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American History

bucolic_frolic

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1. I don't remember steam passenger service

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 09:49 AM

Mar 2024

but saw a few run as part of museums, tourist trains. Also saw The General run in Gettysburg PA in the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, 1963.

My parents would get all worked up emotionally over steam train engines. I guess it was something they remembered as a regular part of life. But it was a family day out for us, a vacation, excitement, expectation, crowds, noise, emotional awe. Sadly all this reaction was genuine, not *disinformate*, so I can't chalk it up to drama.

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On this day, March 27, 1960, the last scheduled steam-powered passenger train in the United States ran. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 OP

I don't remember steam passenger service bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #1

For a fine day out: Hesston steam musuem cbabe Mar 2024 #2