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Thread #154310   Message #3619661
Posted By: Joe Offer
17-Apr-14 - 12:35 AM
Thread Name: BS: Resurrection of a Big Boy 4-8-8-4 locomotive
Subject: RE: BS: Resurrection of a Big Boy 4-8-8-4 locomotive
An excursion on the 4014? It sounds wonderful, but I have to say I've been disappointed by steam train excursions. Most of the time, you can't see the locomotive. It's far more impressive to be standing on (or near) the tracks while the locomotive is approaching.
The best steam train experiences I had were when I was stationed in Berlin in 1972-73. We took an Army bus to work, and often went under a railroad overpass at the same time a big East German steam locomotive was pulling a fast passenger train across. And the 20 times we took the duty train to Frankfurt, we passed through Magdeburg at midnight and went by a roundhouse that always had six or seven big locomotives all steamed up and ready to go.
-Joe-