I love the way that railways remind us of our past and connect us to the future.
With the upcoming American Quarter Millennium Anniversary my feed has been displaying un-captioned photos of past celebrations.
Don’t know all the facts but I think it is the Liberty Bell on a nation wide tour.
Rick is correct. It actually came through my town and rode the CVRR rails behind my home in the early 1900’s. Would have to look in my old books at the pics and exact date.
All 6 on the Class 1 railroads have in progress or completed painted diesel locos in patriotic schemes for the 250th as well as many smaller railroads. Greenbrier did 5 TTX boxcars in a flag scheme. Tempting. 
Not to be outdone by the class ones, the EBT decided to paint the freshly restored Caboose 27 in a patriotic scheme…
Nevada Northern Railway Museum also painted up a GP9 for the 250th Anniversary. But confusing to me they also mentioned how much it cost to paint it and they are going to paint over it next year!?!
Seems like if you live off donations , you wouldn’t spend the $$$$ to do a one year paint job. But that’s just me I guess!
I was going to suggest the following, but after seeing Korm’s, it’s sort of a downer.
So I had to look again, and found this.
Could re-title it “Upward Bound.” Or, “We Don’t Need No Stinkin Track!”
Just happy to see Korm is still kicking !
Guys;
Steam locomotives used to have a problem with the throttle linkage that could allow them to start moving on their own while warning up in the roundhouse. Can’t locate the photo, but I have seen where a steamer started up on its own and burst through the back wall of a roundhouse. Railroaders used to call this behavior “night crawlers.”
Yours, David Meashey
This looks like another 4th of July celebratory excursion. I cant make out the writing on the tender.
Bill, That is the ex Southern Pacific GS4 painted up as the Freedom Train traveling the country during the 1976 200th celebration of our country.
Probably recognize her in these colors
A brief history
https://www.4449.com/history.html
If interested here is a video of her coming down through Northern California that my Brother in Law and i did a few years back
opening the fox-den?
My image to sum up railroading would have to be the Pennsylvania 460 E6 locomotive. With it’s large drivers one of the fastest steam engines.
The “Lindbergh Special” was a legendary 1927 Pennsylvania Railroad train that raced airplanes from Washington, D.C. to New York City to deliver newsreel footage of Charles Lindbergh’s reception after flying across the Atlantic ocean. By processing film in a converted baggage car, it won the race, earning its engine, No. 460, the nickname “The Lindbergh Engine”
Are you referring to the locomotive company, or the aluminum company?
Cliff, ALCOA & ALCOB (I am a steam guy) Looks like Aluminium, so they must have needed 2.
Guys;
ALCO came about when several locomotive builders combined to form the American Locomotive Company. Like many titles, it is formed from the initials making up the full name. Originally the company only built steam locomotives, but they were fairly successful during the diesel age. finally lingering on for a short time as the Montreal Locomotive Works.
Baldwin and ALCO were the big guns during the steam era, with Lima picking up some of the remaining sales.
Regards, David Meashey
