C&TS Engineer School Video - June 2015
| September 26, 2016 10:02AM |
I'm surprised I never posted any of my video or anything from over a year ago...shocking.
I'll just leave this one here, as the rest can be accessed through my YouTube channel. Our first run out of Chama on Monday, June 15, 2015, and I was the first engineer student to take the throttle. Being 21 years old at the time, and just starting training as a diesel locomotive engineer at the tourist railroad I volunteer for (since have been certified), I was admittedly not very good at running a steam locomotive, but as with any student, I got better with practice.
In fact, a lot of what I learned at C&TS helped me in some ways through my training as a diesel locomotive engineer (train handling, air brakes, etc.).
Hope you all enjoy the video. It was an amazing time. Wish I could've went out to NG country this year but I just haven't had the time or money with a girlfriend, work, the railroad, and a trip to Arizona among other things.
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Dan Lindfors
Chaska, MN
Brakeman, Conductor and Locomotive Engineer - Minnesota Transportation Museum / Osceola & St Croix Valley Railway
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 09/26/2016 10:05AM by mntx559.
I'll just leave this one here, as the rest can be accessed through my YouTube channel. Our first run out of Chama on Monday, June 15, 2015, and I was the first engineer student to take the throttle. Being 21 years old at the time, and just starting training as a diesel locomotive engineer at the tourist railroad I volunteer for (since have been certified), I was admittedly not very good at running a steam locomotive, but as with any student, I got better with practice.
In fact, a lot of what I learned at C&TS helped me in some ways through my training as a diesel locomotive engineer (train handling, air brakes, etc.).Hope you all enjoy the video. It was an amazing time. Wish I could've went out to NG country this year but I just haven't had the time or money with a girlfriend, work, the railroad, and a trip to Arizona among other things.
Anyway... [url=
][/url]
Dan Lindfors
Chaska, MN
Brakeman, Conductor and Locomotive Engineer - Minnesota Transportation Museum / Osceola & St Croix Valley Railway
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 09/26/2016 10:05AM by mntx559.
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