#475 hauls the troop train during the annual Troops & Trains event at the Strasburg Railroad.
With the 10-car Troop Train in tow, #475 roars up the grade past the private grade crossing between Cherry Hill and Esbenshade, during the annual Troops & Trains event.
Troop train at Carpenters. If you look close you can see a rainbow just above the smoke stack
westbound Strasburg tourist train arriving Strasburg, PA
The 11am excursion returns west past the grounds of Cherry Crest Farm with its "maize maze" as well as the rope maze seen here.
If ever a location said Strasburg Railroad, Groff's Grove would be the place.
Great Western #90 seems to have riled a few feathers here. I guess the birds thought the day was over with the absence of a 5 PM train.
Spending the day in Strasburg has brought out the dark side of me...
There are few places in this country where a steam engine pulling wooden coaches doesn't look out of place. This is one of them. Here, open farmland, simple wooden barns and even horse-drawn ca... (more)
A Decapod in Paradise.
