SHOTGUN TOM RIDES THE 347C IN SACRAMENTO
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- TV and Radio Personality Shotgun Tom Kelly takes a ride in the Santa Fe 347C Red WarBonnet F7. This is the same engine Shotgun's Dad was engineer on from the 1950's to 1960's. The engine is currently on display at The California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento.
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What a wonderful opportunity to go back in time to an era when his Dad rode the rails!
Awesome opportunity to see one of these iconic War Bonnet engines moving- Thanks to Phlash for telling his listeners this morning and giving m the heads up to enjoy this event.
Very cool Tom!! I love that they did this for you and to honor your dad. Enjoyed chatting with you at the meet last week. Santa Fe All The Way! Take care.
My dad took me to work with him at a radio station. I know the feeling.
He did time at kdeo
this is very emotional I can feel how Tom is honored. thank you so much for this video. really !
I was driving home, listening to the sounds of the 60's, and a caller mentioned Tom's train video. I was like, did he say train video? That caught my ears, being a rail fan, I had to check it out. This did not disappoint,it was great!
So Happy you heard about my 347C Santa Fe Train video on my SiriusXM ch 73 60's Gold New Years Eve radio show and you were not disappointed.
Pass the word to your friends about this train video. I had this video made as a Tribute to my Dad, but I hoped it would be great for Train fan's like you.
Just thrilling and so powerful a memory you have to keep.
Fantastic, Shotgun. I never knew about your Dad and the flashbacks are amazing. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.
We rode the Super Chief and the El Capitan from/to Illinois and California several times in the late 50’s and early 60’s. My uncle was a conductor, on the Illinois portion. Perhaps your Dad was the engineer when we were on the train!
Tom, I watched your video again and when I seen you getting tearey
Eyed it got to me again.
Very happy you relived
This memories. All the best to you. Take care
My friend.
Ron
Thanks for the tour it was cool. Yup johnny downs, I remember the
Johnny downs clean your plate club.
So happy for you shotgun for being able
To fulfill a dream.
Take care my friend.
Ron
That was amazing! It must have been a real thrill for you to sit in the same seat in which your father sat! To me, the graceful E and F series EMC/EMD locos are the BY FAR the most beautiful locos ever built - BAR NONE! The freight locos of today, while more practical, are just plain UGLY compared to the stunning streamlined E and F locos I grew up watching.
My father was a railroader early in his life, in the Pacific Northwest in the 1930s back in the age of steam. He got out of railroading , fought in WWII as a Wildcat pilot in the Pacific Theater, and joined Boeing later in the war. I grew up around Boeing planes in Wichita KS, and I clearly remember the beautiful E and F series trains running right by the neighborhood in which I grew up there back in the 1960s. I loved riding my bike over to the tracks to watch those gorgeous E and F series locos go by. I never told my parents that I did this, because they would have gone BONKERS - but I wasn't stupid. I just loved to watch those big beautiful locomotives roll by!
I coincidentally lived in Sac in the late 1980s, but I didn't even know about the railroad museum there. Talk about a missed opportunity... I would like to go back there and go to the museum some day.
Hi Shotgun just stumbled on this by accident didn't know your Dad was an engineer, WOW having that ride really must have given you a GOOD FEELING. See you on the Dischipship Page PS Thanks for being a member there.
This was one cool video! I live in San Diego and have visited the Railroad Museum in Sacramento, which didn't disappoint in the least. My Mother and Grandmother were both railroad employees for some years, and I caught the bug as a teenager growing up near Minneapolis. Naturally there were layouts in the basement where the local kids would come to play, and it was nothing but fun every time (in later years the train was replaced by a ping pong table but we kept the train equipment).
I've been to the railroad yard up near Julian many times and was even invited up front to drive the steam engine for a short distance, which was a total blast! Was able to take Mom there too while visiting here from "back east" as they say and had a little tour around the country as part of the day - it was great to see her having such a good time!
Back in the early 1960s, I used to go to the Pasadena, CA station and see #20, the Chief, and #18, the Super Chief and El Capitan. The Engineer on #20 every other day was Dan Kurtz. I did get a cab ride with him from Pomona to Pasadena on his return trip on #19. I also would meet the Engineer of #18, Earnie Davis. Fond memories of climbing in the cab of several of those beautiful F7s.
Not only do I love you on 60s gold tour a train fan just like me !!!!!!!!! How cool is this wow! Great history about your dad very cool!
I always wanted to be a train engineer but never wanted to be away from home. So now I’m just a rail fan haha
This is very COOL! Like Shot Gun!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!
Outstanding content. The ending was very touching. Thanks for sharing 👍
Well, I just saw this video today, and it’s a pleasure to see the man behind the Shotgun Tom Kelly voice!!! Please play a Roger Miller Train song for us!!!
So awesome man! What a beautiful locomotive.
I was on that train with my family and then took a picture with Shotgun!
What a great video and story.
That whole ammeter explanation is eerily similar to the Palestine Train disaster findings just months ago. Wow.
There is the difference between the SP and the ATSF, at the age of 7 I received a grand tour of a Black Widow F7 along Alameda St in Compton CA circa 1962. Even inside the engine compartment; I can still feel and see it like it was yesterday. I must admit that Warbonnet F is gorgeous though; brought back some memories for me too. Thanks!
18 months, counting down till SP Black Widow F7 6402 is ready and in full operation
What an honor.
Please play John Denver, as often as possible, thank you
Love the shirt.
Wow!
After many years of listening to Shotgun in Los Angeles, how neat to find out about his train hobby and history. As a Santa Fe aficionado, I’ve collected a bit of Warbonnet paraphernalia. (I'm currently building a scene of the 1951 Super Chief.) One piece I've got is a jigsaw puzzle depicting no. 347C in a desert scene. I’ve been to the museum in Sacramento but didn’t see it there. Does anyone happen to know the history of 347C and the story about the puzzle?
ATSF 347C is one of two warbonnet covered wagon units owned by the CSRM. Units 347C and B are owned together, yet rarely make appearances in unison. Unfortunately 347A was lost to the scrappers torch, but in regards to history, their most famous achievement was pulling the POTUS in 1948, working the Super Chief during the first two weeks of operation and throughout its run till Amtrak, and were instrumental in the war efforts of the United States. Now under museum ownership, it is currently third in line for full operational restoration as of Jan. 2023. It will be quite the beautiful sight. Until its appointment in the shops, though, it is intended to continue use as a "fancy shoving platform" as the crews call it.
@@nathanschmidt4889 Wow - thanks so much for this info.
Nice theme music.
I have a builders plate from the 2357 that John Irwin is operating in the photo.
5:20 Isn't this F Unit engine running??