Kicking off Trains & Troops
A local mixed train begins to move westbound onto the main line as a departing express passenger train clears the yard to the east. A scene like this was commonplace 75-100 years ago but is exceedingly rare today....except of course, in a little time warp called Strasburg, Pennsylvania.
Of course, we're looking at the Strasburg Rail Road's Canadian National Switcher #7312 as she begins hauling her mixed train consist out of the yard toward the station platform, as Norfolk & Western Twelve-Wheeler #475 departs eastbound with a passenger train in the distance. These moves signaled the kickoff of the second day of the 2008 "Trains & Troops" event held in conjunction with the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. This particular image has ended up being one of my very favorites of all time from "The Burg."
Kicking off Trains & Troops
A local mixed train begins to move westbound onto the main line as a departing express passenger train clears the yard to the east. A scene like this was commonplace 75-100 years ago but is exceedingly rare today....except of course, in a little time warp called Strasburg, Pennsylvania.
Of course, we're looking at the Strasburg Rail Road's Canadian National Switcher #7312 as she begins hauling her mixed train consist out of the yard toward the station platform, as Norfolk & Western Twelve-Wheeler #475 departs eastbound with a passenger train in the distance. These moves signaled the kickoff of the second day of the 2008 "Trains & Troops" event held in conjunction with the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. This particular image has ended up being one of my very favorites of all time from "The Burg."