I had the chance to operate a GP40-2 back when I was 22 ... was given 10 miles of railroad and the freedom to run it as long as I didn't go over 30 (track speed). Pulling 10 cars on a local. Was quite a thrill.
As a former class 1 railroad operator and now a "tourist line" one i have to say...Now this is what i call "hand's on training" we do this at the Southern Michigan Railroad Museum in Clinton, Michigan. I never get tired of the look of happiness and the surprise as someone learns how to operate a train first hand. You can't change Priceless :)
@@22racer61 yes the Southern Michigan Railroad Museum is always looking to train new perspective members on the sace and proper operation of a locomotive.
You run an engine...the train will follow. :) Nicely done Megan. I'm sure that will stay with her a long time. Sure to put a smile on her face over and over.
I was in my 50’s when I finally realized by childhood dream of becoming an engineer. I remember one day when I was running a 150 car freight, thinking of my grandfather who was once a brakeman on the railroad in the 1930’s. Wondered what he would have thought of his grandson becoming an engineer.
Back in 2011 I got to drag a NS Coal drag up the 3.8 grade in St. Charles , Virginia . My Grandpa was a veteran engineer let me into the engineers seat for a few hundred feet . One of those great times that never fade!
I still remember how to run the old Sperry Cars after 20+ years of haveing left the company I started with them right out of school till they did away with my car. From there I bounced around part time with a few industries that had small critters before I married my wife and moved to her home country and took a job with the Ukrainian State Railways for a few years before moving back state side.
Mark, are you referring to how she blew the horn for the crossing? She probably later heard a train blowing the correct horn pattern for a crossing & thought, " Oh that's how it goes! ".
I still remember being about 15 years old and railfanning at the local yard. It was mostly abandoned except a local that would run through and switch a cut of cars. One day I still remember so vividly an Locomotive from my all time favorite road came through (It was a fallen flag then too.) the engineer asked if I wanted to come up and I said "YEA!!!!" I climbed up the steps and he asked if I would like a go at driving the train and again I said yes. Just like she was so excited I was too. Both because I drove the train and second I drove a locomotive of my all time favorite road. It is a memory I will never forget
Feel all that horse power? When operated an F-7 and felt the vibration and RPMs going up as more amps pushed to driving motors - something I will never forget. You will never look at cars again :)
Dalton Hollowell, thank you for this. I remember doing the almost the exact same thing with my grandfather, 40 years ago, or so...at a Burlington Northern rail yard. Great memory. ;-)
I learned to run an Alcohol RS-1 when I was 4 years old. I stopped the car from running over my dad, when I was 5 due to knowing where the brake pedal was on the car. Those old LTD's would jump out of gear and into reverse back then, when the door was shut and the gear shift not fully in park. He would have been run over without the locomotive training I got. That was 50+ years ago. After that, my dad found out about the recall. Cool video!
Haha Excellent..! Hi from UK. I drove a diesel loco, train during school holidays once back in 79 (under Supervision of course). Will never forget 😀👍🇬🇧..Thank You.
I remember my first time getting to run a locomotive... that's something I'll never forget. I actually work on a shortline in Ohio, and one of the guys I work for that owns it actually used to be a manager for the ACWR...
This is good. Its a blessing that girls and women are moving onto careers they can do and always have waited to expand to. We will have less shortages of staff and less complaints of overtime and awkward shifts when the whole population is involved. Woman Power to Megan for her experience and potential to move with this as a career among her sisters.
I can't wait to see her out on the mainline, and she has the job of driving a "King of the Road" or a "Getcha Fired" train. Or lets see how she reacts when your on call 24/7 with no days off.
I don't know about all of you guys, but my Cousin Works for the Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad and he said he'll take me along for a cab ride sometime.
A real-life Betty-Jo Bradley :D (for non-geezers, that's from the old-time TV show "Petticoat Junction" --- the easy-going-and-not-particularly-adherent-to-the-rules engineer on the Hooterville Cannonball would often let her drive the locomotive)
The look of sheer happiness the moment the train started moving was wonderful....
The "moment" when she fully understood "she" had control...
