NNG: A Christmas in Paradise
| January 12, 2019 12:59PM |
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Hello!
I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year to ring in 2019. This past December 22nd, I returned once again to the Strasburg Rail Road for their final day of two train operations for the 2018 season. The railroad was by far the busiest I've ever seen it, with a reported 5600 tickets being sold that day alone (if I recall correctly). The SRC had half hour trains all the way up to 4:30 pm which is nothing if you compare to 2017 when on the last two train day prior to Christmas they had half hour trains up to 5:30 pm. Regardless, I stopped by to shoot some pictures and enjoy the sights and sounds of steam railroading across the Amish country of Pennsylvania. I hope you enjoy them!
"Meeting of the Minds": Enginemen Aaron Sholley, Dave Domitrovich and Student Hostler and Fireman Gabe Bocchino chat in the early morning hours inside the enginehouse at East Strasburg as former Great Western decapod #90 simmers away awaiting her next call to duty.
Engineman, and the morning's hostler, Dave Domitrovich rakes over the coals in the belly of the beast.
I've always found it neat to be able to see the fire through the holes in the side of the firebox of #90 and even #89. As told to me by employees there, those holes help the locomotive breathe better when running and create better combustion.
"Forged Art"
Mike Wilson
Michael J. Wilson Photography
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I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year to ring in 2019. This past December 22nd, I returned once again to the Strasburg Rail Road for their final day of two train operations for the 2018 season. The railroad was by far the busiest I've ever seen it, with a reported 5600 tickets being sold that day alone (if I recall correctly). The SRC had half hour trains all the way up to 4:30 pm which is nothing if you compare to 2017 when on the last two train day prior to Christmas they had half hour trains up to 5:30 pm. Regardless, I stopped by to shoot some pictures and enjoy the sights and sounds of steam railroading across the Amish country of Pennsylvania. I hope you enjoy them!
"Meeting of the Minds": Enginemen Aaron Sholley, Dave Domitrovich and Student Hostler and Fireman Gabe Bocchino chat in the early morning hours inside the enginehouse at East Strasburg as former Great Western decapod #90 simmers away awaiting her next call to duty.
Engineman, and the morning's hostler, Dave Domitrovich rakes over the coals in the belly of the beast.
I've always found it neat to be able to see the fire through the holes in the side of the firebox of #90 and even #89. As told to me by employees there, those holes help the locomotive breathe better when running and create better combustion.
"Forged Art"
Mike Wilson
Michael J. Wilson Photography
[www.facebook.com]
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