Steam railfans are an odd lot. In the early 70's, I worked for a railroad at their headquarters. Most steam disappeared from US railroads by the early 50's, forced out by desiel electric locomotives. Our operating department was staffed by folks who grew-up operating steam, former train engineers. To a man, they would have abandoned the office jobs if they could go back to being a steam locomotive engineer. Regards, Bob S.
On 9/10/07, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was talking about the web site itself not being friendly to rail > enthusiasts. Yeah it's ok for the tourists, but it doesn't tell me what > I want to know. > > Most of the steam railroad web-pages have a link for the real old-timer > steam buffs that takes you to a listing of the equipment the railroad is > operating, i.e. what kind of steam engines do they have and how many are > operating ... > > Should I travel a thousand miles to get there if they don't have the > equipment I'm interested in? What if they don't have anything that's not > in the local transportation museum, which is about 950 miles closer? > > And without a link on the web site to let me see what equipment they > have, how am I going to know if they do have something I'm interested in? > > From: > "P. J. Alling" > > No, it's a tourist attraction site. It's not that they discourage > > visitors, but they're old fashioned, no digital computers in the age > > of steam, (but I bet they'd love to have a Babbage Difference Engine > > to display). > > > > John Sessoms wrote: > > From: > > "P. J. Alling" > > > >> The Valley Railroad, in Essex Connecticut. It's a working Steam > >> Railway museum. They run a couple of Restored Steam Loco's and have a > >> couple of Modern Chinese Steam Loco's, (one of which they run on the > >> line as well, the other on display), (to the untrained eye, with most > >> of the extra metal work removed they both look like a standard > >> American type. This engine is sitting a the end of a line of cars all > >> awaiting restoration, and as you can see, occasionally cannibalized > >> for parts. > >> > >> http://www.essexsteamtrain.com/index.html > > Not a real rail enthusiast site though, because they don't appear to > > have any link to the equipment itself. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