Take any girl horseback riding for the first time and you always get the same "look".
@@thomasboese3793 nlp
@@thomasboese3793 women like something powerful between their legs.
I cant even remember my first time, I was like 4 or 5.
She was suddenly bored too
I did that when I was 12 years old, still remember the thrill of it 56 years later!
DuckyBob what u drive?
@@ReadingAreaRailfan can't drive a locomotive you operate it.
I had a friend who was an engineer and he used to take me to work. I got plenty of seat time. Eventually it became my career of the last two decades.
@@augsnow2067 smart ass
I had the chance to operate a GP40-2 back when I was 22 ... was given 10 miles of railroad and the freedom to run it as long as I didn't go over 30 (track speed). Pulling 10 cars on a local. Was quite a thrill.
There is nothing like the thrill of sitting in the seat and feeling the train.
As a former class 1 railroad operator and now a "tourist line" one i have to say...Now this is what i call "hand's on training" we do this at the Southern Michigan Railroad Museum in Clinton, Michigan. I never get tired of the look of happiness and the surprise as someone learns how to operate a train first hand. You can't change Priceless :)
Phil - Does the Southern Michigan Railroad Museum still offer " Throttle Time"?
@@Petemonster62 Yes indeed we do.
Does this museum still take railfans in these?
@@22racer61 yes the Southern Michigan Railroad Museum is always looking to train new perspective members on the sace and proper operation of a locomotive.
@@phildoethedildoe I would LOVE to operate a cab, I’m over 21
She's got such huge smile on her face!! She is enjoying this! Especially when she blew the horn! Everytime, she laughed!!!
She did what all railfans want to do
Yeah
I WANT TO DRIVE A TRAIN SOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!
Or Doc Brown --- "All my life I've wanted to blow the train whistle!" :D
Factss
SOOOOO LUKE
Love her innocent gleeful giggly beaming smiles throughout the experience :D
How cool! Train engineers are just the best. She will remember that for the rest of her life.
you see, THAT'S how you get the younger generation interested...!!!
I'm in my 30's now but when I was 27 years old, I was driving a steam loco in a real environment, not in a museum.
well no DUH! Let just about any teeenager drive a freight train and you got their attention
Bob Daane THIS IS MY DREEEEEAAAAAMMMM!
Ok boomer
You’d be a fuckin idiot to take any job with any railroad as a young person right now. Stay away.
It's 2019 now. I wonder if Megan became a train engineer. I'm sure she's never forgotten that day though.
Yea, where is Megan now - maybe moving 10,000 tons of freight. i kinda hope so.
Well it’s 2020 now
@@matthewsimpson3432 Please! Don't remind me! 😄
@@iaincaillte3356 It's 2020.
@@iaincaillte3356 it's 2020. almost 2021
You run an engine...the train will follow. :) Nicely done Megan. I'm sure that will
stay with her a long time. Sure to put a smile on her face over and over.
I was in my 50’s when I finally realized by childhood dream of becoming an engineer. I remember one day when I was running a 150 car freight, thinking of my grandfather who was once a brakeman on the railroad in the 1930’s. Wondered what he would have thought of his grandson becoming an engineer.
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore not like they did back in 1954.
On what railroad
On most rails, especially with these cellphones
Great to hear, keep on the rails
I think all these jobs on the rails are kept in the family's who came before.
Back in 2011 I got to drag a NS Coal drag up the 3.8 grade in St. Charles , Virginia . My Grandpa was a veteran engineer let me into the engineers seat for a few hundred feet . One of those great times that never fade!
It's sweet to see her so happy. Her little dance is heart warming.
Prettiest engineer I've ever seen. Good going Megan.
This would be a dream come true for me! How lucky to get the opportunity to do this!
Coolest Dad in the world, Megan will never forget the day she went to work with Dad..!
Love her wide-eyed innocence - what a kick this must have been.....!!!!
So...what happened 7 years later? We need an update, lol.
Nice to see another female that's into locomotives! Driving a train is one of the jobs that I'd like to have
Did ya got yor job in local motives?
Eliza.shrek_ogre.rek
. Go do it...You'll never be bored...
