Strasburg Rail Road and the "Overkill" Charter
There are very few railroads in the United States that have the availability to run steam locomotives triple-headed. The Strasburg Rail Road in eastern Pennsylvania is one of those few lucky places. Other places that could offer it have similar locomotive heritages, wheel arrangements, and enough restored freight cars to recreate an authentic scene from a railroad's heyday. At Strasburg, not so much. This particular Carl Franz "stealth photo charter" was advertised to have triple-headers - one of the main reasons I attended. I knew that combining a 2-6-0, 4-8-0 and 2-10-0 with the railroad's normal photo freight consist would look odd - but this was something I didn't want to miss. There were other double-header shots and solo shots during the day that could be considered more authentic. But the triple-header - that was fun. If not a bit overkill...
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I am for historical preservation. I want accuracy recorded so that this and succeeding generations understand what life was like before they were born.
89 is the best locomotive & m glad its leading 475 & 90 well until the end
Love this video thanks for sharing 👍👍💝🔥☺😀
Actually you might be talked about this but they do that to transfer some locomotive to our places on trains
Great video man! Was good running into you again that day.
Awesome video
Spectacular!
Awesome video of a very rare event indeed
Back in 2017 the order was 89 first then 90 second and 475 last
I’m almost certain that the guys at Strasburg were bored one day and one guys just said “what if we did a triple header?”. 😅 lol! Not shaming Strasbourg or anything. Just a funny theory.
How can you complain about a steam triple header?
Three large tender engines pulling 8 freight cars and 2 coaches? Yep, I think it's pretty safe to say that's overkill
There's nothing wrong with having a little fun, the Union Pacific does this type of stuff too, that's why they have a hole round house of steam locomotives, for history and for fun, and plus this video looks really cool.
Sometimes overkill is a good thing photography wise!
Just a thought, would you rather have a overkill/fun charters, or none at all? Great video!
Awesome! How did you get to be a part of this charter?
👋Hello! I was wondering if you could tell me the name of your tripod and camera that you use please!
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SRC is trying to regain its heritage of fun it once had it seems this year. However with Pampers running like they usually do and whimpy whistling it wont do much good. It's still gonna be Pampersburg. RIP John Bowman you knew how to give us a show!
Good video nonetheless Jim!