Supplementing the post below, here is another batch of photos featuring the steam powered revenue freight trains ran by Strasburg. The first set featured N&W #475 along with CN #89. To complete the series, enjoy these photos - taken on September 12th, 2012 featuring Great Western Decapod #90:
Great Western #90 simmering under a crescent MoonGreat Western hauling a load and glinting under a rising sun at Carpenters
Foggy morning caboose hop - taken from a silo
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These are great photos! I visited Strasburg Railroad in October. They have a superb operation and one of the best steam locomotive shops in the world. How often do they operate revenue steam freights?
The revenue steam freights were an experiment gone wild - they ran one, and another and then all Summer extending the schedule through September. Then October, lol. Hopefully, we'll see them return next Spring. They were running scheduled with drop offs (sometimes - mostly?, deisel) on Tues and Thursday afternoons and pickups on Wed and Friday mornings starting at 6 AM.
/Mitch
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