It’s an amazing place, full of shots like that - getting over-popular now but at least they ban the scourge of the modern age, the selfie-stick...
Pike's Peak Colorado Springs over 14000 ft above sea level Went up it on the Cog Railway, got altitude sickness and had to lie down inside the carriage when it reached the top (whilst the wife got off and went round the Visitor Centre), praying for it to return to base and normal levels of oxygen.....
I went there for the second time earlier this year. With all the cemetery’s and memorials it certainly puts things in perspective. I, like many, have relations who fought and died in that area and each trip I’ve learnt more. Just back from Oktoberfest. One of the several tents available for a stein or two! This is Stuttgart rather than Munich and is a more local affair and less touristy. Second time I’ve been, the first time was last year and I rode down from the ferry. This year I flew as I couldn’t refuse a £57 return flight!
The Nevada State Railway Museum in Carson City - went in June this year and their stock has appeared in many films The Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City, located just off Highway 395 south of the city preserves the historic railroad heritage of the past. The collection of 65 locomotives and rail cars are found in a main display building and the round house. Almost half of the collection is from the Virginia & Truckee Railroad and many were built before 1900. The museum is not large compared to some others, but the museum’s signature piece is the Inyo, a 4-4-0 Baldwin engine from 1875, one of the most beautiful and oldest classic American steam locomotives from the golden age of the Old West still operating. The Inyo has been featured in 29 motion pictures and television shows, and serving as the “hero” engine in the 1960’s Wild Wild West Television series (trains of the Sierra Railroad in Jamestown California were also used on the series see Jamestown Railtown 1890). The Inyo is brought out for rides on the 4th of July every year, the rest of the time other locomotives serve ride duty. The other hero of the state museum in Carson City is Coach No 4, built in San Francisco in 1872, one of the most expensive of the original V&T passenger cars, bought by Paramount in 1937 and was seen in movies including Union Pacific, Duel in the Sun and Raintree County. In 1971, the studio sold it back to the state and it was restored to its 1890 appearance, now roped off with a conductor mannequin inside.
Gran Hotel Ciudad in Mexico City - one of the opening scenes from Spectre, beautiful hotel and former department store...
