Posts Tagged ‘Ride’

Wilmington & Western: A Ride in the Cab!

VIDEO TAKEN MAY 18TH, 2008. We take a trip south of the PA border, to Wilmington, DE, in search of steam. And our search was without dissappointment, as we’ll see steam engine #98 pulling the Mount Cuba Express. You’ll see views from in the cab, as well as trackside, on this rainy and dreary day. So sit back, and enjoy this video clip of #98 heading up the Mt. Cuba Express!

Mount Rainier Scenic RR Cab Ride

I managed to get a cab ride on No. 70, a 70-ton 2-8-2 Mikado built by Baldwin for logging duties in Hoquiam, Washington. This locomotive was built in my home town of Philadelphia in April 1922. It happens to use fuel oil instead of coal. The trip I took started in Mineral and went to Elbe, a distance of about 5.7 miles by railroad. The bridge we crossed is over Mineral Creek, a tributary of the Nisqually River. On this trip we had a student engineer, who is receiving instructions from the Road Foreman of Engines. This student engineer is qualified on geared locomotives, but not on rod engines such as No. 70. It should also be noted that the railroad does not like to use sanders to aid traction, as the sand gets all over the moving parts and is a burden to deal with. directorzone.cyberlink.com

Ride the Hogwarts Express

This February half term, we’re welcoming budding wizards everywhere to our wonderful Wizard Week. There’s a multitude of magical activities to enjoy, including daily steam rides pulled by Hogwarts Castle, the BIG Harry Potter film star. www.nrm.org.uk

The Train Ride

Two circuits of the Waterside Park 5 inch gauge railway at Canvey Island, Essex. Taken with a Fuji FinePix E550 camera with a wide-angle converter lens.

Bluebell Railway 75027 steam locomotive cab ride DVD

This SVS Film DVD is available now from www.svsfilm.com The Bluebell Railway is one of Britain’s finest preserved railways and runs through the beautiful Sussex countryside about 35 miles south of London. Join British railways ‘Standard Class 4′ 4-6-0 number 75027 and watch the entire journey along the Bluebell Line from Sheffield Park to Kingscote from the footplate of the locomotive. One mobile and two fixed cameras on the engine plus another camera onboard the leading coach of the train all help to give a comprehensive and varied insight into the action. Expert narrative guides the viewer through the various stages of the trip. Archive cine film and still photographs from the steam era and early days on the Bluebell give glimpses of the ‘Class 4MT’ in action during the 1960′s and 70′s, plus 1967 footplate footage on 0-6-0T ‘Stepney’. Every moment of the thirty three minute journey is captured and features the Bluebell Railway’s special ‘Golden Arrow’ Pullman train. Total running time approximately 43 minutes. Filmed in digital video, stereo sound, except for the 1967 clips which are digitally remastered 8mm cine film. Informative maps and narration included. The DVD also includes short samples from SVS Film other productions, ‘Challenger on Tour 2003′, ‘Chama to Cumbres Pass – A Steam Classic’ and the forthcoming ‘Espee Xtras’.

L&N 152 Cab Ride

Kentucky Railway Museum’s steam locomotive L&N 152 cab ride. New Haven KY

JACK BLACKWELL “RIDE MY TRAIN” Tribute to Johnny Cash

Ride My Train-Song By Jack Blackwell & JEMA, Parrish, Fl, Steam Train – HD Music Video produced/Directed by JEMA, JEMcNeely- UsArtistsGroup@aol.com, Yee Haw Productions C2009