Fireman's Call
Strasburg Railroad has railroading down to a precise science. Watching the trains come and go out of the station is proof of that. Here, ex-N&W 475 is returning to the station after another 45-minute round trip through the Amish countryside with it's fireman leaning out to get a better view down the tracks. 475 is Strasburg's oldest steam locomotive as it was built back in 1906 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The 4-8-0 wheel arrangement aka the "Mastadon" type makes this engine quite unique, as it's the only operating Mastadon-type operating in North America.
Fireman's Call
Strasburg Railroad has railroading down to a precise science. Watching the trains come and go out of the station is proof of that. Here, ex-N&W 475 is returning to the station after another 45-minute round trip through the Amish countryside with it's fireman leaning out to get a better view down the tracks. 475 is Strasburg's oldest steam locomotive as it was built back in 1906 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The 4-8-0 wheel arrangement aka the "Mastadon" type makes this engine quite unique, as it's the only operating Mastadon-type operating in North America.