If you had the chance to...............

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

The PIONEER ZEPHYR isn't being restored, BUT....

The FLYING YANKEE is...almost as good!!

Its one of the earliest streamliner trainsets and its being restored to operating condition. Cant wait to see it running.

www.flyingyankee.com

It's great to see that the Flying Yankee is getting restored! It will be incredible to see it run. I too would like to see the Pioneer Zephyr run. The one thing I would really like to see happen, though, is for a railroad museum/preservation group get those Zephyr cars that are in Saudi Arabia back to the US where they belong! Unfortunately with all the tensions in the Middle East it probably won't happen. We can still dream, though!

[JoeKoh]

ride in the cab of the J-611 or a Nkp berkshire.that would be fantastic.I'm happy I could see the J-611 when I could.
stay safe
Joe

[JoeKoh]

ride in the cab of the J-611 or a Nkp berkshire.that would be fantastic.I'm happy I could see the J-611 when I could.
stay safe
Joe

[vsmith]

The PIONEER ZEPHYR isn't being restored, BUT....

The FLYING YANKEE is...almost as good!!

Its one of the earliest streamliner trainsets and its being restored to operating condition. Cant wait to see it running.

www.flyingyankee.com

[vsmith]

The PIONEER ZEPHYR isn't being restored, BUT....

The FLYING YANKEE is...almost as good!!

Its one of the earliest streamliner trainsets and its being restored to operating condition. Cant wait to see it running.

www.flyingyankee.com

[gbrewer]

Tarwheel38

Did you know that for an extra fee you can ride the cab on the Royal Gorge Route in Colorado?

Now a ride in a stem locomotive is really a thrill.

[gbrewer]

Tarwheel38

Did you know that for an extra fee you can ride the cab on the Royal Gorge Route in Colorado?

Now a ride in a stem locomotive is really a thrill.

[Anonymous]

I thought I answered berfore but I don't see it here. I would like to see a cab forward just for the novelty of it.
Paul

[Anonymous]

I thought I answered berfore but I don't see it here. I would like to see a cab forward just for the novelty of it.
Paul

[Anonymous]

Based on when I started liking trains(born in 57) in 67 I would love to ride in one of those 1st or 2nd generation diesels from EMD Geep 38,SD-40 something of that nature.Did get the chance to ride on the seaboard E-7 or E-8 before passenger service was drop.don't hold me on the Loco but I do know it was a coverd wagon as you called it today.

[Anonymous]

Based on when I started liking trains(born in 57) in 67 I would love to ride in one of those 1st or 2nd generation diesels from EMD Geep 38,SD-40 something of that nature.Did get the chance to ride on the seaboard E-7 or E-8 before passenger service was drop.don't hold me on the Loco but I do know it was a coverd wagon as you called it today.

[Anonymous]

"Somewhere deep buried in the consciousness of every American there lies the image of a steam locomotive..." Unattributed quote from The Age of Steam, Beebe/Clegg 1957

[Anonymous]

"Somewhere deep buried in the consciousness of every American there lies the image of a steam locomotive..." Unattributed quote from The Age of Steam, Beebe/Clegg 1957

[Anonymous]

How about the Milwaukee's nos. 5900 and 5901? Homebuilt streamlined motorcars, with a late 30's ribside baggage-RPO-coach, the ones with streamlining and open vestibules? Or a Shops-built Skytop Lounge? Put all three together, only on the CMSt.P&P!

[Anonymous]

How about the Milwaukee's nos. 5900 and 5901? Homebuilt streamlined motorcars, with a late 30's ribside baggage-RPO-coach, the ones with streamlining and open vestibules? Or a Shops-built Skytop Lounge? Put all three together, only on the CMSt.P&P!

[OhioRailroader]

I'd choose the B&O's "Cincinnatian" in the days of the streamlining of the 4-6-2's before going to diesel and then the short life on Amtrak. In the photos I have found, it's a beaty.

[OhioRailroader]

I'd choose the B&O's "Cincinnatian" in the days of the streamlining of the 4-6-2's before going to diesel and then the short life on Amtrak. In the photos I have found, it's a beaty.

[prewardude]

This is a tough one, but I think I would say the Santa Fe's DeLuxe of the 1910's. Now THAT was a classy hunk of varnish.

[prewardude]

This is a tough one, but I think I would say the Santa Fe's DeLuxe of the 1910's. Now THAT was a classy hunk of varnish.

[Anonymous]

Bring back the 20th Century Limited. A version from anywhere between about 1935 to 1950. Best train on rails!

[Anonymous]

Bring back the 20th Century Limited. A version from anywhere between about 1935 to 1950. Best train on rails!

[Anonymous]

I'd love to ride the old Lehigh Valley "Black Diamond" of the late 30's. Streamlined steam, Cornel Red Black and Sliver, ..... through the rolling hillis of Pa and NY, all the way from Buffalo to Newark Tower.

[Anonymous]

I'd love to ride the old Lehigh Valley "Black Diamond" of the late 30's. Streamlined steam, Cornel Red Black and Sliver, ..... through the rolling hillis of Pa and NY, all the way from Buffalo to Newark Tower.

[coalminer3]

Let's do it up right; 20th Century Limited (in sections) because "one's never enough."

work safe

[coalminer3]

Let's do it up right; 20th Century Limited (in sections) because "one's never enough."

work safe

[Anonymous]

....ride the post war 20th Century Limited. The NYC main was only about 15 miles from where I grew up, but I never got the chance to even see it. I know, obs "Sandy Creek" is kicking around on the American Orient Express, but it's just not the same... MCFarrand

[Anonymous]

....ride the post war 20th Century Limited. The NYC main was only about 15 miles from where I grew up, but I never got the chance to even see it. I know, obs "Sandy Creek" is kicking around on the American Orient Express, but it's just not the same... MCFarrand

[Anonymous]

Mine would be neither steam nor diesel. It would be the PRR leg of the Champion. A set of matched stainless steel cars with purple letterboards and pulled by one of the silver GG1s. Even in the PC age it was still a class act.

[Anonymous]

Mine would be neither steam nor diesel. It would be the PRR leg of the Champion. A set of matched stainless steel cars with purple letterboards and pulled by one of the silver GG1s. Even in the PC age it was still a class act.

[Anonymous]

For old pullman heavyweight, I would say the Orange Blossom Special. Why? Just because it lived out its days as a classy heavyweight, which had in most cases become a contradiciton in terms by that time....yet she held on, proudly and bravely, as a classy heavyweight till the end. Now, if one went back few years before her demise when they were many classy heavyweights, she would not necessarily have stood out so much.