Now this is just an awesome shot!
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Yes, it is an awesome shot. It really shows the comparison between the sizes of cars and the sizes of trains.
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This is a sweet image. But I don't think we'll see the 4449 jump anything like the Genral does.
Which is faster? I'd have to give anything under two miles to the Genral, But cross country must go to the GS-4.
Thanks for sharing Jeff.
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Without looking at the date, one would have to figure this photo was taken back in the day when the Charger was "New" and being used in the filming of the Dukes Of Hazzard. Great Shot!
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"Just the good ol' boys..." Sweet comparison shot of two standout machines from the crowd. The General Lee and the Daylight GS-4.
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Is Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane a "bull" now?
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Can't decide which is cooler: The composition, or the concept! Please do tell the back-story about how this shot came together!
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When the 4449 was on display at the Sacramento Railfair in 1999, fireman Jack Wheelihan was telling the curious visitors to the cab that the GS-4's were balanced for speeds up to 110 miles per hour! In his book Life and Times of a Locomotive Engineer, Charles Steffes tells of running this very same engine at 110 mph between Lancaster and Rosamond, California back in the fifties, confirming Mr. Wheelihans statement! No doubt, the Charger could easlily reach that speed as well,and more, but when one considers the wind resistance of a sixteen foot tall by ten foot wide locomotive and the drag of the trian it's pulling and the enormous weight of the reciprocating and rotating parts (literally in the many thousands of pounds), I think it's pretty obvious which one is more impressive at speed.
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