Steam Engine on the I-10

[YellowThumper]

Awesome 

[HP_Cuda]

When I was in England last year we had a trip to the Lakes which is about the mid of the country. We came around a bend and right beside us was the Flying Scotsman all decked out in green and billowing white smoke. It was as if I was in a dream, I'll never forget that day - very cool.

[jimynick]

You know, to really wrap your head around the fact that that loco would do 100mph+ you have to be able to envision the sheer weight and mass of it and then transpose your arse- which has experienced doing 100mph, into it. I can't really imagine the scale of noise and mechanical action going on at that speed and the sheer ballsiness of the men in it when it was going that fast. My God, you'd have to start slowing down for a station 5 miles before you got to it and even that might not be sufficient! Amazing machine and so great to see it survives and runs to this day!

[YellowThumper]

You know, to really wrap your head around the fact that that loco would do 100mph+ you have to be able to envision the sheer weight and mass of it and then transpose your arse- which has experienced doing 100mph, into it. I can't really imagine the scale of noise and mechanical action going on at that speed and the sheer ballsiness of the men in it when it was going that fast. My God, you'd have to start slowing down for a station 5 miles before you got to it and even that might not be sufficient! Amazing machine and so great to see it survives and runs to this day!

Well stated!
Mike

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

I was fortunate last year to chase the Nickle Plate (NKP) 765 running back and fourth from Joliet, IL to Chicago on a beautiful day.

[jimynick]

Thx Ryan, that was some great footage and I especially liked how you had a hard time to catch the old girl in the beginning! LOL  Fabulous old machine, love it! 

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Thx Ryan, that was some great footage and I especially liked how you had a hard time to catch the old girl in the beginning! LOL  Fabulous old machine, love it! 

I thought it would be going Metra, our local commuter rail line, speeds, maybe freight.  I was not expecting it to be going at the top speed allowed on the tracks, which I believe is about 60mph.  Also it was a 35 mph zone... that dead ended at a missing bridge.  So it wasn't perfect.



I follow old trains in my free time.