I was in Whitefish, MT on the Forth of July an I was utterly oblivious to the fact that SP 4449 was scheduled to pass through on the BNSF. I was standing with my friends at a town festival in the park when we all looked up when we heard a whistle and watched the loco steam in to a stop at the station where it took on water.
Now, I was very impressed at a chance encounter with this engine, which I think is the most beautiful preserved steam locomotive in the nation. This also kind of makes up for a time when I was a kid in the 80's waiting for my mom to pick me up from the steps of my hometown library. I was looking down at the ex-Erie main as it passed through town while waiting, and about 5 minutes after she picked me up, the preserved Nickel Plate Berkshire that was in action in the 80's came through town. I read about it in the paper the next day!
Anyone else out there have any chance encounters with preserved steam to tell us about, or any near misses(
) for that mater?
Now, I was very impressed at a chance encounter with this engine, which I think is the most beautiful preserved steam locomotive in the nation. This also kind of makes up for a time when I was a kid in the 80's waiting for my mom to pick me up from the steps of my hometown library. I was looking down at the ex-Erie main as it passed through town while waiting, and about 5 minutes after she picked me up, the preserved Nickel Plate Berkshire that was in action in the 80's came through town. I read about it in the paper the next day!
Anyone else out there have any chance encounters with preserved steam to tell us about, or any near misses(
) for that mater?