Old & New

[cabman701]

If you haven't seen this video yet, it's definitely worth your 6 minutes. Really gives you an idea of what railroading was like in the past... minus the modern crossing signals, and all the people standing around taking pictures/videos!

http://www.rail-videos.net/video/view.php?id=3962

I love hearing those steam engines chug... and even slip 3 different times because of the heavy load they were pulling. Had I known this was going on last October, I would have drove the 4 hours to Iowa to see this in person!