A day on the Strasburg Railroad
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- On July 4th, 2005 I had the opportunity to ride in the cab of one of the Strasburg Raliroad steam engines. Over the next couple of months I went back several times and got more video to make this video. Hope you enjoy! Special thanks to Kurt Bell for his assistance.
This is beyond fantastic - what a snapshot!
Totally amazing!!!!
Kurt Bell is my brother in law! Love what he does!!!!!
Very talented and knowledgeable!!!!
Amazing!
Cool I Love This Trip.
Cool
Neat!
I know Kurt Bell. He’s a member of the “Fans of the Strasburg Railroad” Facebook page. I’ve come across quite a few posts from him. I didn’t know he was the narrating conductor. He’s probably too busy these days with his job I don’t come across many posts on the Facebook group anymore. He was quite frequent once. But being a conductor narrator is a busy job. I hope he narrates my ride when I come soon.
Sorry to tell you Kurt retired from the Strasburg Railroad in 2017.
The 475 engine was seen in the Thomas and the Magic Railroad movie.
90 and 89 are in the shed resting
Locomotive #475 toots that deep sounding whistle today. At first I didn’t like it because it reminds me of the whistles on the steamboats. But I’ve been informed it’s original to the former Norfolk and Western Railroad. So I like it now. Pure N&W history preserved on the historic Strasburg Railroad. I’m sure when 475 was in service with the N&W she probably traveled through foggy conditions. And that whistle as I describe in sound is like a foghorn. Good to have on foggy tracks. I hope to come to Strasburg Railroad soon. However locomotive #90 is my favorite. But I have nothing against 475 and 89. There also great engines. But 90 is my favorite because I saw her in some movies and she’s the largest on the Strasburg Railroad being a 2-10-0 Decopod. 475 is an M class 4-8-0. And 89 is a 2-6-0 Mogul. 89 is the only locomotive on this line built in Canada. 475 and 90 were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia PA. I love Baldwin built steam engines.
475 is back to normal
Not really. 475 wasn’t built with the headlight in the center
How’d you get a cab ride?
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