This is very nice video. When I had stayed at San Jose in 1993-1994,I several times had visited to this Roaring Camp. I am very much pleased that the Shay Locomotives are still worked.Thank you very much for this good video.
I was just there yesterday, rode behind the Dixiana, got to talking with the hoghead at the top of the mountain and he gave me a ride in the cab back down the mountain. WAY too cool.
On Locomotive #1 (Dixiana), ohn Denver got his picture ntaken in the cab window for his All Aboard album. One time, I rode behind the Sonora with my family and in the summer of 2009, rode up and down the mountain.
Cant believe I was actually on this train well over 30 years ago, don't remember much of the ride though......LOL, you know you can get a horn for your car/truck, that sounds just like a train whistle, and just as loud.......don't know how Corny this may sound but I have really been noticing that on trains nowdays, I am seeing fewer and fewer of them with caboses on the end of them, are those in a way completely fading off into the distance? Just think, I don't know if they have replaced the engines over the year maybe because of age but maybe this engine I am seeing in the video may be the one I actually rode on or let's say been towed by well over 30 years ago......
+Andrew Silva Cabooses have long been falling out of favor. They were originally used to house train crews (e.g., conductors) overnight. However, it is no longer common practice for conductors to work long enough to need to spend the night (and they're restricted to 8 or 12-hour shifts). So, they are now used relatively rarely and often just for show.
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This is very nice video. When I had stayed at San Jose in 1993-1994,I several times had visited to this Roaring Camp. I am very much pleased that the Shay Locomotives
are still worked.Thank you very much for this good video.
I was just there yesterday, rode behind the Dixiana, got to talking with the hoghead at the top of the mountain and he gave me a ride in the cab back down the mountain. WAY too cool.
On Locomotive #1 (Dixiana), ohn Denver got his picture ntaken in the cab window for his All Aboard album. One time, I rode behind the Sonora with my family and in the summer of 2009, rode up and down the mountain.
Cant believe I was actually on this train well over 30 years ago, don't remember much of the ride though......LOL, you know you can get a horn for your car/truck, that sounds just like a train whistle, and just as loud.......don't know how Corny this may sound but I have really been noticing that on trains nowdays, I am seeing fewer and fewer of them with caboses on the end of them, are those in a way completely fading off into the distance? Just think, I don't know if they have replaced the engines over the year maybe because of age but maybe this engine I am seeing in the video may be the one I actually rode on or let's say been towed by well over 30 years ago......
+Andrew Silva Cabooses have long been falling out of favor. They were originally used to house train crews (e.g., conductors) overnight. However, it is no longer common practice for conductors to work long enough to need to spend the night (and they're restricted to 8 or 12-hour shifts). So, they are now used relatively rarely and often just for show.
Hi dixiana 4:23