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Tracks Across Borders = Pagosa Junction=Pump House. When you are touring the Byway please respect the no trespassing signs.

When Rich and I were taking the photos we were not trespassing we were there with permission and had two escorts ( Edward and Xavier) from the Southern Ute tribe.

Pagosa Junction is a small town in the remote Colorado back country near the New Mexico Border, along the Tracks Across Borders Scenic & Historic Byway. Today, it is a ghost town on the Southern Ute Reservation.

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Thanks Roger. Hard to believe all that hardware is still there, untouched. Very cool to see.

Jason Rose wrote:Thanks Roger. Hard to believe all that hardware is still there, untouched. Very cool to see.

Rich and I both suggested they get it out of there and put it in their museum.

In the last image, I think I'm seeing tri cocks on the boiler. On the left side of the boiler and centered with the tri cocks, appears to be a sight glass without the glass.
Does anyone know how they would have added water to the boiler?
Would they drain off the pressure to add water?
What a find!!!!
I guess something like this would have been at the Lava Pump house.
Thanks, Pat

Pat Maufrais wrote:In the last image, I think I'm seeing tri cocks on the boiler. On the left side of the boiler and centered with the tri cocks, appears to be a sight glass without the glass.
Does anyone know how they would have added water to the boiler?
Would they drain off the pressure to add water?
What a find!!!!
I guess something like this would have been at the Lava Pump house.
Thanks, Pat

Pat, thanks for laying. I hope someone with knowledge can answer your questions.

Just thinking out loud..................the boiler is probably low pressure, maybe 15-25 psi, so if the piston pump can produce a higher pressure, some of the pump discharge water can be diverted to the boiler as make up......there appears to be a smaller diameter pipe teed off of the main pump discharge line running back to the boiler.
However it works, it's an awesome find.

Pat Maufrais wrote:In the last image, I think I'm seeing tri cocks on the boiler. On the left side of the boiler and centered with the tri cocks, appears to be a sight glass without the glass.
Does anyone know how they would have added water to the boiler?
Would they drain off the pressure to add water?
What a find!!!!
I guess something like this would have been at the Lava Pump house.
Thanks, Pat

Rich and I both were think Lava had to be similar.

Edward Morris wrote:Just thinking out loud..................the boiler is probably low pressure, maybe 15-25 psi, so if the piston pump can produce a higher pressure, some of the pump discharge water can be diverted to the boiler as make up......there appears to be a smaller diameter pipe teed off of the main pump discharge line running back to the boiler.
However it works, it's an awesome find.

Thanks for the information. Way above my head.