BNSF 180000. a year for hitting forward and reverse. Coolest job on the globe.
Me too 😊
You don't drive a train but cutos to the female
@@ronnieclough8046 I know haha I dumb back then
I still remember how to run the old Sperry Cars after 20+ years of haveing left the company I started with them right out of school till they did away with my car. From there I bounced around part time with a few industries that had small critters before I married my wife and moved to her home country and took a job with the Ukrainian State Railways for a few years before moving back state side.
The good ole days when there weren't cameras in locos. I learned how to operate a loco when i was 9 yo. I miss those days
Her pure joy when the horn sounded! 😁😁😁😁. Made me smile 😃.
Yes me too, I sure do love the Train horn too. it made me smile too. yay!
Beautiful girl driving a beautiful train. Nice!
Rator LP Alright Alboard!,Alboard!
That was a shave and a hair cut but you forgot 2 bit's
Mark, are you referring to how she blew the horn for the crossing? She probably later heard a train blowing the correct horn pattern for a crossing & thought, " Oh that's how it goes! ".
@Alex Beall she's 23 now
Awesome you can feel the power of the locomotive the smile on her face when she tooted the horn Awesome ...
I still remember being about 15 years old and railfanning at the local yard. It was mostly abandoned except a local that would run through and switch a cut of cars. One day I still remember so vividly an Locomotive from my all time favorite road came through (It was a fallen flag then too.) the engineer asked if I wanted to come up and I said "YEA!!!!" I climbed up the steps and he asked if I would like a go at driving the train and again I said yes.
Just like she was so excited I was too. Both because I drove the train and second I drove a locomotive of my all time favorite road. It is a memory I will never forget
Beautiful. And the pure joy and excitement on her face is great.
I remember doing this when I was young, got to pull a train up a mountain. Unforgettable moment and to this day I dream to be a train engineer
Feel all that horse power? When operated an F-7 and felt the vibration and RPMs going up as more amps pushed to driving motors - something I will never forget. You will never look at cars again :)
"We're not going to run into anything, right?"
"TURN MEGAN, TURN!"🤣
She didn't even flinch, there wasn't that to consider more than just a laugh. 😅
LUCKY GIRL!!!
Yeh
That’s an opportunity I’ve wished for my whole life. Absolutely amazing
Dalton Hollowell, thank you for this. I remember doing the almost the exact same thing with my grandfather, 40 years ago, or so...at a Burlington Northern rail yard. Great memory. ;-)
Gotta say, I'm loving that reverse crossing sequence lol
Cutest rookie Engineer I've ever seen :)
A girl who likes trains - an adolescent male railfan/model railroader's dream!!!
She will always remember this!
I learned to run an Alcohol RS-1 when I was 4 years old. I stopped the car from running over my dad, when I was 5 due to knowing where the brake pedal was on the car. Those old LTD's would jump out of gear and into reverse back then, when the door was shut and the gear shift not fully in park. He would have been run over without the locomotive training I got. That was 50+ years ago. After that, my dad found out about the recall. Cool video!
It was good that you were there Bill & in a position to help your dad! But, I think you mean that the locomotive was an ALCO RS-1.
That's probably Spellcheck, it puts words as it sees fit and you really have to watch for that.
when I was 17 I got to spend a day running an Akron Canton & Youngstown RR local between Fairlawn and Copley........something I've never forgotten
In 43 and i still wanna drive a train
I did radio/weather forecasting, Now I would love to drive a train. I just love locomotives. Great video.
I'm jealous too. Sure is nice to see the youngsters show an interest in railroading. Us old fart can only wish, they are the future.
Why are you calling yourself that?? Show a little pride in yourself man!!
She's adorable.
Absolutely brilliant! Pure happiness
FUN! But also a career for those who have what it takes. Definitely my kind of career!
Haha Excellent..! Hi from UK. I drove a diesel loco, train during school holidays once back in 79 (under Supervision of course). Will never forget 😀👍🇬🇧..Thank You.
She's gorgeous.
Nothing compares to that first time you're ever in the seat, you pull the lever, and the damn thing starts to move.
