‪@CoSpringer‬ 

i drove a Romanian 060-DA (LDE2100) a few months ago at a salt mine and im just 13

Very cool, we used to let children drive (under supervision) our passenger trains, doing up to 30kph

This is how you keep railroading alive!

Truck yeah man. I got to operate an engine at the albina yard when i was his age. Never forget that

I'm almost 60. My great grandfather and 2 of his sons (my great uncles) all worked for the railroad. Even though I'm a college graduate professional, I've always had a thing for trains so I guess it's in the blood. When I saw that kid running this train I was like...how cool is that?????? I'd STILL love to try it just once! Preferably an older locomotive and not these new ones where the computer does basically everything.

How did bro not derail?

Correction on the headline: In North American railroading, we do not "drive" locomotives; we "run" locomotives and trains. In old-time slang, a locomotive engineer was called a "runner" (in addition to other less polite names:-)