THIS JUST SIMPLY PUT A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE ! BEING BORN IN THE LATE THIRTIES, I EXPERIENCED STEAM TRAINS AND STREET CAR RIDING IN MY HOME TOWN OF PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA . STREETCARS WERE GONE BY THE LATE FORTIES, STEAM TRAINS BY THE MIDDLE FIFTIES ! SOME OF MY FONDEST MEMORIES ARE FROM THIS ERA ! THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES !
they are having one this year, I drove down their today, #6 was out and in steam, but they were just working on it. Seem's like they are getting ready for it.
An absolutely beautiful pair of railroad operations all around! These multi-museum locations are definitely the ideal preservation sites. I do however get pretty concerned about the speed #6 and sometimes even the electrics have to get up to in order to crest the hill. I know it’s necessary with the train weight and all, but it’s a bit nerve racking to see a long train barreling through a crowded exhibition area like that. The tight curves don’t help much either. It seems like just a matter of time before a person or vehicle ends up getting run down by a train or the engine derails into the crowd, especially considering the fact that they’ve already had a pretty serious brake issue. I’m not trying to be a foamer or anything, but it does get a bit frightening.
As a volunteer myself, all I'll say is that safety is our number one concern at all times. We do everything we can to ensure the safe operation of our trains. As a coductor, I'm always trying to keep my head on a swivel and watch out for not only my passengers but for pedestrians also.
Chicago, Aurora, and Elgin R.R.interurban probably ran on the Metropolitan West Side Elevated R.R. to the Loop in Chicago via 3rd rail at the L terminal where it changed to 3rd rail collection beams between the wheels to slide on the electrified rail that was a few inches away and above the tracks. The CAE R.R. went out of business in 1957.
THIS JUST SIMPLY PUT A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE ! BEING BORN IN THE LATE THIRTIES, I EXPERIENCED STEAM TRAINS AND STREET CAR RIDING IN MY HOME TOWN OF PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA . STREETCARS WERE GONE BY THE LATE FORTIES, STEAM TRAINS BY THE MIDDLE FIFTIES ! SOME OF MY FONDEST MEMORIES ARE FROM THIS ERA ! THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES !
I’ve lived here all my life and 6 will always sound like a haunting ghost train
Did you work at there my grandpa did back in the days
I love your threshers videos! Please don’t stop making them!
Great coverage. Glad to see the shay is back!
Me too, just wish David Ruby lived to see it return.
Many Thanks 😊
Amazing video! Enjoyed every minute of it!
BEST OLD THRESHERS EVER ! 2020
9 is MASSIVE compared to the coaches, and other engines! Great video, I'm constantly watching this over and over again!
A 4-chime Nathan "P" series horn. I like the sound of it. I'll definitely be back up there this year for the majority of the event!
I go to old threshers every year. Me and my dad have 2 1/2 scale steam engines
How many year did you and your dad. Go to this thing I remember when I was a kid go to it
My grandpa used to take me every year. Been on the train and trolly. Sure miss it.
they are having one this year, I drove down their today, #6 was out and in steam, but they were just working on it. Seem's like they are getting ready for it.
At one point a Coupler broke, I was on the train when it happened. All the electricity in the cars shut off. And we sat there for an hour.
I was on the yellow car behind the gondola on #6 when the "brake issue" occurred, scary
An absolutely beautiful pair of railroad operations all around! These multi-museum locations are definitely the ideal preservation sites.
I do however get pretty concerned about the speed #6 and sometimes even the electrics have to get up to in order to crest the hill. I know it’s necessary with the train weight and all, but it’s a bit nerve racking to see a long train barreling through a crowded exhibition area like that. The tight curves don’t help much either. It seems like just a matter of time before a person or vehicle ends up getting run down by a train or the engine derails into the crowd, especially considering the fact that they’ve already had a pretty serious brake issue. I’m not trying to be a foamer or anything, but it does get a bit frightening.
They have beautiful locomotives too.
As a volunteer myself, all I'll say is that safety is our number one concern at all times. We do everything we can to ensure the safe operation of our trains. As a coductor, I'm always trying to keep my head on a swivel and watch out for not only my passengers but for pedestrians also.
Chicago, Aurora, and Elgin R.R.interurban probably ran on the Metropolitan West Side Elevated R.R. to the Loop in
Chicago via 3rd rail at the L terminal where it changed to 3rd rail collection beams between the wheels to slide on
the electrified rail that was a few inches away and above the tracks. The CAE R.R. went out of business in 1957.
My grandma and grandpa us to go to this for years
14 I believe also helped out in worlds of fun kansas city too.
Ahh, that first clip let's me know what I missed because I had a damn medical problem
Why was 6 going very fast?
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