Ben and I went to the IRM on Sat.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
We ate lunch on the Nebraska Zephyr
They ran a caboose train too.
Waiting for our meal.
Backing up to board.
We had pork chops, green beans, stuffing, apple sauce with cinnamon, pop and a cookie for dessert.
The caboose train was pulled by this Little Joe. Very quietly.
We also rode in some old Lackawanna carriages behind Leviathan.
You can't beat that for a train day. Thanks Doug.
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Thanks from California. Really great to see these!!
Nice day. Nice pics.
The Leviathan 63 will actually be coming to our neck of the woods this fall to team up with YORK 17 for some reenactments.
Fife, it was easy to imagine riding this train 'out west' - Leviathan worked hard and had an amazingly loud whistle.
Really great pictures!!! Ben looked like he was really enjoying the day. (I am sure his Dad is!!!) How is the Levitan fired?
Don
Oil: http://couriernews.suntimes.com/news/9486850-418/little-workshop-produces-a-leviathan.html
The prototype burned wood, as the smokestack suggests.
Bob Nelson
My question is relative to today.
looks like a great day, thanks for sharing.
Dave
It's a TOY, A child's PLAYTHING!!! (Woody from Toy Story)
Nice pictures!
"...riding this train 'out West'.
Well then you'll appreciate this CNW, Lackawanna commuters back in the Fifties used to call those coaches "Wyatt Earps", since they looked like something out of a western movie!
By the way, who was that handsome young buck in the dining car photo?
So was my answer, Don--oil. ;-)
I'm glad to see that they appear to be on the way back. I have been there twice, and the last time I was there about 7 - 8 years ago I was not impressed. For awhile I think their collection got away from them, that they may have had so many items that it was impossible to properly take care of them. I saw evidence of rust and decay just about everywhere. Their display of non-operating steam locomotives particularly was nothing but a line of rusting hulks.
At the same point in time they had so many sheds full of well preserved trollies that I was suspicious that they were on the way to converting the whole operation to a traction museum.
Hopefully they have reduced the number of acquisitions to the point where they can maintain them properly, if not in operating condition, at least in decent condition for display.
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Great photos Doug!! In 1967 I rode behind an CB&Q E unit to Denver. Loved ever second of the trip especially the dome car where you could watch antelope scatter from the train.
This weekend we rode the Cuyahoga Valley Railroad through the National Park. If you are a hiker, biker or rail fan this is a great park.
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Stebby, the interesting thing about the IRM is it started as a traction-only museum in the last days of the Roarin' Elgin and the North Shore. Labor day Firelock, thanks for the compliment - that would be my son!Don, as others have posted, Leviathan runs on some sort of fuel-oil. I took the photo of the tender from the first car door and it's clear except for a tank hatch. Interesting to see, since the IRM lacks a water column, the Northern Illinois Fire Museum had some of their big pumpers by the tracks to feed Leviathan .
Doug & Bob,yinteresting as
I wasn't sure but thought it would run on oil. Sure is one great looking engine. When I went there the very first time, I too thought they had a lot of equipment just setting there rusting away. But, when you think of the fact they are non profit, they have done pretty darn well with the resources they have available. And, they are saving the other from the welders torch! Future restoration projects.
Bob, my apologies, I didn't see the word "oil" in your reply , the link was very interesting as well! Thanks!
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