Chaski Railfan

You are bringing back great memories, John. I sure remember the US flags being flown on that return trip. We must have been fairly close together for the Willow Creek runby, as my photos resemble yours. Years later I found the place to get "the" shot with the whole trestle and train, but '...

Nice one, John. Wonder if we'll ever get to enjoy outings like this again?

Mark, do you think we could convince Steve, Doyle and other steam folks to petition the new guy to reinstate the Amtrak insurance for mainline steam coverage?

Tom, did you go on that trip? Wish I could have.

Wow, 1000 views of this. I guess you guys like old steam like I do.

I have seen 844 and 3985 together at two RailFairs in Sacramento, and chased 3985 when it ran up through Oregon with Doyle McCormack at the throttle. Maybe I'll put some pix over on my "Old Stuff" thread.

Here is a memory of the McCloud, now pretty much gone, tracks torn up, this back in 2008.

After my adventure with 4449 in 2009, traveling to Minnesota, I boarded Amrak in the middle of the night to return to Portland, and in the morning woke up to find myself in the midst of a big group of Mennonites. They are great people and I had a wonderful time with all of them including the little ...

Here are a couple more from Steamtown's Grand Opening, 261 and 425, two of the stars of the show.

Friend Kelvin Schultes saw this and suggested I dig out some pics from the Grand Opening of Steamtown, back in 1995. I did not try to find the negatives and have scanned some poor quality prints. Here is Susquehanna 142 after arrival at the site.

Just to second John's comment that the 700 was one of the best looking 4-8-4s, here is a near side view. I have others that I can't find, but she sure is a handsome locomotive, currently undergoing her 15 year or 1472 inspection, but soon will be operational again at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center.

The site seems to be quiet, and I don't have any new stuff to add, so thought I would start putting "old stuff" taken back when I got out often to fan. This one is from the 2005 NRHS convention in Portland, OR, featuring two stars, 4449 and 700, both of which participated in steam events a...

You are just having too much fun, John.

There are more than one Canadian Hudsons which have run within the last several years which could be brought back to life, including the Royal Hudson at BC rails.

I wish both had survivors that we could match up to see if that was true. You know what my favorite Hudsons were, of course, and I preferred the NYC J-3 without streamlining. Remember all railroads designed their equipment to suit their routes, and the Central was the "Water Level Route" r...