I happened to catch the 844 as it was leaving Houston at a road crossing about 5 miles out side of downtown so she was at speed you can make your own guess as to how fast
I’ve never been that close to a Steam Loco at speed I was only 10 feet away from the tracks
you can see my shadow on the ground as the train passes and
the ground was shaking and so was I
I’m sorry for the poor quality video but it was 8:30 am and i was shooting into the sun and yes my hands were shaking
My grandson and I chased this one twice in Texas, in 2006 from near Austin to Hearne and in 2010 from Corsicana to Hearne. Great fun. The engine is a beauty.
I hope someday to see Challenger 3985 in action, but someone told me it won’t be travelling this far until after some significant restoration steps?? I’ll have to check out the UP Historical site for any info on that.
Was that filmed on a Super 8 camera?.. in 1967???[:O]
Not trying to be snide or anything but wow that had the same feeling of the old crapola Super 8 cameras we use to use way WAY back in the day.
As such I think its actually a pretty cool old retro “film” that looks like gramps “old school” stuff that got transferred from Super 8 to VHS then to DVD, Neat! [Y]