This is a giant fireplace in the main hall of the hotel at the canyon itself, Hermits. |
The Grand Canyon Railroad has three steam engines; 4960 is a 2-8-2 Mikado type built in 1923 by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia and Engines 18 and 29 are 2-8-0 Consolidation type locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in Pittsburgh and. 18 is a 160 ton SC-4 class and Number 18 is a 185 ton SC-3. Included in the fleet are several FPA-4 diesel locomotives, all built built by ALCO in 1959. | |
The hotel from the street. | |
The gate to the tennis court, now just ruins. |
Breakfast was served in this hallway before the Restaurant was renovated. |
The last surviving bedroom mural. Our room. The station master told us that it used to be the old sation master's office. Whenever the painters came, they were told to leave the mural alone. All of the other murals had long since been painted over. Visigoths! | |
This is the Winslow Train Station and is part of the hotel complex. The trains ran all night long. After a few, they actually lull you to sleep like thunder and rain. |
You can't see it very well, but this was at sunrise the following morning. There were literally hundreds of balloons floating in the air. |