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Three rides- the first in a B&O Budd car from Washington Union out to Laural Maryland in the early 70's- cars running the gates at the crossings scared the s*** out of me, they were so close. Engineer just laughed and said he kept score of the near misses. <br /> <br />MARC push -pull from Baltimore to Washington about 10 years ago- were were in push mode and I my daughter and I were looking out the window in "front" whan the conductor came by and asked if we wanted to step into the cab. Heather, who was about 9 at the time, was thrilled. Hit about 90 mph or so at one point. <br /> <br />The best was a ride in Southern 622 at Keysville VA with the late Mr Pardee at the throttle- it was only several hundred yards but it was cool (and hot with the firedoor open) and Mr. Pardee was a real gentleman to both me and my wife who got to ride too, even though she thinks all train fans are crazy. This was about 1980.
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