square feet of floor space, this HO gauge layout features a 1,244 foot long single main line and thousands of hand-made rocks, trees and other scenery.

A Display of Railroad Artifacts!

The REA operated a Chicago based refrigerator car line beginning in the early 1900's and then converted its cars to leased bulk mail carriers by 1965. The company filed for bankruptcy in 1975.

The Yeti

Located in various places in the central layout are six dinosaur figures hidden among the rocks and forests that are not easy to find. Then there is a Yeti that is hidden someplace in the building. I found the Yeti behind an equipment box located on the east side of the museum. See above.

If you find the Yeti, you get this button!

When the museum opened in May, 2009 they would let the finder of the Yeti hide it again. They sort-of changed that policy when someone hid the Yeti so well that it was impossible to find! (It is not known if anyone has ever found THAT Yeti).

Electric Public Transportation

There was a trolley system in Fort Collins at one time:

Car 21 still runs on the weekend for tourists

On the weekends from May through September, noon to 5 PM you can take the trolley from downtown to city park for $1.

The city shut down the trolly system in 1951 but a number of locals started the Fort Collins Municipal Railway Society (FCMRS) in 1980 in order to help preserve transportation history in Colorado.

A long time ago Chicago had the largest system of electric trolleys in the nation. I rode in one of the last cars downtown; I was probably 8 years old. I wonder if the FCMRS needs a volunteer track inspector?

Annie, The Railroad Dog

We were in Denver last night to see Avenue Q. It's sort of like an adult version of Sesame Street.
Check it out!

Annie the Railroad Dog: This is not the first time we have seen statues of dogs.

Here is the statue of Annie at the Fort Collins main library building.

...and this is Greyfriars Bobby in Edinbourgh.

I just found out that there was a community celebration in honor of Annie the Railroad Dog on August 23! Oops. Maybe next year!

Electric train and shoe

'Tudes:
Longitude: 87° 35' 15" W
Latatude: 41° 48' 05" N
Altitude: 662 ft

This may mean nothing, but first I find a glove on Friday, and now this…