Mopar-Mitch
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Took two of my grand boys railfaning with me today. A couple of GE Dash 9's heading north on the Louisville to Nashville main line at Cave City KY.
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Heck yeah man!
You show them the penny on the rail trick?
Mopar-Mitch
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I hadnt thought of that in years! Great idea, I will the next time I take them. Thanks!
340doc
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Nice
340doc
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When I'm back home in western NY, we do a steam excursion sometimes. Brought my sons on it for the first time a few years ago. Great memories. I'm sure your grandkids had a memorable day. Very nice.
My grandparents use to have train tracks across the road from their house. I learned the penny trick at a very young age. Lol
Princess Valiant
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A lot of BNSF around here
Great experience for kids of all ages. Years ago I put a coin of every denomination on the tracks. Great memories. Kim
My dad was an engineer for Union Pacific and had the freight run from Los Angeles to Yermo, CA. He'd lay over in Yermo for the night and bring the next westbound freight back in to LA the next day.
This was a lot of years ago when LA wasn't as built up as it is today.
My dad died when I was 7 so not a lot of early memories, but one of my fondest was the time my mom drove down to the East Los Angeles station so I could wave at him as the train went by. I was about 4-5 years old and we'd done this a few times prior but this time was different - he stopped the train and I got on and rode in the cab the rest of the way in to the main yard in Los Angeles with him at the controls.
I'm sure you couldn't get away with that today...but it sure was a great memory for a young kid and it's stuck with me for a lot of years.
About 15 years ago my wife and I decided to take a long weekend train trip from Los Angeles to Seattle since my wife had never been on anything other than a couple of hours trip on a train.
We caught the local commuter train in Fullerton, CA, which is closest to our home and rode it into Union Station in Los Angeles. The Coast Starlight was on the next track over across the platform and we had about 45 minutes before it was scheduled to leave. I walked down by the engine just to see what I could see. As I was standing there, the engineer came over to the open cab door to ask what I was doing. I explained that my dad had been an engineer and I was raised around trains but it had been a lot of years since I'd last been on one. He looked up and down the station platform and then said, "Come on up and take a look". It was great being back in the cab again after so many years - an outstanding way to kick off what turned out to be a wonderful long weekend trip.
This was a lot of years ago when LA wasn't as built up as it is today.
My dad died when I was 7 so not a lot of early memories, but one of my fondest was the time my mom drove down to the East Los Angeles station so I could wave at him as the train went by. I was about 4-5 years old and we'd done this a few times prior but this time was different - he stopped the train and I got on and rode in the cab the rest of the way in to the main yard in Los Angeles with him at the controls.
I'm sure you couldn't get away with that today...but it sure was a great memory for a young kid and it's stuck with me for a lot of years.
About 15 years ago my wife and I decided to take a long weekend train trip from Los Angeles to Seattle since my wife had never been on anything other than a couple of hours trip on a train.
We caught the local commuter train in Fullerton, CA, which is closest to our home and rode it into Union Station in Los Angeles. The Coast Starlight was on the next track over across the platform and we had about 45 minutes before it was scheduled to leave. I walked down by the engine just to see what I could see. As I was standing there, the engineer came over to the open cab door to ask what I was doing. I explained that my dad had been an engineer and I was raised around trains but it had been a lot of years since I'd last been on one. He looked up and down the station platform and then said, "Come on up and take a look". It was great being back in the cab again after so many years - an outstanding way to kick off what turned out to be a wonderful long weekend trip.
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