Posts under ‘Train’
Hitching a Ride on the Rails
Yesterday we had our first sunny day in 5 days! I took the kids on an impromptu outing. Around lunch time we were at the park and saw my husband/their daddy driving the newly painted train. He was driving back and forth on a little bit of track moving freight cars around.
This video will show [...]
Who’s Driving a Locomotive?
My husband is driving – not me. He now has his engineer license! I asked him to walk me through the steps to starting the locomotive.
The train in the following video is an ALCO T-6. Series number 1016. It was built in 1969 and was ALCO’s last completed model. Here’s the tricky part. There is [...]
Painting a Locomotive
My husband is the chief mechanic at a local railroad that hauls local freight and tourists. One of the projects this winter was painting an ALCO S-6 locomotive. It was originally bought by Western Maryland in the 1950’s. They restored the engine to it’s original colors.
Next week I would like to show you how to [...]
Train Yard Fun
Last month my husband worked some Saturdays to learn more and help out with the steam engine. He had worked on it many times, but this was the first time he helped run it.
I didn’t want to stay home with the kids on Saturday too so I decided that the kids and I would go [...]
A Little Red Caboose
One of the perks of my husband working for a railroad is free rides. This time we rode the caboose.
They just painted the engine. Doesn’t it look spiffy? It’s from 1941 and the caboose is from 1942. Pieces of history.
This is one of the seats where the men riding the caboose [...]
