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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2019 12:34:04 GMT
Awww he is so cute, and so happy!! Glad he had an awesome day!🙂
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2019 20:58:43 GMT
yeah; he didn't know about the delay till after he had his spot along the tracks staked out, and he started talking to a couple other people. Train watchers- who knew they were a thing? lol. I told him he should go to Tucson tomorrow to see it while it's on display. Then we can drive down on Saturday to see it leave. Not sure if he will or not, but I think he should- it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Did he go see it? |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Oct 21, 2019 17:00:30 GMT
yeah; he didn't know about the delay till after he had his spot along the tracks staked out, and he started talking to a couple other people. Train watchers- who knew they were a thing? lol. I told him he should go to Tucson tomorrow to see it while it's on display. Then we can drive down on Saturday to see it leave. Not sure if he will or not, but I think he should- it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Did he go see it? he did; thanks for asking!! He had a good time; he got into the train yard to park as soon as they let cars inside, spent a couple hours hanging around, talking to train buffs, and taking photos. He didn't buy any merch (the lines were long) or tour the passenger car (the photo he took of the line for THAT was insanely long!), but he had a good time. He got lucky, too-- on Saturday we ran into a guy who said the line of cars to get into the railyard, even at 9 am on Friday, was so long that he didn't even bother waiting. On Saturday we left the house at 4:30 am to head to Tucson to see it leave-- we wanted to make sure we were there in PLENTY of time. And we were, because it didn't end up actually leaving the railyard until almost 9 am! He got video of it, and I got photos of it from the other side of the tracks. I can see why you guys 'chased' it for a while so you could see it go by more than once- it was HUGE!!! And LOUD!!! They blew the whistle JUST as it was passing me- it scared the CRAP out of me, lol!! But it was really cool. (and I don't even KNOW anything about trains- just the sheer size and scope of the thing, and the restoration project- is really neat.) |
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Oct 21, 2019 17:50:20 GMT
@missjen - I wanted to thank you for this thread. I hadn't heard of this and when I checked out the schedule, I discovered it will be here On Display Nov. 7. The location is close to my house so DH and I are going to try and go by to see it. ETA: If anyone in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kansas City, MO, Colorado or Wyoming is interested in seeing Big Boy, check out the schedule in the link. UP Steam Schedule for Big Boy No. 4014 |
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