Nostalgic for bar cars? Metra may introduce ‘café cars’ Interesting that commuter railroads can find a demand for nostalgic bar car - and may introduce "cafe cars" - but Amtrak and its state partners don't see value in providing a cafe car for multi-hour train routes
About those Siemens Chargers. . . It has been brought up that Siemens, in fullfilling the Amtrak order for diesels, did not choose the best diesel prime mover, especially since Siemens has a good reputation for reliability in their European locomotives The following is from a source familiar with Siemens and Brightl
Steam Excursion gt; Coal vs. Oil Smoke - Trainorders. com The nostalgic whines about missing the smell of coal smoke is most certainly not a complaint of mine I lived in southern Kansas and my town enjoyed the frequent sounds (and smoke) of the Santa Fe, Frisco, and Mo Pac steam engines Both Santa Fe and Frisco were all oil burners and the MoP burned coal
Blue Train Cafe (Toyama, Japan) Most visitors (according to various sources) visit there for the nostalgic atmosphere It's like stepping into a time machine I was the only one who acted like a train geek - other visitors were coffee shop geeks The second train in the video (and the thumbnail) is an HO scale Kintetsu Railway "Vista Car" limited express EMU
A couple of Dunsmuir Turntable memorys Very nice nostalgic scenes You are right Bob, In many towns in the west the railroad infrastructure removal destruction is near complete Only memories of past operations through photos and personal accounts remain
CSX Bright Future Trial Scheme I had completely forgotten about this until I ran across it when throwing out old photos the other day This was a first attempt at the quot;Bright Future quot; scheme Someone at Wayx Shop sent this photo, but don't remember who It was nice but carrying the yellow around the nose was simpl
Transition Era at Diridon On Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at San José Diridon Station, Joint Powers Board (CalTrain) JPBX 316 is on track 8, California DOT (CDTX) 2107 is on track 7 and JPBX 907 is on track 5 all waiting for their turns to move passengers north JPBX 316 is an Stadler Electric Multiple Unit (EMU)
Steam in the Karavanke Mountains, Austria The steam locomotive, designated Class 378, was equipped with a leading and trailing axle and four coupled wheel sets 167 locomotives were purchased in Austria alone, with another 25 from the Slovak State Railways When the "Nostalgia Railways in Carinthia" were looking for a powerful tank locomotive for nostalgic trains on the ÖBB network