Trains for Railfans

[The Rover]

When you just need to chill... Steam trains operating today:

[Hurricane Halen]

Love some damn trains!! Except waiting on them at a crossing.
Uncle was a engineer for the mighty Southern Pacific. Got some rides as a kid.

HH<——- love to see this thread ride the rails ———

[The Rover]

Here's more steam, this time from Colorado, the Durango & Silverton Mine Train...



I rode this train in the 70's.

[Hurricane Halen]

Here's more steam, this time from Colorado, the Durango & Silverton Mine Train...



I rode this train in the 70's.

So did I. Family took a vacation up to Durango and stayed at a hotel right across from the rail yard. Fun as shit.

HH<------Fond memories of the 70's. Ready to go back there actually, AND STAY. Fuck this 21st century clusterfuck -----------

[Railrunner130]

My wife and I rode the White Pass & Yukon last summer. Great trip.

[The Rover]

I love the sounds of steam train engines.

[The Rover]

Close up

[Hurricane Halen]

A real piece of America history is alive and well.
Kudos to the Union Pacific for investing 1,000’s of man hours to bring this wonderful piece of our countries transportation history and culture back to operational status.
These trials were conducted a few days ago.

BigBoy is back and ready to teach!

HH<——————-

[I Coulda Hada VH]

[fudd]

A real piece of America history is alive and well.
Kudos to the Union Pacific for investing 1,000’s of man hours to bring this wonderful piece of our countries transportation history and culture back to operational status.
These trials were conducted a few days ago.

BigBoy is back and ready to teach!

HH<——————-

Awesome that an articulated locomotive still exists.


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[Hurricane Halen]

Awesome that an articulated locomotive still exists.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

U-Pac have several that they are currently restoring. This one was sitting in a LA park somewhere for a few years and they brought her home to do a total, from the ground up, restoration. Other locomotives are currently in their WY shops being rebuilt to run. Only changes I've heard they are making are turning them from coal to oil burning. But, not 100 percent sure on that.
I'm just curious how U-Pac plans on using these iconic machines. I assume excursion runs across the country. Whatever the case is, just glad to see them back on the rails again.

Oh, there is another video of shop guys, firing up this unit and getting the steam whistle in operation. It was almost like watching this breathing, living machine get her voice back. Took a few minutes, but once the pipes were cleaned, she was screaming. Have to believe that most people living within 10 miles of the Cheyenne shop, heard it.


HH<------ Yeah, I like trains a little bit -------------

[I Coulda Hada VH]

[Hurricane Halen]

Another outstanding video of X4014!

HH<——— would love to be a part of this crew for 24 hours ———

[edwardv]

My mothers father worked for the Pennsylvania railroad 1920s-50s. He was on the wreck/maintance crew. My mom said he was never home.

[billy007]

my first train set (the larger scale) was a steam engine, but my first HO was a diesel and I've always been partial since. I've been known to take parts of vacations to chase trains!

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