A Day at Strasburg

[TomPM]

On Sunday the family and I decided at the spur of the moment to drive out to Strasburg, PA and ride the train.

 

[TomPM]

 

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[TomPM]

Almost forgot one. This is the interior of the coach we rode in.

 

[shaygetz]

Great stuff, been a long, long time since I've been to Lancaster County:thumb: Love that circus train and wedge plow.

 

[Jim Krause]

Makes me want to make a trip back there just to ride the train. Do you work for the Chamber of Commerce? (Only Kidding)

 

[RailRon]

This rolling stock is looking like it came straight out of the box - spotless and tidy. Must have been fun to ride such a beautiful passenger car and listening to the stack talk of the loco!

Thanks for sharing your pics!

Ron

PS: Just a hint for anybody who dislikes weathering: Model a museum road like the Strasburg RR!

 

[N Gauger]

There's a local HO club that modeled it Every building is prfect to scale Too Cool!!!!

The number on the sides of the passanger cars is the year restoration was completed....

Not sure on the plow... but it fits Looks to be about 40 years ago

 

[ezdays]

Wow, we have trains here in Arizona, but nuttin' like this. Neat :thumb: :thumb:

 

[sumpter250]

There's a local HO club that modeled it Every building is perfect to scale Too Cool!!!!

They had the layout on display at the National Train Show, in Philadelphia. Having just completed the O scale kit of the "J" tower, I was impressed by the scratchbuilt HO version on the Strasburg layout!
Nice pictures Tom !!

 

[scottcn]

Thanks for the pictures! I spent Friday in Strasburg with my family (wife, kids, parents, sister) and we rode on the Strasburg Railroad. Unfortunately, the circus cars were not part of our train In addition to riding on the Railroad, we also visited the very impressive Railroad Museum of PA and the fun Choo Choo Barn.

My kids (future train lovers, hopefully!) we very impressed by the size of all the engines in the Museum.

- Scott

 

[cn nutbar]

hi tom---thanks for posting the pictures from strasburg---this was also a vacation destination for my wife and i a couple of years ago and you can be sure we'll be going back again.love that cn mogul,class e-10-a #89.when i was a kid,i rode one of those engines with my father who was an engineer on the canadian national.i have her sister on my roster---#81

you guys south of the border have got it made---steamtown,strasburg,north conway---that's where all the retired cn locomotives ended up---3254,89,and 31.i'm just glad there still around---thanks again tom,nutbar

 

[MasonJar]

Wow! I wish I could drop by there "on the spur of the moment"!!

Or even Nutbar's layout...!

We have a few things here, but nothing like that. Museum of Science and Tech has a 2-truck Shay you can ride, and there is the Wakefield Steam Train (a Swedish loco).

Andrew

 

[trainman4]

pictures

Great shots.I've been there a few times and never saw the circus train.:thumb:

 

[Fluesheet]

you guys south of the border have got it made---steamtown,strasburg,north conway---that's where all the retired cn locomotives ended up---3254,89,and 31.i'm just glad there still around---thanks again tom,nutbar

Ohio Central Railroad, a regional freight railroad whose owner has an interest in steam, has several Canadian engines in their steam operations as well (http://www.ocsteam.com/):

Grand Trunk E10a mogul #96 (awaiting restoration - another sister to your model!)
Canadian Norther H-6g ten wheeler #1551 (serviceable)
Canadian Pacific G-5d Pacific #1278 (awaiting restoration)
Canadian Pacific G-5d Pacific #1293 (serviceable)
Grand Trunk U-3b Northern #6325 (serviceable)

Of the lot, I've only seen 1293 run. 6325 was recently restored, but they are (or at least were) having trouble with a drive axle journal getting hot. They used to pull excursions, mostly with 1293, but I believe they've cut back in the last couple years.

 

[cn nutbar]

hi fluesheet---thanks for the info on other canadian locomotives---here's 1551's sister

 

[doctorwayne]

Hey, mister nutbar, I don't remember saying that you could have that loco back!!:curse: Next time you bring it out here, I'll have to repaint and renumber it again.
Thanks for posting this thread, Tom. I thought that I'd replied to it earlier (Doh!), as it brought back some fond memories. The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania was also very enjoyable.

Wayne