Railway Pics - Locos, Rolling Stock, Buildings, Etc! - Page 18

**Don Boose** · #**171** 02-27-2018, 02:38 PM

What a beautiful steam locomotive!

Is it still in revenue service, Kevin?

I think of this thread every time I am lucky enough to stop at a level crossing for a passing Norfolk Southern train. I'd carry my camera, but I don't think we need any images of common or garden GP 38-2s.

Don

**Kevin WS** · #**172** 02-27-2018, 02:57 PM

It's still in use, just, but not everyday revenue anymore more. Runs about two to three times a month on the main line but under the care of a Heritage body.

As for the GPS 38s etc - yes please! Of course we want images of them, especially those of us not in the States!

**Wad Cutter** · #**173** 02-27-2018, 03:19 PM

There is something to be said about steam form of transportation and the time period. If you have never been close to one of these beast and it flashed by then you have missed out on something special. My Godfather would take me to a near by train depot where I would stand close to the caution line and hold onto me as I was about 8 years old or there abouts and would watch as this huge(to me anyway) train would flash by at a hell of a speed(seemed like to me). What a treat. Scared the hell out of me if I remember right. My godfather never letting go of me. Then it was time for ice cream. Double joy. wc

**Don Boose** · #**174** 02-27-2018, 07:19 PM

I'll try to get some snaps of our local GP38-2s, Kevin.

Meanwhile, here are a couple of family railroad images I would like to share with you.

We live about forty minutes from the Strasburg Railroad, which is not only a tourist line and a preservation organization, but also an actual short line revenue freight operation and the oldest operating railroad in the United States, dating from 1832. https://www.strasburgrailroad.com/

They maintain a stable of turn-of-the-last-century locomotives and rolling stock and operate several trains a day over a nine-mile line through the Pennsylvania farmland. The terminal facilities are across the street from the wonderful Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania (https://rrmuseumpa.org/) and just down the road from the National Toy Train Museum (National Toy Train Museum).

For more than 20 years, riding the steam train has been an annual Christmas outing for our younger son, grandsons, and me. I can't put my hands on images of the earliest events, when our now-22-year-old grandson Don IV (Wei) was an infant, but I have photos from 2006 when Wei was 9 and his now-17-year-old brother Christopher (Kai) was 4. Three of those images are below, as well as three images from December 2017.

Incidentally, they both grew up building paper models. Their father, Don III, also grew up as a model builder. He and Don IV are Eagle Scouts and Christopher is close to achieving Eagle as well.

Don

**whulsey** · #**175** 02-28-2018, 01:36 PM

Sierra Railroad in Woodland, CA just northwest of Sacramento. Think a lot of their trackage is old Western Pacific and all their power-rolling stock is 2nd hand so some interesting things. In this case a couple of 1952 EMD GP7's.

**Don Boose** · #**176** 02-28-2018, 03:18 PM

Good images of some interesting rolling stock, Wayne.

Don

**Kevin WS** · #**177** 03-01-2018, 10:38 AM

Don, thank you for sharing the pictures. Appreciated. And sorry for the delay in responding.

Very interesting seeing the pics over time! And that loco is so big compared to ours - though I suppose the fact that our gauge is 3' 6" has something to do with it.

It is amazing that they have managed to keep it as a revenue operation as well - superb management effort behind that, believe you me!

I really liked the 3rd to last picture of the loco - on a cold day I presume?

Also impressed that the Xmas train is a tradition you have kept up so long with your family....

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Thanks for the website links. You are lucky to leave near to all that. I'd be out photographing the locos when I could! The two museums look great, and the Strasburg site is great.

Never been to the States, but always wanted to, and this makes want to even more - but alas very unlikely!

Thanks you again - and look forward to the GP38 pics in due course.

**Kevin WS** · #**178** 03-01-2018, 10:42 AM

Wayne - I'll echo Don. Some interesting pictures!

Colorful loco - and nice to see the old stock on the go.

The coaches - are they in storage?

**whulsey** · #**179** 03-01-2018, 03:34 PM

I didn't see any work being done on them. So no idea what's going to be done with them.

Here's a ex ATSF GP7 starting updating and waiting for repaint.

**Kevin WS** · #**180** 03-03-2018, 10:07 AM

Wayne - you are so lucky having this "heritage" stock on your doorstep!

The day I took the last picture of the steam loco, I saw these diesels as well.

Photo 1 - A Class 36. The builder's plate on this gave a date of 1981. It's actually a General Electric SG10B diesel-electric built at the GE plant is South Africa. They were made in the normal gauge (3'6"!) and also the South African narrow gauge (2').

Photo 2 - Taken just as it started to get dark.

On the right - another Class 36 (an older one - the plate is 1975).

On the left a Class 34 - built in the 70's, these were rebuilt 2000 on. General Motors Electro-Motive Division GT26MC diesel-electric locos.