Had a great day chasing the N&W 611
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Frank46
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Beautiful steam engine. Bet the ground shook some as she passed. Frank
shouldazagged
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I'm envious. I grew up riding behind steam locomotives. It's a huge thrill to see one running now, and all too rare now that I can't travel much.
I love those big roaring beasts.
I love those big roaring beasts.
Looks like almost as much fun as chasing the train from Keystone to Hill City. The road has thirteen rail crossings, and there are a few where it is not too hard to get your bike airborne.
The old train is not as cool as the 611, though.
The old train is not as cool as the 611, though.
I remember seeing steam locomotives hauling coal when we went to the hardware store with our Dad,We would run down to the tracks and wave at the engineer and the Guy in the Caboose.
It's a shame they are not around today as they were really something to see.
It's a shame they are not around today as they were really something to see.
That's cool..
That's super cool but I have a friend who would go nuts over that. A real train afficionado. He has a double garage PACKED with model train stuff. He wanted me to go to a railroad museum in NC but I couldn't make it.
That's super cool but I have a friend who would go nuts over that. A real train afficionado. He has a double garage PACKED with model train stuff. He wanted me to go to a railroad museum in NC but I couldn't make it.
Brian41
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There is a village north of Flint, Michigan that has moved lots of 1800s houses to the village and have people in period costumes working there when you tour the village. They also have an old steam engine and a good amount of track that you can get a ride on. The track ventures out a good ways and sometimes I see it when I'm out and about. It never fails to make me smile as I love those old trains too.
Growing up in the 60s at my parent's house we had a railroad track a ways back behind a fence but you could still see and hear the trains. There used to be a freight train that came along each night about 2000 and I usually couldn't get to sleep until I heard it pass but never did stay awake long enough to hear the end of it either.
Every once in awhile back then we'd see an old steam engine on the tracks likely going to some festival or something. It was always a thrill to see them but never had a camera ready for any pictures.
Growing up in the 60s at my parent's house we had a railroad track a ways back behind a fence but you could still see and hear the trains. There used to be a freight train that came along each night about 2000 and I usually couldn't get to sleep until I heard it pass but never did stay awake long enough to hear the end of it either.
Every once in awhile back then we'd see an old steam engine on the tracks likely going to some festival or something. It was always a thrill to see them but never had a camera ready for any pictures.
Rode it from Lynchburg to Petersburg, VA on June 13. That was something. She is a beast!
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Mr. Stonehorses pilots the 611
Mr. Stonehorses was asked to pilot, ride behind the engineer of 611's crew. His job was to inform the 611's engineer of track speed, grade, signals, etc. He is in the yellow safety vest between the engine and the tender.
The pic is a bit dark as it was mostly cloudy.
Mr. Stonehorses was asked to pilot, ride behind the engineer of 611's crew. His job was to inform the 611's engineer of track speed, grade, signals, etc. He is in the yellow safety vest between the engine and the tender.
The pic is a bit dark as it was mostly cloudy.
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yashua-p
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As a kid in Barnesville GA, I watched many trains pass near the downtown area. I remember the thrill of riding the Nancy Hanks into Atlanta with my mother about 1948.
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yashua
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yashua
And I was able to visit with, for a little while anyway, my old college buddy and his wife as they passed through Southwest Virginia.
It's the largest most powerful J frame in the world! All the Norfolk & Western J series locomotives were built here in Roanoke, VA. It is so thrilling to see her come back home fully restored and under her own power.
When I was a kid, I had an uncle who was an engineer for the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy. He drove a train called the Kansas City Zephyr. I rode it a few times. I'll never forget that train depot in Chicago with all of those huffin' and puffin' steam dragons waiting to go.
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Here's proof.
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tennexplorer, You'll have to come back for another excursion. I'm hoping they'll have one along the New River going toward West Virginia.
If you like bluegrass, try Floyd on a Friday night.
We will. We've ridden behind her, 4501 and 630. 611 is a whole different breed of cat. She is huge. We are fortunate she was not scrapped and has been restored again.
Here she comes!
