Anyone like old trains?

Lynkage · Jul 21, 2007

Today is the day that Union Pacific runs an old steam engine from Denver to Cheyenne.

So I chased it and got to see a very neat sight. Some pics are in order!!

BTW It is a Northern 844. These could do upwards of about 100mph. In the distance pic it is doing about 71mph. The whistle is awesome!!

_RaT_ · Jul 21, 2007

Lynkage said:
Today is the day that Union Pacific runs an old steam engine from Denver to Cheyenne.

So I chased it and got to see a very neat sight. Some pics are in order!!

BTW It is a Northern 844. These could do upwards of about 100mph. In the distance pic it is doing about 71mph. The whistle is awesome!!

Very COOL. We have a train museum in Sacramento that is really great...

California State Railroad Museum Foundation - Welcome

RoyJackson · Jul 21, 2007

That was great! Fine pictures too! Thank you!

For us Easterners, there's the Strausburg Railroad just south of Lancaster, PA. It's a very enjoyable day trip!

dgl24087 · Jul 21, 2007

In WV, Cass Scenic Railroad. Cass Scenic Railroad State Park - A West Virginia State Park

waynokakid · Jul 21, 2007

Awesome! What a ride that would of been.

Egon · Jul 22, 2007

Thank you for the pictures.

In my youth all the locomotives were steam.

And yes, we did put pennies on the track to flatten them.

RoyJackson · Jul 22, 2007

Egon said:
Thank you for the pictures.

In my youth all the locomotives were steam. And yes, we did put pennies on the track to flatten them.

Wow, Egon...you're old!!!

shvl73 · Jul 22, 2007

When I was a kid, there was a place in Bellows Falls, VT that had steam engines on display. Long gone now, I think they left 30 years ago.

cp1969 · Jul 22, 2007

I took the wife and kids on our only train ride back in '93. We rode the UP Challenger (3965?) from Kansas City to Jefferson City, MO. So we can say we rode on a steam train. Somewere I have some neat pictures of the engine taken while we were rounding a curve.

We were really impressed by the luxury of the old-time passenger cars. The leg room was unreal.

Lynkage · Jul 22, 2007

cp1969 said:
I took the wife and kids on our only train ride back in '93. We rode the UP Challenger (3965?) from Kansas City to Jefferson City, MO. So we can say we rode on a steam train. Somewere I have some neat pictures of the engine taken while we were rounding a curve.

We were really impressed by the luxury of the old-time passenger cars. The leg room was unreal.

SWEET!!
That is the other train that runs this route. We also went and looked at the BIG BOY (largest steam engine) at the Forney Museum here in Denver as well.

More pics!!