Steam Train

[Trev]

<font color=blue>You know, I KNEW I hurd that name before. So your famous? </font color=blue>

No, no... not me.. Richard Trevithick is famous. I just said it was my "claim" to fame, not that I was really famous. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

I'm told I'm descended from him.. but I don't know the lineage. He died broke, which is probably the only thing we will have in common. /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

 

[RobertN]

If you ever get to Central Nevada, go to Ely. They have an excursion train there. Not only can you go on various excusions, you can also take a day class that shows you how to run a locomotive. Then you go drive it!

I don't have the web page, but if you search on "Ely, Nevad" it'll be in there somewhere...

 

[Tractorgirl]

If you're ever in WV, check out Cass Railroad. They have a 4 1/2 excusion into the mountains. Taking the trip when the leaves are at their peak is fabulous.

http://www.cassrailroad.com/

 

[Eagleview]

I just stumbled upon this thread . I have just been lucky enough to aquire a coin commemorating 200 years since my ancestor Richard Trevithick invented the first rail locomotive . I am still looking for one that commemorates him being the inventor of the first high pressure steam engine that powered it and many other machines that set the groundwork for all the machinery and ships we all take for ganted today . I hope the coin is of some interest to you steam and rail buffs .

 

[Bird]

I guess I missed this thread before, too. Has anyone been to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore? I had an uncle who was "Chief Clerk to the Superintendent over Entire System" at the B&O railroad when he died in 1943. I was only 3 years old and can vaguely remember seeing him only one time. He gave me my first set of Tinker Toys. When my aunt died in 1981, I inherited his gold Hamilton Watch, his wallet, and a lot of documents she had saved. I only learned of the existence of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in 2005, and after corresponding with them, I donated all of his things to the museum. But unfortunately, I've not had a chance to visit that museum.

 

[bigshovel]

I live about 10 minutes from the Horshoe Curve here in Altoona. There are trains everywhere here, along with alot of museums and history.

Brad

 

[pennwalk]

If you are looking for steam trains, just outside Lancaster is Strasburg Rail Road - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
They run short trips many times a day. If you bring a picnic lunch you can get off at the picnic grove and eat your lunch. There is a corn maze along the route. Right across the street from the Strasburg Railroad is the State Railroad museum. RR Museum of PA :: Welcome
Also in Lancaster is the Landis Valley Farm Museum Landis Valley Museum - Pennsylvania German Heritage - Lancaster County Tourism, PA

Chris

 

[LBrown59]

Wingnut, .I haven't been back to the St. Louis area since my 20 year high school reunion in 1989!

My 30 year high school class reunion was in 1989,
which was 20 years after I was discharged from the Ohio National Guard.
1989 was also mine and my wife's 25th wedding anniversary.
It was also the year my mother died on Christmas Day.

1969 the year you graduated is the year I got out of the Ohio National guard and the year my wife's Mom died.

 

[LBrown59]

Back in the 50s we had 2 railroad lines here.

The Pa. RR line ran on the West side of town.
CSX runs on this track now.

The B&0 ran on the East side right through the neighborhood I grew up in.
So I've seen those old steam engines many a time when I was A kid.
The B&O ceased running here and the tracks were taken up several years ago.
My dads cousin worked on the B&O tracks back then when I was a youngster.
I've seen him many a time working on the tracks in my old neighborhood.
So the song workin on the rail road has a special meaning to me..

I guess I missed this thread before, too. Has anyone been to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore? I had an uncle who was "Chief Clerk to the Superintendent over Entire System" at the B&O railroad when he died in 1943. I was only 3 years old and can vaguely remember seeing him only one time. He gave me my first set of Tinker Toys. When my aunt died in 1981, I inherited his gold Hamilton Watch, his wallet, and a lot of documents she had saved. I only learned of the existence of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in 2005, and after corresponding with them, I donated all of his things to the museum. But unfortunately, I've not had a chance to visit that museum.

 

[Bird]

When did the major railroads quit using steam engines. Since my granddad hauled the mail back and forth between the post office and the train station with his own truck (contract job), I used to go along and ride in the back of the truck in the '40s and of course we'd be sitting right alongside the rails when the train came in; quite a sight to see from a distance of 6 feet or less.