I'm from Connecticut and I remember going to a DOWT event here with my mom and my brother and sister when i was little. I think i was around 2 or 3 years old and even though i absolutely loved it, seeing Thomas up close scared the living daylights out of me!!!! It was very overwhelming!!!! But i still loved the event as a whole!!!! Me and my brother are now 22 and while he's grown out of it, i am still a HUGE fan to this day and i always will be!!!! T&F is my 2nd favorite franchise alongside Power Rangers!!!! 💙💙👍👍🎉🎉
The actual use of having two separate whistles is that the hooter was used when the locomotive pulled freight, and the 6 chime was used for when the locomotive pulled passengers. Though, during the rambles, you’ll often see that they both get used. Not much a reason behind that other than just for the hell of it.
The FL9 had a odd for North America b - A1A Axel arrangement because of the additional electrical equipment for third rail operation and the steam generator for Train heat
Southern Railway 4501 is a 2-8-2 Mikado too, but she’s over 100 years old. But 3025 still has some good years left ahead of her. She should still be running.
3025 would be 35 years old. But she looks older than she really is. That sets this locomotive apart from all the other surviving steam locomotives. There are other locomotives that are in their seventies and eighties and even their hundreds.
