My Great Grandmother came to America in 1898, along with three brothers. All three brothers went to work for the B&O at the great Willard yards. One left the railroad… one was killed in a yard accident at Willard in 1939 and the third retired as a locomotive engineer. I myself grew up along the B&O mainline between Defiance and Deshler. I saw Eisenhower’s presidential inauguration train pass by. I also saw Barry Goldwater do a B&O whistlestop…. And finally, saw the last of the steam locomotives being towed to the scrapyards. I will never forget the sound of those steam whistles cutting through sleep on a cold, rainy night.
My great grandfather and uncles on my fathers side spent their entire adult life working for the railroad. My great grandfather died in 1957 ater more than 40 years as an engineer...his last 8 years a passenger loco engineer on the New York Central. He died a couple before i knew him. Whatta life!
Too bad there's no longer a "Tavern Car" on the Amtrak anymore lol it's still the best way to travel anywhere outside of what one would consider, "driving distance." The first time I ever tried the Amtrak, instead of the Greyhound, I would NEVER set foot aboard a Greyhound again. Besides, as of September 2017, the annual odds of anybody dying as a result of a passenger, (or any other,) train crash are officially 500,000 to 1. The same as airplane crashes, in that year. You're more likely to die of a shark or alligator attack, in America, (or just offshore lol,) than in a train wreck. 500,000 to 1 are Lottery odds I'd be buying in to EVERY day. Even if it does cost a couple dollars more, it's worth EVERY penny. There's really not a more comfortable, safer way to travel, especially in mainland America. (Canada/Mexico.) 👍
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My Great Grandmother came to America in 1898, along with three brothers. All three brothers went to work for the B&O at the great Willard yards. One left the railroad… one was killed in a yard accident at Willard in 1939 and the third retired as a locomotive engineer. I myself grew up along the B&O mainline between Defiance and Deshler. I saw Eisenhower’s presidential inauguration train pass by. I also saw Barry Goldwater do a B&O whistlestop…. And finally, saw the last of the steam locomotives being towed to the scrapyards. I will never forget the sound of those steam whistles cutting through sleep on a cold, rainy night.
Thanks for sharing those stories, B&O was the best railroad by far
My great grandfather and uncles on my fathers side spent their entire adult life working for the railroad. My great grandfather died in 1957 ater more than 40 years as an engineer...his last 8 years a passenger loco engineer on the New York Central. He died a couple before i knew him. Whatta life!
That little train at the intro is a lot harder to find than youd imagine.
I have this on vhs
Too bad there's no longer a "Tavern Car" on the Amtrak anymore lol it's still the best way to travel anywhere outside of what one would consider, "driving distance."
The first time I ever tried the Amtrak, instead of the Greyhound, I would NEVER set foot aboard a Greyhound again.
Besides, as of September 2017, the annual odds of anybody dying as a result of a passenger, (or any other,) train crash are officially 500,000 to 1.
The same as airplane crashes, in that year.
You're more likely to die of a shark or alligator attack, in America, (or just offshore lol,) than in a train wreck.
500,000 to 1 are Lottery odds I'd be buying in to EVERY day.
Even if it does cost a couple dollars more, it's worth EVERY penny.
There's really not a more comfortable, safer way to travel, especially in mainland America. (Canada/Mexico.) 👍
So true. I've been trying to tell people that for years!
This had nothing to do with Baltimore and Ohio railroads....
This video has nothing to do with the B&O it is basically a PRR public relations film on Piggy Back freight .
"CincinnATA"
Well I'll be a sumbitch