I was fooling around on the You Tube and found this, and it’s too good not to pass along…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHIJBAP9l_I
It’s a head-end ride on the Susquehanna RR, from the Susie-Q engine terminal in Ridgefield Park to Butler NJ on the 2013 “Toys For Tots” train. A neat video!
Only five minutes long, but I suppose the fella who posted the video remembered the old show biz adage, “Always leave them wanting more!”
Enjoy it, everyone!
Well, it’s not a cab ride, but you get to see me running SW1 #705…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e60siq1YXSo
I got to ride in the cab of #6, but it’s not exactly spacious, and I was “on duty,” so I didn’t have a camera.
Let me light that up for you…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBjli67VRXk
Cool!
Tree68, you’ve got star quality! And why would anyone want to shut your railroad down? It passeth all understanding. What a neat operation!
It worked in my email–I highlit it, did a right click, and asked it to open in a new tab.
These are nice videos–but, in some respects, cannot be compared with riding from Memphis to Grenada in the cab of the engine on IC #1. I did not have a still camera, must less a video camera with me, but I thoroughly enjoyed the trip, sitting in the center seat and blowing for the crossings until I could no longer distinguish between whistle posts and mile posts (they were the same size and shape) as the sun declined. 90 mph on ABS track–52 years ago. Going through some of the towns, I made the last blast for one crossing serve as the first blast for the next crossing. I am sure that everybody involved , including the Tennessee Division superintendent who gave me permission to ride, is long gone.
It’s OK Johnny, I figured it out and fixed it. My mistake, it’s near 10:00 and I’m running out of gas!
Wayne
You are absolutely correct! Sometimes I think it’s pretty heady just running our Polar Express trains at 30… But that’s not 70+.
I was doing maybe 15 in the switcher - but that was pretty fast if you were in that little 0-4-0…
Suprised there are still so many depots along the Susquehanna.
Me too, however Susquehanna commuter service lasted until 1966, and since those depots were center-of-town real estate they were re-purposed pretty quickly for various uses, commercial and otherwise.
Here’s another head-end ride, on New Jersey Transit’s Pascack Valley Line, Spring Valley NY to Hoboken NJ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFx9YxVtVvE
PS: Fasten your seatbelts! And dress warmly!
And go “full screen” for the best effect, if you’ve got the option.