If you could ride a locomotive cab anywhere in the U.S., where would it be? & Why?

[Anonymous]

I would like to take an Acela from Boston to Washington. Non-Stop. I live in Delaware near the NEC.

If the Acela is off limits then a GG1.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dblstack

LC,
I hadn't thought about your suggestion of the WP in California on the Feather River Route. That's a beauty too. I've wanted to get out there to see that line for quite a while now. The photos I've seen and the topo maps sure show an amazing piece of RR engineering there with the tunnels and with how the line snakes up and back in the valley there.
Good choice! - Stack

When my orders transferred me from San Diego to Norfolk (VA), we drove up through the Feather River Canyon area taking the scenic routes all the way. I thoroughly enjoyed that drive, and the scenery is absolutely beautiful. I especially remember driving along the Feather River and seeing the railway across the river, following the route of the river. That seemed to me to be one of the best places to cabride.

I had originally planned to say anywhere in the mountains of Montana & Wyoming as well as points north (first) and south (second), but the Feather River takes first choice.

Thank you both for suggesting the FR.

[Anonymous]

Well it will have to be Donner Pass and the Feather River canyon over the Keddie "Y"

[Anonymous]

As a 15 year old kid I rode in the cab of the Southern Pacific's San Joaquin Daylight
from Martinez to Crockett for which act of deliberate rule breaking the engineer
was punished with a ton of demerits at the hand of the assistant trainmaster,
Cy Napper. Mr Napper also made it pefectly clear that I was no longer welcome
on railroad property. Ah, but it was all worth it! A few months later the superintendant
of the Salt Lake Division offered to let me ride the cab of the City of San Francisco
from Ogden, Utah to Carlin, Nevada. I declined for fear of jail time in light of my
previous experince.
Now my choice would be: DONNER PASS in a blizzard.
There never has been or will be any railroad quite like the mighty SP!