I rode in with Dad one trip on the 2018 back in 1962 and when we got the power back to Lindenwood, his fireman Ed Krafft took some pictures of us. I'm glad he did.
Don, wonderful pictures. Even though I know you generally have no use for diesels, I'm sure that having the pictures with one of the racehorses as the background is okay with you. Just would have been neater if nearly any one of the Frisco steamers was the backdrop.
Wow Don, First class! Thanks for sharing the excellent photos. Looks like the day was as good as it gets. Best, mike
Don - Thanks for posting. Nice to see a close-up pic of your dad. I'd only seen him in the cabs of locomotive pictures before. Where did you run to Lindenwood from - StLUS or somewhere else? I think I've met Ed Krafft. Didn't he used to come by TinkerTown and/or Dasho's now and then? Ken
Yeah I think "The Big Cheese" hit the hobby shops occasionally. I hopped on at Webster and rode down to Union Stn and back out to Lindenwood with him.
Love the hat Don!! You Dad looks like a dedicated Engineer. How about climbing on the engine. It was a straight up and down thing. These engines are the reasons some Engineers are saying "What did you say"/ I remember them being loud when you had to go back on the engine part. Thanks for the post. Billy Collins Locomotive Engineer Birmingham
Billy, I have the same hearing situation from my time on the 1522. I have tinnitus now and don't hear as well as I used to. I can remember a couple times on her, once on Iron Hill where we went through a close cut and the noise actually hurt my ears. I never wore ear protection because I wanted the full effect of what I was doing to be heard. Maybe I should have rethought it. My fireman always wore plugs, but he was on the whistle side. We had a few places north out of Birmingham where she got pretty loud. I never knew that division was so hilly.