Favorite steam tourist line

oltmannd

Member since
January 2001
From: Atlanta
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Posted by oltmannd on Friday, February 18, 2005 9:58 AM

What's your favorite steam tourist line? Why do you like it?

Authenticity? Speed? Scenery? Equipment? Near other stuff? Near where you live?

How about the worst?

-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)

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lonewoof

Member since
April 2004
From: SC
318 posts

Posted by lonewoof on Friday, February 18, 2005 10:11 AM

Cass Scenic -- Shays all over the place! Isn't that what John Denver meant by "Almost Heaven - West Virginia"?

Remember: In South Carolina, North is southeast of Due West... HIOAg /Bill

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dldance

Member since
August 2003
From: Near Promentory UT
1,590 posts

Posted by dldance on Friday, February 18, 2005 4:53 PM

Due to a cracked saddle block - our local steam tourist line has been dieselized for several years while repairs are made - but a spring trip from Austin to Burnet is still very pleasant.

dd

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espeefoamer

Member since
November 2003
From: West Coast
4,122 posts

Posted by espeefoamer on Friday, February 18, 2005 5:11 PM

Mne is the Durango&Silverton RR.When I rode the line it was still owned by the D&RGW.I was there in 1967 and walked all over the roundhouse and shops area.They still had the coaling tower in use at that time.You can't get any more authentic than that[:)]!

Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool.

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CopCarSS

Member since
August 2002
From: Turner Junction
3,076 posts

Posted by CopCarSS on Friday, February 18, 2005 5:53 PM

Scenically, I favor the Durango and Silverton. However, railfanning the D&S isn't the greatest. I love the access that the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic provides. I've done night shots there of idling locomotives and such.

It also seems like the C&TS is less "touristy" and more like an authentic railraod than the D&S. Wandering around the Chama yard watching the chores be done on the locomotives is probably as close as this 24 year old will ever get to "real" steam railroading.

I'm also a fan of the Mid-Continent Railway Museum, though I am starting to wonder when I'll ever see steam there again.[:(]

Chris May
Denver, CO

-Chris
West Chicago, IL
Christopher May Fine Art Photography

"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." ~Ansel Adams

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