RIO ALLOSIUS MINING & Co.

[LLOYD]

RIO ALLOSIUS MINING  & Co.

After many years in HO and 1:20.3, I started in 2002 my little mining empire in O scale (On30 ) in small place, 7' by 6', a real challenge for this scale on this small era ....
All structures, mine, ore bine, trestles and more are scratchbuilt...
Engines and rolling stock are modified B'man or scrachtbuilt!
Somewhere in Southwest.........

The mine...

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Engines one switchback...

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Shay # 6 and R.A.M. Co and crew poses for the photo.....

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engine # 6 and ore bine...

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Backdated  440 circa 1880 ( ex-B'man )

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440 engine #2

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Passenger train....

[Ray Dunakin]

Cool! Those ore bins are great. Nice photography too!

[finescalerr]

Thanks for posting those little gems, Lloyd. -- Russ

[gnichols]

Loved your photos and models.  The group photo of the crew got me to laughing... what a great photo idea!  But, I didn't like the blue boiler jacket!.  Dang.. I had one just like it planned for my next big loco.  Now I have to choose another color.  Dark blue instead?  Red-orange?  Regardless, nice modeling.  Gary

[LLOYD]

Howdy,

thanks for your interest Compadres....!
More photos...
engine #9 , 240 (ex B'man Forney ) with Grandt Line tender, changed some details and built a new cab....

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engine #9 one switchback....

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No train, but a great engine, the Holt 75 with heavy wagons from an old mules team...

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mining trains....

[MinerFortyNiner]

Lloyd, I really enjoyed the photos...they really set your modeling off well, the black and white shots are especially effective.  The Holt pulling ore wagons was a nice touch!

Was that a saguaro cactus I saw in the the background of one photo?  Where is your fictitious world located?