Interesting train passed by

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:13 pm

We live fairly near a busy rail line so seeing trains isn't exactly a rare occurrence. But the other day, we heard one was coming by that made me get a camera out to go take some pictures. You don't see one of these running down the tracks every day, at least not any more...

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:45 pm

Wow, very cool, CJ!

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:46 pm

Wow,that's the SP4449!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Pacific_4449

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:08 pm

OH, it does this old mans heart good to see an old Steam Engine running.....

In a FEW WEEKS, the old Lionel Pre War set comes out for the Christmas Season....NOW that I'm properly motivated....that must have been AWESOME CJ....
Thanks for posting.

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:29 pm

Yeah, it was very awesome. The worst part, and I realized this as I was snapping pictures, was that I was missing the whole thing by taking pictures! I snapped a few while just looking over the camera (they suck), it was just so cool to hear the thing running! Even the whistle! Wow, what a sound! There was a crossing about 100 yards before the signal light seen in the pictures and they blew the whistle for that! Wow, what a sound! Oh, I said that again, huh? OK fine WOW, WHAT A SOUND!!! It's so much cooler than what usually passes by...

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:32 pm

Never seen anything like that run by anywhere I've lived.

When the freight trains come through at night near where I live, the guys running the trains don't blow the horns enough to alert the people in the streets that a train is coming, they blow their horns enough to alert everyone sleeping in bed that they are coming!!

winston · Post by **winston** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:09 pm

One of my pastimes as a young boy was to go train spotting with my pals in Southampton England. We only ever recorded the numbers of British Railway steam locomotives in our books. The newer diesel engined trains did not interest us at all.

Anyway I digress. That is an amazing series of pics CJ. Thanks for posting them.

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:16 pm

ajish4 wrote:OH, it does this old mans heart good to see an old Steam Engine running.....

In a FEW WEEKS, the old Lionel Pre War set comes out for the Christmas Season....NOW that I'm properly motivated....that must have been AWESOME CJ....
Thanks for posting.

You can get an SP4449 for your trainset. There is one on ebay

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:07 pm

octagon wrote:
ajish4 wrote:OH, it does this old mans heart good to see an old Steam Engine running.....

In a FEW WEEKS, the old Lionel Pre War set comes out for the Christmas Season....NOW that I'm properly motivated....that must have been AWESOME CJ....
Thanks for posting.
You can get an SP4449 for your trainset. There is one on ebay

Cool Mitch,

Thanks for the link!

That's an N Gauge I believe,too small for my collection...I'm an "O" Gauge guy (think Adam's Family Size). This year, the set will be a bigger layout than normal, being the economy has been so wonderful, less presents so more train track to be laid!

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:31 am

ajish4 wrote:
octagon wrote:
ajish4 wrote:OH, it does this old mans heart good to see an old Steam Engine running.....

In a FEW WEEKS, the old Lionel Pre War set comes out for the Christmas Season....NOW that I'm properly motivated....that must have been AWESOME CJ....
Thanks for posting.
You can get an SP4449 for your trainset. There is one on ebay

Cool Mitch,

Thanks for the link!

That's an N Gauge I believe,too small for my collection...I'm an "O" Gauge guy (think Adam's Family Size). This year, the set will be a bigger layout than normal, being the economy has been so wonderful, less presents so more train track to be laid!

Ha Ha,ok here is an O Gauge SP 4449

8mileshigher · Post by **8mileshigher** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:48 am

Those are cool pictures.... that was quite historic !

scotty · Post by **scotty** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:33 am

Great pictures CJ.Wooooo woooooo.

admin · Post by **admin** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:07 am

It is great to see the trains. They have all but disappeared in the area where I live.

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:45 am

That is so cool. You lucky dog.....I love trains......Lots of railroaders in my family...

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:13 am

Yeah, it was extremely cool! The train is based in Portland Oregon and had traveled out to Michigan for a train festival. We didn't hear about the trip out until a couple of days after it had passed through so, we wanted to be sure to catch it on it's way back home.

If we had the money we would have taken a ride on it from Havre, MT to Whitefish, MT through Glacier National Park! But the tickets were about $500 each. That would have been the ultimate in cool!

They are planning more trips in the future, so you may get a chance to see it for yourself. Here's the official web site:

http://www.sp4449.com/

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