by Trainumentarian on February 21, 2023
Announcing the Trainumentary playlist on Youtube!
And it all starts with the first program, Trainumentary 1 way back in 2013, right up to episode #22. Aside from the trains, terrains and views, it’s also interesting to observe how much the online video technology improved over the past 10 years.
Click on the pic below to begin your journey.
See views of the historic train station in this border city, as well as a glimpse of what the US/Mexico border looked like as of Aug. 25, 2019.
Then be sure to watch Trainumentaries 1-22 on Youtube.
Be sure to watch Trainumentaries 1-17, all on Youtube, and all with links here on this site.
After winding through the zoo, this mini-train travels across a 200-foot concrete bridge/trestle twice. On the second crossing, on the way back to the station, the trestle comes into full view. The trestle was originally constructed as a bridge across the mighty Mill Creek, which flooded the City of Erie in 1915, killing over 30 people, including the fire chief. The bridge, which also serves as a driftcatcher to prevent further flooding, was constructed in 1916, and updated in 2010. It was adapted for use as a mini-train trestle in the mid 20th century. Still photos by Michael L. Morgan.
Jump on for this July 15 Re-Enactment ride, and learn details of the other weekend-long events here http://www.octrr.org/index.php?siteID=873&pageID=17231_2
Passenger-eye view aboard the historic Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad June 2016
Is there a railroad entity around that still uses cabooses as functional train cars? Find the answer below the photo of Texas and Pacific caboose 13553, which was snapped from the window of the Texas Eagle as it passed through Mineola, TX in January 2016.
Answer – Yes!
According to Wikipedia as of this writing:
“CSX Transportation is one of the only Class 1 railroads that still maintains a fleet of modified cabooses for regular use. Employed as “shoving platforms” at the rear of local freight trains which must perform long reverse moves or heavy switching, these are generally rebuilt bay-window cabooses with their cabin doors welded shut (leaving their crews to work from the rear platform). BNSF also maintains a fleet of former wide-vision cabooses for a similar purpose, and in 2013 began repainting some of them in heritage paint schemes of BNSF’s predecessor railroads.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caboose
The featured photo is an old red wooden caboose which is part of the railway stock at the Lakeshore Historical Railway Society in North East, PA.
both caboose photos c. 2016 trainumentary.com
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