11-17-2015, 07:50 PM
A shot from the cab of DL&W 664 on one of my first excursion runs. Burnie is at the throttle, he spent over 50 years in the right hand seat for the D&H. An amazing engineer that was more a part of the machine then running it. On the return trip that this pic was taken on, he made a light brake application when we entered the yard limits, sat back in the seat, lit up a cigar, and only touched the horn at the crossings. When we reached the platform the conductor on the ground counted us down to a stop, '' 5 cars, 3 cars, 2 cars, one,,,, that will do." At that point we had coasted to a smooth stop from the yard limits to the platform with out him needing to touch anything in the cab except for the horn. I would like to say that he was showing off, but he way just that good.
My other car is a locomotive, ARHS restoration crew