Train contest

[Larry (IL)]

These are not good enough for the contest but I will enter them anyway. It was so darned hot and hazy today, you can see the humidity in the pictures. It was 93 degrees with a heat index of 109. I have to start taking my camera with me, these are the cell phone again.

The third picture caught my eye as I was leaving so I took a picture of the modular rail sections. hey, didn't model railroaders think of modular track 125 years ago?

 

[fmurphy]

Great way to start out the train entries Larry.... we have around 75-100 trains a day pass within a mile of where I live in the Texas panhandle...just can't get the right shot......nothing really jumps out at me.. I'm still a looking though

 

[vito]

Great photos. Do they run those old steam engines from time to time?

 

[Larry (IL)]

I don't know a lot about this engine Vito, my guess is it just a display although it looks like it could run. There are several train museums within driving distance here in Illinois that maintain working steam engines and give rides, there is one in Union, IL.

This engine is in Mendota IL where I had a job to do yesterday and thought of the contest as I was leaving town. The odd thing is my father worked for the CB&Q as a fireman and engineer before WW ll, he might have run this engine. After the war, he returned back to his job and retired after 39 years as an engineer.

 

[vito]

That is a great story, Larry. And who knows? He might have run it.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[DavefromCt]

Nice shots....enjoyed them!

 

[Kelley (Texas)]

the picture of the vintage steam engine #4978, classic looking to me. Thanks for sharing! Kelley (Texas)