@tracksidefan I must apologize for my compatriot. There are a lot of problems with even the latest ICEs, even though no ICE is more than 20 year of age. And they are not always on time. Maybe Metra equipment is not the most modern, but it has style.
When tHE 765 Went over the bridge where was it and how did you access it? i would love to catch it their over the summer but need to know where it is. i will make it a different angle to not copy you.
Definitely a route that exercises the featured 2-6+6-2T Mallet Compound's full performance range. A Stevenson-geared 2-8-0 with 48" drivers would be more authentic to the "1880 Train" theme, but they're getting a little hard to find.
@DUBMANS Yeah like racerboy23432 said they probably placed coins, usually pennies on the ground and the train will flatten them.......I did it when i was a child, only problems is sometimes they stick to the wheel and you don't find them lol
We lived at Mile 92 (train tressel in the early 1960) My grandfather had a tourist camp at this site known as Trail's Ends prior to the power dam being built. This train was a daily occurence in our lives, and as kids we would wave to the people on the train. I have done the trip to Hearst with my sister in-law (who was working on the train) and have ridden in the engine while crossing the tressel. Life on the ACR is simply amazing.... flagging down the Hearst train to give crew a cake!
The electric trolleys are pretty cool. Not really a waste either, without gas or diesel engines - they're cheap to run and low maintenance. What's a shame is that Kenosha has this perfect outdoor square they could use as an open market not far from the museums and condos, but they rarely ever use it if at all. If they'd chalk it out and rent sections of it during the summer, I think it would make good money and provide a good/unique tourist shopping attraction that actually uses the streetcars.
I'm happy to say I'm just old enough to remember the latter years of steam on the Nickel Plate Road and was able to enjoy the sight of the Berkshires operating daily on the main line through the west side of Cleveland and on through Lakewod and Rocky River on their way to Bellevue, Ohio. What a thrill it was for a 5 year old to watch that living, breathing machine come to life. Now it's like seeing an old friend. Thanks, members of the Fort Wayne Rail Museum, for bringing her back to life.
I agree but, steamers are very labor intensive, and have more moving parts then a diesle electric loco, on top of the fact that its bigger and there are even fewer of them then the lima berkshires like this one, there has to be enough interest and effort to do it, yes with the plans one could be rebuilt but you cant just go out and get the parts for them, it would be very costly if the ones left are even in good enough shape to try to put back together, and awareness for such things go up.
The bar between the wheels is a magnetic brake - its purpose is to keep the car from rolling when it is stopped. Most of the braking is done by reversing the motor into a generator and dumping the energy into a resistor bank as heat, not friction brakes
@trucker765 I know it's been a while since you posted this comment, but you have an awesome idea. I'd like to see a Big Boy running freight as it was intended, rather than the excursions that Big Boy cousin Challenger #3985 has been running.
@JelloOnline This engine was used in the filming of the movie for sound effects, and the basic design of the engine in the movie. The cab, is the same in the movie and they are both 2-8-4 berkshire locomotives. :)
@Chase1609 The 1225 is an N-1 with larger cylnders so its more power than the 765 but 10 mph slower. The 1225 is also a little longer and taller, the 765 is an S-3 that is 10 mph faster than the 1225, but has smaller cylinders, so its not as powerful.
@fafnir242 I have been in the cab of that engin, My father inlaw and i went to owosso at their repair shop when it was down in aug 09. I climed halfway in the firebox, and boiler. we talked to one of the enginers and a fireman, that were working on it. We must have been their for over an hour, we went early in the morning, their were no other people around, we had a great time talking with them about the pere marquette, they give tours their, Great place to visit..
@LocoCyc I was at the repair shop in owosso mich, when it was down in 09. My father inlaw and i were up in the cab talking with the guys working on it for about an hour or so. had a great time.
@rexman92 the locomotive is a 2-8-4 Berkshire locomotive built by the Lima Locomotive works in 1941. The nerdy kid dose not have his facts right. ALCO and Lima built the Berkshires, but Lima is the one that came up with the design.
