Look what came through.... Reply #15 – August 03, 2009, 10:15:02 AM There's an abandoned rail line bordering my property, and I often sit on the patio and imagine what it was like back in the day when the steam engines would come thundering through the river valley. I can almost see the billowing steam clouds and hear the "chuffa-chuffa" sound, and of course the steam whistle. The post office and jail used to be on my property (where my garage is now), so the train would've made a mail drop here, and the telegraph lines actually used to come in here as well. Sadly, they tore up the rail line in the early 80's, so no train will ever pass by here again. Quote Selected
Look what came through.... Reply #16 – August 03, 2009, 10:23:42 AM Quote from: BCA;285015I haven't, but I now have a new destination to check out. Looks like it was the place to be last weekend.Thanks for the heads up!BrentAlso check this place out, if your up this way. It's a narrow gauge steam train.:Dhttp://geneseecountyparks.org/huckleberry_railroad.htm Quote Selected
Look what came through.... Reply #17 – August 03, 2009, 08:05:35 PM I missed it when it came through Chicago. That's on of the locomotives I really want to see as it's one of my all time favorites.When I was ten years old I got to ride in the cab of a steam locomotive at the Illinois Railway Museum. It was loud and hot but man was it fun. If anyone here has any interest in trains and you are going to be near nothern Illinois stop here: http://www.irm.org I bet you'll have fun. Quote Selected
Look what came through.... Reply #18 – August 03, 2009, 08:52:05 PM That thing sits at Oaks Park?! What a huge letdown - that is one of the piest recreational parks I've ever been to, right on a nasty river. I would love to see that train keep being maintained - it is gorgeous. Quote Selected
Look what came through.... Reply #19 – August 03, 2009, 08:55:39 PM Quote from: Seek;285128That thing sits at Oaks Park?! What a huge letdown - that is one of the piest recreational parks I've ever been to, right on a nasty river. I would love to see that train keep being maintained - it is gorgeous.It used to be on display there from 1958-about 1974. Then they restored it to pull the American freedom train for the bicentenial. It's been in a round house safe and away from Oaks Park since then Quote Selected
Look what came through.... Reply #20 – August 03, 2009, 09:14:18 PM They say it may end up back there though... Quote Selected
Look what came through.... Reply #21 – August 03, 2009, 10:02:08 PM Quote from: Thunder Chicken;285069There's an abandoned rail line bordering my property, and I often sit on the patio and imagine what it was like back in the day when the steam engines would come thundering through the river valley. I can almost see the billowing steam clouds and hear the "chuffa-chuffa" sound, and of course the steam whistle. The post office and jail used to be on my property (where my garage is now), so the train would've made a mail drop here, and the telegraph lines actually used to come in here as well. Sadly, they tore up the rail line in the early 80's, so no train will ever pass by here again.I guess it makes better economic sense to fill the highways with more trucks instead of promoting rail freight. Quote Selected
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