Locomotive

[RoyJackson]

Thanks Bird, didn't even know that museum existed. May have to put that on my bucket list to visit..!!

That B&O Museum is a fantastic place to visit and I heartedly recommend.
Another fun visit is this:
Strasburg Rail Road - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
This one also has a fun museum as well as a train ride in beautiful Lancaster County, PA

 

[mike69440]

Yup!
Union Pacific 3985 with Maximum Smoke in HD - YouTube

Has more particulate emmissions than Mount St Helen's

 

[V1Rotate]

Talk about carbon footprints!

 

[John White]

If you are ever in ther area of Cass West Va and like trains. Ride the old Shay logging locomotive to the top of the summit. Another good carbon foot print. The smell of it really takes you back in time.

 

[hogheadCTD]

New GE commercial, 48 hour trip from Florida to New Jersey in 156 seconds. If you never ridden in the cab of an engine before this is about as close as it gets.

Florida to New Jersey in 156 Seconds (GE Juice Train) - YouTube

 

[Cub 7274]

In real life its not that smooth

 

[Bob77064]

Yup!
Union Pacific 3985 with Maximum Smoke in HD - YouTube

That old steam engine impressive, they are very powerful.

 

[hogheadCTD]

:laughing: Very true! Somedays a guy needs to bring a set of spurs and a bull rope with him!

 

[hogheadCTD]

Ive had to sit and wait for the Big Boy and the Challenger to go by a few times. They are more like a living breathing animal than machine.

 

[Bob Rooks]

They are more like a living breathing animal than machine.

I couldn't have said it better.
When I was a kid I used to wait for SP's cab forward articulateds to come over Altamont Pass. They were real ground-pounders.

 

[Scooby074]

Yup!
Union Pacific 3985 with Maximum Smoke in HD - YouTube

There is something incredibly awesome about that, what in this age of "green".

 

[ray66v]

The B&O Railroad Museum is definitely worth the trip.

Uniquely, there are lots of hands on display engines in the museum, where if you want to pull that lever, your welcome to. I guess they figure you're not going to be able to break anything on them anyway.

When I was there, about 15 Years ago, a friend and I spent about an hour, (unsupervised), in the yard. We were opening up compartments, and going in and out of some of the modern un-restored loco's, no one seemed to mind.