My cab rides seem pretty tame by comparison, but I did ride a Deltic from London to Newcastle before the East Coast Main Line was electrified, and most of the time we were right at 100mph. Of course I’d love to be in a cab on the CZ StL-Denver or reverse, and on a freight to Craig (David Moffat being one my heros). I was behind an Metroliner engineer in the first year of that operation, before the PC merger, when he hit 136mph on the digital read-out speedometer south of Wilmington. (The first Mteroliners were self-propelled electric mu cars, so standing behind the engineer meant simply standing in the open bulkhead doorway.) So I would not mind a cab ride in an Acela at all. Suprised not to see anyone else mention it. Dave
Hmmmm!!!
1: Cajon Pass - BNSF Line
2: Cajon Pass - UP Line
both with a heavy freight or doublestack. Great grade!!! One of the best RR places I had ever seen
- Sherman Hill - Don´t ask why, but I like this “mountain” line - A mountain line without mountains.
BTW: I had the pleasure to made a cabride with a 300 km/h ICE3 train from Frankfurt to Cologne. 190 mph - a flight a level ZERO!!! And the cab in an ICE 3 is more like a cockpit.
to a lot of forum members watch area! Cool - wave as I go by!
Had a cab ride at Steamtown (VT) as a kid (10 year old) and it scared the heck out of me! But, I think if I could choose any cab ride, I’d choose a ride in the PRR K-4 (if and when they finish putting it back together) over the old PRR Middle Div from Harrisburg to Altoona at track speed.
I’ve had some neat cab rides over the years: Metroliner (tho’ I only saw 127 mph, max), E60, an Amtrak FL9 at 90 mph on the Shorline, BN SD60MAC on the CR Pittsburgh Line, the Juice train up the NEC, Selkirk to Collinwood on vans, the B&A on brand new C32-8s (the first production Dash 8s?) and down the Susquehanna on SD40-2, but to get a cab ride in a steam locomotive again would really be neat.
Black Butte,CA.to Eugene,OR.on the Syskiou line.[8D]
Klamath Falls,OR to Flanigan,NV on the Modoc line.[:p]
Mojave TO Bakersfield over the Tehachapi Mountains.My first train ride was over this line.[:)]
All these on the mighty SP.May it live forever!!![:D][:D][:D]
(I have haerd about that “merger” but I’m still in denial about that.)[:(!]
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Durango & Silverton on one of thier K-27’s up the Animas River gorge, Why? Do I really need to say it?
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Combres & Toltec Chama to Antonio on a K-37, Why? Please see above.
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UP 844 or the UP Challenger or SP 4449 or SF 3751anytime anywhere. Why? Are you really that dense?
If I could get just one, it would have to be Donner. You have to ask why?
Once had a ride on an ICG E-9 on the Panama coming north out of Champaign. Hit 95, but mostly it was corn and beans. Biggest disappointment-in the cab, the bell and horn are just clunky.
I was gonna say the Pittsburgh line from Conway yard to Harrisburg, but since I can ride that on Amtrak (just not in the cab) I pick…THE RATHOLE!
I as a boy 8-11 rode as sat in the cab of Locomotives from RS-10,s to M-630
on CN Rail as lived in Brookville with my dad working at Brookville lime.mostly it
was the wey freight that ran from Saint John to Sussex.my dream is to ride in a
a cab of any diesle on the Horse shoe curve as alway loved Pennsy and Penn
Central.the sight of the area is WOW.
Make Sure the Light is Green
Matt would wave back for sure.[:)]
stay safe
joe
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.
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.
Well it will have to be Donner Pass and the Feather River canyon over the Keddie “Y”
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!