Scott Holcomb's photos with the keyword: Travel Town Museum

SHARP AND FELLOWS #7 The Sharp and Fellows #7, was originally built about 1902 with a 2-6-0 wheel arrangement for the Minnesota Land and Construction Company. In 1909, it was sold to C. H. Sharp Construction Company, who added a two-wheel trailing truck under the engine cab and then used the locomotive in the building of the Santa Fe Railway System through Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Built: 1902 by American Locomotive Company, Dickson Works Donated: 1955 by the Sharp and Fellows Contracting Company Wheel Arrangement: 2-6-2 Cylinders: 20" x 26" Driver Diameter: 56" Weight: 75 tons This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera and a KOWA 1:3.5/55mm lens with a Kowa L1A ø67 filter using Cinestill 50D film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

Pictured is the Camino-Placerville and Lake Tahoe #2, a Three Truck Shay locomotive built in 1922 by Lima. It was donated to the museum in 1955 by the Michigan-California Lumber Company. Wheel Arrangement : 3 Truck Shay Cylinders: 12” x 15” Driver Diameter: 36” Weight: 65 tons This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera and a KOWA 1:4/40mm lens with a Kowa L1A ø95S filter using Fuji 160NS film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

From the invention of the wheel came something fitting for a loco. This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera and a KOWA 1:4/40mm lens with a Kowa L1A ø95S filter using Fuji 160NS film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

A young child stands dwarfed by a huge steam locomotive. Locomotive Built: 1902 by American Locomotive Company, Dickson Works Donated: 1955 by the Sharp and Fellows Contracting Company Wheel Arrangement: 2-6-2 Cylinders: 20" x 26" Driver Diameter: 56" Weight: 75 tons Child Built: Late 2017 Wheel Arrangement: Bipedal Height: 1 meter 20 centimeters Weight: 11.8 kilos This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera and a KOWA 1:2.8/85mm lens with a Kowa L1A ø67 filter using Cinestill 50D film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

This Heisler locomotive was used for hauling timber from the forest to the mill in the Mother Lode country. It was built by the Heisler Locomotive Works in 1918. This geared locomotive weights 75 tons and all 12 wheels on the three trucks are driving wheels. The large parts that protrude diagonally from the sides of the locomotive just in front of the cab are the pistons. The pistons operate a crank shaft which rotates two drive shafts that turn all 12 wheels. In 1952 it was donated to Travel Town by the Pickering Lumber Co, This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera and a KOWA 1:4/40mm lens with a Kowa L1A ø95S filter using Fuji 160NS film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

Flies like a butterfly! This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera and a KOWA 1:3.5/55mm lens with a Kowa L1A ø67 filter using Cinestill 50D film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.