1:31 Love that musically-mechanical bell :)
That’s an electronic bell actually
@@jeremydunn6089 Oh, so you mean that it's a computer-chip audio-clip connected to an amplifier and bullhorn?
Yeah. Its an E-Bell but Mechanical bells are good too.
@@evan0_03 Yes, I agree --- the natural sound-producers are always the best :D
Dude that horn is sick
Kashaun Jeffery Sounds good to me!
why is the horn sick Kashaun Jeffrey?
Just a K5LA
@@robmoir7524 its an expression meaning it sounds good lol
@@bnsfbandit9807 sounds like a k5lla
This is awesome. I would of had that same smile the whole time.
I remember my first time getting to run a locomotive... that's something I'll never forget. I actually work on a shortline in Ohio, and one of the guys I work for that owns it actually used to be a manager for the ACWR...
I’m 17 and I’ve so far run an SD18, GP30, a little Mack switcher, and a 2-8-0. Will that help me get a job on the railroad?
Megan is a wonderful engineer.
yep
I definitely agree with you both
That must've been a smashing experience, I would do anything to get an experience in an actual train. lol. Great video dude :)
Awesome job,she is adorable!
SHE,S WILL BE A GREAT TRAIN ENGINEER. AWSOME.
She's getting wonderful training, and she has a very high cuteness factor. Cheers!
WOW! This brought out the inner child in me. Wish I was sitting in that chair doing the same thing.
she's a keeper
This is good. Its a blessing that girls and women are moving onto careers they can do and always have waited to expand to. We will have less shortages of staff and less complaints of overtime and awkward shifts when the whole population is involved. Woman Power to Megan for her experience and potential to move with this as a career among her sisters.
I've had the opportunity to ride on a local freight train, and that was pretty cool, but to get to drive it, wow, just awesome.
I remember when I got the chance to do this in Amtrak California CDTX F59PHI unit 2005 and Amtrak California CDTX cab control car unit 8303.
Love the F-series on the right track as she stopped.
I’m so jealous, this looks like a ton of fun!
Doing this is the only thing on my bucket list since I was a little kid... I'll be 58 soon and I hope I don't have to wait to much longer!
Good job young lady you have a very good career ahead of you listen learn and ride
Pretty Cool! I saw the Aberdeen Rockfish Locomotives. You are right near my home! I lived on Poplar St in Aberdeen for many years.
Wow. That was an awesome video.
The smile on her dance 8s priceless. 5hats what all railfans wanna do.
That horn is as sweet as she is 🙂
Love the sound of that diesel engine
She did good on driving:)
Sweet girl..with a sweet smile. 💖😊
This is SOOOOOOO on my bucket list!!!
Me too!
Little girl driving the train , she's so cute
I always want to be a train engineer one day and learn to drive the train
She is...Awesome! All The Best! MoPac Jack
The joy of driving a train
I started my engineer job wit csx last week Megan keep on
Awesome job Megan
Great Job........I bet that was a thrill!!!!
That was a neat video, thanks
Awesome !!! Way to go guys... Nothing beats using the horn on a train !!! :):):P)
Just like Doc Brown said in BTTF3. :D
Megan is the best of Engineers 😎👍🚂
Priceless, Dalton. She's a cutie.
I can't wait to see her out on the mainline, and she has the job of driving a "King of the Road" or a "Getcha Fired" train. Or lets see how she reacts when your on call 24/7 with no days off.
Great job! Lucky girl!
That's pretty cool did a great job
Megan is a cute and lucky girl!!💞
Hands on training 🚂💨💨💚
I don't know about all of you guys, but my Cousin Works for the Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad and he said he'll take me along for a cab ride sometime.
That is awesome, her teachers were great.
Awesome video.
Nice video Dalton!
Great job,young lady!
Good job 👍
A real-life Betty-Jo Bradley :D (for non-geezers, that's from the old-time TV show "Petticoat Junction" --- the easy-going-and-not-particularly-adherent-to-the-rules engineer on the Hooterville Cannonball would often let her drive the locomotive)
Thats awesome..a girl with that much horsepower behind her..thats awesome to see..
That is so awesome!!
Looks fun!
This is awesome!