08-17-2012, 08:17 PM
We did the Strasburg duo...not as much time as I'd liked to have had. Still, it was fun. My wife and kids had a good time (she even was happy to see the Rockville Bridge on our trip into Harrisburg!). Afterwards, my dad and I drove them and my mom back to Pittsburgh. We left a car there, the women/kids returned home and we hopped Amtrak's Pennsylvanian back to Harrisburg. We spotted the Huntingdon & Broadtop on the trip!
The trips tomorrow (over the Rockville bridge and through the station!) are 9/12/3, and 12/3 on Sunday. Monday, we'll depart about 5-6am and probably hit the curve around 10:30-11am...far earlier than previously expected. I hope that too many railfans won't miss it. The early morning stinks, but it means we'll make Pittsburgh by early afternoon...with plenty of time to retrieve my car and make it home for work on Tuesday.
On the prior note: ascending the mountains Eastbound, the steam engine did all the work uphill while the diesel did the work downhill (dynamic brakes).
The trips tomorrow (over the Rockville bridge and through the station!) are 9/12/3, and 12/3 on Sunday. Monday, we'll depart about 5-6am and probably hit the curve around 10:30-11am...far earlier than previously expected. I hope that too many railfans won't miss it. The early morning stinks, but it means we'll make Pittsburgh by early afternoon...with plenty of time to retrieve my car and make it home for work on Tuesday.
On the prior note: ascending the mountains Eastbound, the steam engine did all the work uphill while the diesel did the work downhill (dynamic brakes).
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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