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Well, I almost didn't get to, but I managed to find a way to hop over to New Freedom, PA and rode behind the York!!
The photo isn't as good as I would have liked it to be. I got to the store 3 minutes shy of departure time and was able to snag my tickets! Thank goodness I bought them online! Well in the rush to make sure me and my mom boarded on time I took a few super fast shots, this one included.
The photo isn't as good as I would have liked it to be. I got to the store 3 minutes shy of departure time and was able to snag my tickets! Thank goodness I bought them online! Well in the rush to make sure me and my mom boarded on time I took a few super fast shots, this one included.
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This locomotive, despite it's looks, is actually the "Newest" steam locomotive in the United States! Construction was completed sometime last year and it started officially operated July of 2013. It is a representation of what a late 1860s steam locomotive would have looked like. The passenger cars are also representations of American Civil War era equipment that the engine would have hauled. It was an AMAZINGLY fun experience!!
The locomotive is named the "York", after one of the cities the former Norther Central Railroad used to serve. And it was their north end terminus. The line ran from York, Pennsylvania south to (I think) Baltimore, Maryland. But don't hold me to that, at least for the southern terminus. I do know the NCRR served York, PA.
Today the train runs roughly 20 miles from New Freedom, PA to Hanover Junction, PA. A 2.5 hour excursion, though sadly that train was sold out the day I went so I rode the Glen Rock train. A 1 hour round trip to Glen Rock, PA which is about the Half Way point of the operable part of the line.
Today the train runs roughly 20 miles from New Freedom, PA to Hanover Junction, PA. A 2.5 hour excursion, though sadly that train was sold out the day I went so I rode the Glen Rock train. A 1 hour round trip to Glen Rock, PA which is about the Half Way point of the operable part of the line.
I like it personally! I just wish that I could still be there for the week of Nov. 10th. That's when her sister engine, Central Pacific #63 the "Leviathan" (Also a replica) will come to visit and operate with the York!!
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2650/.....363_z.jpg?zz=1
The Leviathan was built by the same folks who constructed the York.
Sadly it's unlikely I can afford the trip. I just happened to be up this way for my grandfather's memorial.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2650/.....363_z.jpg?zz=1
The Leviathan was built by the same folks who constructed the York.
Sadly it's unlikely I can afford the trip. I just happened to be up this way for my grandfather's memorial.
Yes, locomotives from this era did look remarkably elegant, but I wouldn't call all locomotive built after 1900 "ugly". It was really when the US got into the 1920 that we saw the rise of BIG steam power.
I think all steam locomotives, regardless of their era, have a beauty unique unto themselves. Granted that earlier motive power had more of an artistic elegance, but locomotives built after the turn of the century developed an industrial beauty.
I think all steam locomotives, regardless of their era, have a beauty unique unto themselves. Granted that earlier motive power had more of an artistic elegance, but locomotives built after the turn of the century developed an industrial beauty.
Yeah, it was really a fun experience! And I can feel your pain with the Flying Scottsman. A number of years ago I went to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad museum for one of their annual steam up events. They were going to have a few engines under steam, including the William Mason. The same locomotive used for movie Wild Wild West.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I7-oOdpJ-.....steam+blog.jpg
But that day she was no where to be found. She was in the shop with mechanical problems.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I7-oOdpJ-.....steam+blog.jpg
But that day she was no where to be found. She was in the shop with mechanical problems.
Unlikely, it is currently for display purposes only, well, it is owned by the museum now, previously it was privately owned.
might change though, they do have 6 preserved runners.
It's actually more likely I'd get to ride on the... Sir Nigel Gresley, an A4, the successor to the A3. The flying scottsman is an A3 conversion from an A1. (All A1s were converted to A3s when the A3 was designed, and more built from scratch).
Although there are 3 working A4s out there, the reason why I said the Sir Nigel Gresley, is because it is owned by a preservasion group, where the other 2 are privately owned.
might change though, they do have 6 preserved runners.
It's actually more likely I'd get to ride on the... Sir Nigel Gresley, an A4, the successor to the A3. The flying scottsman is an A3 conversion from an A1. (All A1s were converted to A3s when the A3 was designed, and more built from scratch).
Although there are 3 working A4s out there, the reason why I said the Sir Nigel Gresley, is because it is owned by a preservasion group, where the other 2 are privately owned.
I see, and that's somewhat a shame. The Flying Scotsman is a very historical locomotive and should be out on the rails running. It was the first locomotive to speed up to 100 miles per hour! It also took a tour here in the states for a bit. In fact there's a photo somewhere of it next to one of the locomotives that is at the museum I volunteer at! (When it was still operable) Savannah & Atlanta 750.
I'm a firm believer in Living History. It's awesome to go to museums and seeing things like trains on display... under lights and collecting dust. But you really can't appreciate what it is until you see it under its own power and doing what it was meant to do.
I'm a firm believer in Living History. It's awesome to go to museums and seeing things like trains on display... under lights and collecting dust. But you really can't appreciate what it is until you see it under its own power and doing what it was meant to do.
There are a few, last I checked!
Sierra Railway #3 is a Rogers built locomotive.
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2.....73-d5ddn40.jpg
As is Louisville & Nashville RR #152
http://www.railpictures.net/images/.....1250043984.jpg
Illinois Central #201 is another Rogers locomotive!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped.....6_IL_Union.jpg
As well as at least 9 other locomotives scattered about the continental US, if not more. Australia or New Zealand (I forget which off hand) has a beautiful Rogers built 2-4-2 that is operation.
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/Da.....uff/K-88-3.jpg
Sierra Railway #3 is a Rogers built locomotive.
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2.....73-d5ddn40.jpg
As is Louisville & Nashville RR #152
http://www.railpictures.net/images/.....1250043984.jpg
Illinois Central #201 is another Rogers locomotive!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped.....6_IL_Union.jpg
As well as at least 9 other locomotives scattered about the continental US, if not more. Australia or New Zealand (I forget which off hand) has a beautiful Rogers built 2-4-2 that is operation.
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/Da.....uff/K-88-3.jpg
I've ridden behind her shed-mate, the Leviathan, at IRM in Union. They're built and kept in Elgin, just upriver from me in Aurora. I do hope to go on one of their shop tours someday, ask if they could use another machinist. I've made parts for electric motors, hydraulic excavators, and now rotary airlocks, but never a locomotive.
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