All The Live long Day...."Now departing on Track Two"!

[Meanderer]

Train Horn/Whistle Compilation 10

 

[Pinky]

@Meanderer This brings back old memories of childhood in Alberta. We lived a couple of blocks from the train tracks and spent a lot of time waiting for the sugar beet train to stop and fill the silo. The conductor and caboose man always waved at us. I wish I still had the flattened pennies we'd put on the tracks.

 

[oldman]

I have come to the conclusion that Meanderer has a love affair with trains. My wife and I travel the rails most every time we go to New York City. When I bought my Corvette, I bought it in Florida and brought it back to PA on the Auto-Train. It leaves Sanford and stops in Lawton, VA, which is about a 2-2 1/2 hour ride from there to my home.

Have you ever watched the movie “Runaway Train?” Good movie, but I wished they would have tamed some of the language.

 

[Pinky]

When I lived in Niagara Falls, I regularly took the Dayliner train to/from Toronto. It was much nicer than taking the Greyhound bus. I miss those trips.

I came to Toronto from Vancouver via train in '67 .. 3 days/nights in coach. That was some trip.

 

[Meanderer]

Train diagram orient express

 

[Aunt Bea]

 

[peppermint]

Where I was brought up..We had to go to school and go over the realroad tracks
I don't know if that little train house is still there....It was terrible when we were a little late to cross the tracks...We had to wait for the train to go on it's way....
Someone here may know where this is....

 

[SeaBreeze]

Oldest toy train in the world.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...80-year-old-toy-train-thats-oldest-world.html

 

[SeaBreeze]

 

[SeaBreeze]

 

[SeaBreeze]

 

[Duster]

Durango to Silverton Colorado Train

 

[jujube]

My first train trip was at 2 1/2 and it started a love affair (I actually remember the trip).

As a child, my grandma took me on a few train trips. Loved them. When I was five, my grandpa came to get me in Indiana and took me to Virginia on the train. That was a disaster.

As a teenager, I traveled over 9000 miles in 3 months, all over Europe on a Eurail pass with my 14-year-old sister. The love affair continued.

As an adult, I've only taken four train trips but I'd dearly love to take the long one across Canada.

 

[Meanderer]

Neil Young and David Letterman Talk Lionel Trains

 

[Ken N Tx]

 

[Meanderer]

Workers posing in front of unknown tunnel circa 1880

 

[Meanderer]

Johnny Cash - Ridin' The Rails

 

[Meanderer]

Lonesome Whistle Boxcar Willie

 

[Meanderer]

Hobo Bill's Last Ride - Ride this train - Johnny Cash

 

[Meanderer]

J. Cash - Ride This Train Story 26 [Poor Valley, Virginia] {A.P. Carter}

 

[Meanderer]

Southern Pacific - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

 

[Meanderer]

NEW Neil Young Album COLORADO

 

[Duster]

 

[Meanderer]

Frank Sinatra: “All Aboard!” (LINK)

The Chairman of the Board was also the CEO of a million-dollar train collection.

"The Sinatra collection and layout was not about owning the most toys. It was about fun. I never saw him more relaxed than when he was cleaning or oiling a locomotive or at the controls while four or five trains roared around his layout."

"During the holidays, Frank often had neighborhood kids in to not only look at but to actually operate his layout. The fact that some trains were occasionally damaged by the overly enthusiastic kids did not upset him. Perhaps he remembered his childhood."

 

[Pappy]