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Is that an Amtrak turbo train in the yard in a couple of those pics?? I havent seen a pic of that train since I was a kid
Yea, we had everything in the yard back then, GG1's, F9's, E8's, F40's, P40's, RS1's. My wife and i travel by rail all the time, mostly NE corridor WAS-BOS Acela, but we've gone WAS-SEA (Capital Limited-Empire Builder) SEA-SAC (Coastal Starlight) SAC-CHI (California Zephyr) WAS-FLA (Auto train and Palmetto) taken the Hiawatha many times.
 
I would've loved to be able to be there and hang out with GG-1's, and all the F's and E's.... Im a steam lover, but my favorite deisels are the F's and E's... (love the GG1's because I am a huge PRR fan)
 
More info on the resto at http://www.nkp190.com/


that is sooo cool ....my favorite locomotive brand (if its possible to have one) are the ALCO built ones ....The PA-1 has always been my favorite. They have such a unique look with the square nose, they look more muscle than the GM with the round headlight IMO.

Either way, this is awesome :D
 
The old yard engines we had were Alco's RS1's. those straight 4 stroke 6 cyl. would pull anything. There's one in one of my pictures (loco #43) pulling a string of cars to the car wash (picture with van in it). Loved working on those and one of the few loco's you could actually roll start when the batteries were dead. To bad we couldn't get parts for them anymore. That's what ended their life.
 
Personally, I like the odd Milwaukee road electric engines the "little Joe" and EF/EP series. They have a little joe on display in deer lodge and a ef1 in Harlowtown.
 
that is sooo cool ....my favorite locomotive brand (if its possible to have one) are the ALCO built ones ....The PA-1 has always been my favorite. They have such a unique look with the square nose, they look more muscle than the GM with the round headlight IMO.

Either way, this is awesome :D

... and the best part is after years and years of work, they got the engine to run for about half an hour last month.
 
Here's some info about the 611 Bill. NS donated 1.5million towards the restoration.

http://fireup611.org/?page_id=20

I was stoked to see NS step up and donate all that money (ironic considering it was their decision in 93 to kill off the steam program and mothball the 611 in the 1st place). It had already been announced that they had already secured enough money to restore 611 before the NS donation came through. They were trying to secure the funds needed to build her a permanent home/workshop... Hopefully that donation put them over the top. I can't wait to see her steam again.. Never got to see her in person before she was retired,... Not too often we get second chances in life... I'll be trackside waiting
 
I too hope it will make a trip up to PA someday. I believe my brother caught it somewhere in the early 1990's still doing excursion trips. I have a set of his pictures and will have to dig them up and scan them to the computor.
 
Would love to see a Big Boy under it's own power again. Steamtowm in Scranton,PA I believe has one there.
 
They have one on display (or at least they did. Saw it when i was younger) will be awesome to actually see a big boy steaming
 
Well I was rummaging around looking for picture's of the 611 my brother took,but they are of the N&W 1218.
Found a pretty cool You-tube video of the 611 stalling on a 4.6% grade.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUPIynJq7tg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUPIynJq7tg[/ame]
 
I have seen that video a couple times.. a testament to what a beast that beauty could be.. she slipped and stalled out.. gathered herself back up and got the job done.. lol.. I would've loved to have been there that day
 
Just for this time of year.
I find all that white stuff amazing. What do you call it again?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvbgq2Ni2uE"]NEW 2013 Awesome Powerful Train plow through snow railway tracks Watch full HD - YouTube[/ame]
 
Can run year round and not lose an entire room (or 2 rooms)


I see my favorite road in there ...The Rock Island.

when I still had my model railroad stuff, I made a fictitious road called the "New Rock Island" and in the layout it had a route through the Colorado Rockies namely Moffat tunnel and through Leaville and Vail down to Canon city and then out east towards the Kansas border ( not a real route) and I also had a plow and some tunnel motors for extra traction boost in service and a crane. good times with the stuff and a bit of imagination. :D:D
 
Can run year round and not lose an entire room (or 2 rooms) ]


Awesome stuff!! I have always thought trains suspended from the ceiling were cool.. I have never been brave enough to try though LOL derailments scare me.. Its a long way to the floor
 
Awesome stuff!! I have always thought trains suspended from the ceiling were cool.. I have never been brave enough to try though LOL derailments scare me.. Its a long way to the floor
Derailments are part of the RR business. Brings another level of excitement and anticipation as you watch them run. Test you heart as you turn up the speed to find "the edge".
 
Derailments are part of the RR business. Brings another level of excitement and anticipation as you watch them run. Test you heart as you turn up the speed to find "the edge".

LOL... I would tend to agree.. but Lionels arent cheap lmao...
 
Neither are our cars but we still take them out on the road where there's greater dangers.
 
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