"Phyrxes once again has a wagon!" (phyrxes)
06/04/2016 at 09:55 • Filed to: None
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"Phyrxes once again has a wagon!" (phyrxes)
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It was a shorter drive, and please don’t hurt me for the vertical video it was the easiest way to hold the phone and the boy’s hand at the same time.
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Cherry_man1
> Phyrxes once again has a wagon!
06/04/2016 at 09:57 |
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Nice, before I even saw it I recognized the whistle as NW 611. It’s amazing to see it back and alive again.
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Phyrxes once again has a wagon!
> Cherry_man1
06/04/2016 at 10:03 |
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Now that they have finished restoring it they are doing short excursions with it to raise money for the museum. That said the excursion tickets are not cheap ($100 to $350 a ticket) so we just staked out a crossing in a small town along the route.
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Cherry_man1
> Phyrxes once again has a wagon!
06/04/2016 at 10:12 |
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Ya but I’ll tell ya there is something special being pulled by any steam locomotive. I did the Durango and Silverton RR trip and it was awesome. I used to go to Kirkwood and downtown STL when 3985 and 844 would roll through STL but it’s been a while and they both are undergoing some major work right now.
This pic was back in 2010 I was 6'2" in this pic for some scale I also chased 844 in 2011
My voice over in the second one is so stupid as well.
leicester
> Cherry_man1
06/04/2016 at 10:34 |
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Grew up along the UP mainline east of Cheyenne, so had plenty of opportunities to hear/see those rigs howl by on their way to events.
Flman1967
> Phyrxes once again has a wagon!
06/04/2016 at 11:25 |
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Very cool! My family spent a 20 degree afternoon walking around the museum. We had flown into Roanoke on a ski trip to Wintergreen, and it was a pleasant way to start the trip. 611 wasn't around at the time, and I've made a promise to head back one day and see it.
CaptDale - is secretly British
> Phyrxes once again has a wagon!
06/04/2016 at 16:28 |
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That’s SO cool!!!!
GTI Sprinks
> Phyrxes once again has a wagon!
06/04/2016 at 21:39 |
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Nice! I got lucky and spotted it Thursday while rolling through Charlottesville. Lucky me I have a parking lot view that also has a good view of the neighboring train tracks. Heard it before I saw it for sure, not steaming like this though. Great video.