My husband is driving – not me.  Technically it’s called operating a locomotive – not driving. He now has his engineer license!

Watch the following video of him explaining the steps of starting a 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 a 1017, but it was actually finished before this 1016.  Got it?  No? That’s ok.  And for the 2 guys that read this… It’s a 1000 horsepower engine.

- Video deleted – Sorry, but it was necessary.