Quote Originally Posted by rezman View Post
^^^ So do I . Life long rail fan here. As a kid, while visiting my grandparents up in Chicago, I whiled away many hours sitting along side the racetrack watching the E units on the CB&Q and later BN. And also catching the Texas Chief and Lone Star here in okc for the ride up there.
Nice! I don't want to derail this thread too much more, but... yeah, I've loved trains since I was a kid too. I missed out on the era of seeing most of the more interesting streamlined equipment in revenue service, though. A large part of my passion is for passenger rail - if I'm traveling somewhere, I try to take Amtrak as much as is possible, and I'm a big advocate for expansion of service across the state; I also really enjoy learning about the history of routes, both active and abandoned.

Quote Originally Posted by BridgeBurner View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lutNECOZFw
LOL... I don't get quite that excited about trains, though I do admit both of those locomotives - the E8 and the BL-2 - are quite beautiful.