[AT] Phoenix Arizona Old Iron

[Ken Knierim]

The Railway Museum is pretty decent; the rolling stock gets moved from time
to time and they run the Baldwin every so often.
My son still claims the steam engine as "his" from when we went there
weekly on our bikes and I was a member. His interests have led away from
trains lately though.

In hindsight if you had been near Williams this weekend they were running
steam to the Canyon on Grand Canyon Railway. We couldn't do that and be
ready for the track meet Sunday or we would have been there. Williams and
Flag like to talk about the whole Route 66 thing. Further west is Kingman
and Oatman but they're a hike from Phx.

If airplanes interest you, there is the CAF aircraft museum in Mesa (I made
some parts for the B-17) and the Pima Air and Space museum in Tucson (got
to put hands on a SR-71). The fighter museum got moved to Seattle a number
of years back (I wired on the FW-190 in that fleet too).

I don't know you can still do it but I toured the showroom at Empire
Caterpillar a few years back when they first opened it. Absolutely loved
the conference room with the glass floor (over a Cat 10) and the clear
conference table with the fuel injection system parts inside it.

Not sure if this helps.

Ken


On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 11:45 AM, kkinney at herculesengines.com <
kkinney at herculesengines.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestions guys.  We went to Jerome Sunday. A very
> interesting town.  The mine museum was closed by the time we got there.  We
> took the 4 hour train trip out of Cottonwood which took us through some
> very pretty scenery.  We also went to the copper museum, well worth your
> time.
> Yesterday I went to Buckeye, AZ and met some really nice guys and toured
> their engine collections.
> I looked up the AZ train museum that someone suggested and they are having
> a special open house this Saturday so that should be interesting too.
> Keith
>
>
>
> > On Feb 23, 2017, at 11:29 AM, tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> >
> > I have been to Jerome a number of times.
> > My dad was in the CCC and was stationed in that area.  Built roads and a
> few dams. When I was little he took me to Jerome and we went in some of the
> mines and kicked around the town.  It was very interesting. Lots of Rusty
> Iron at that time.
> >
> >
> >      From: Dean VP <deanvp at att.net>
> > To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group' <
> at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 2:04 AM
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Phoenix Arizona Old Iron
> >
> > Had it not been for the 60's hippies in might now be a ghost town.
> >
> > Dean VP
> > Apache junction, AZ
> >
> > It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-bounces at lists.
> antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Fallon
> > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 12:34 AM
> > To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group' <
> at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Phoenix Arizona Old Iron
> >
> > 88 miles of copper mine tunnels under the 1 square mile town.  Plus a
> very large open pit mine.  Nice museum for the copper mine portion.  A
> couple of "nuggets of copper weighing hundreds of pounds so pure they
> oxidize green and can be melted down directly.
> >
> >
> > Bruce Fallon
> > Langley, WA 98260
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-bounces at lists.
> antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Dean VP
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 7:38 PM
> > To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Phoenix Arizona Old Iron
> >
> > Jerome, AZ has some really interesting history.  A most unusual place to
> place a town.
> >
> > Dean VP
> > Apache junction, AZ
> >
> > It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-bounces at lists.
> antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Fallon
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 6:03 PM
> > To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group' <
> at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Phoenix Arizona Old Iron
> >
> > Here is a link to the website although not too much on the site.
> http://www.goldkingmineghosttown.com/ The old coot is not very
> Politically Correct.  This was before Obama was elected we were there, and
> he had some thoughts on the matter.  Actually a lot of thoughts and
> expressed them.  He has a bunch of old equipment trucks, tractors, a Huber
> grader like mine, and a Dodge Travco like mine can be seen in the picture
> on the website.  Cabins and buildings to reflect period times.  It was
> interesting to me.
> >
> > Bruce Fallon
> > Langley, WA 98260
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-bounces at lists.
> antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Fallon
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 11:51 AM
> > To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Spam> RE: Phoenix Arizona Old Iron
> >
> > The old mine at Jerome is cool,  all the old vehicles and stuff we were
> there in I believe 2008. The old coot who owned it was quite a character.
> >
> > Bruce Fallon
> > Langley, WA 98260
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-bounces at lists.
> antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Ken Knierim
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 9:59 AM
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Spam> RE: Phoenix Arizona Old Iron
> >
> > There are a few places around here that have rusty iron deposits.... if
> you happen to go up near Jerome it's got some interesting stuff. Check the
> weather first though. We had snow coming back from Flagstaff Sunday. (my
> son had an indoor track meet there)
> >
> > I'm in Gilbert but I only have a few tractors so my pile of stuff isn't
> that impressive though you're welcome to drop in.
> > I haven't been to any of the shows in a while so I'm not much help on
> what's available.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Ken in AZ
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 10:12 PM, Dean VP <deanvp at att.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Contact the people at this organization.  We just had a show here in
> >> Glendale with one coming up March 11&12.
> >>
> >> http://www.aedgeta.org/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Dean VP
> >> Apache junction, AZ
> >>
> >> It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-bounces at lists.
> >> antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of kkinney at herculesengines.com
> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 9:18 PM
> >> To: The SEL email discussion list <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>;
> >> Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >> Subject: [AT] Phoenix Arizona Old Iron
> >>
> >> Hi guys.  My wife is attending a conference for the next several days
> >> in Phoenix, AZ.  I tagged along and am looking for something to do
> >> while she’s at her conference.  Are there any Engine or Tractor or
> >> related things I need to do or see in the area?  Any collectors up for
> >> a visit?  Maybe in a
> >> 100 mile radius of Phoenix.
> >> Thanks.
> >> Keith
> >> www.herculesengines.com <http://www.herculesengines.com/>
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