I remember when ...

[Old]

]Went via railroad. Train was called the Challenger. Biggest straight cab aft locomotive in US. 

If you like trains Google it.

Edited September 12, 2015 by Old

[RaymondG]

Do you remember whether it was the one train all the way?

 

As an aside, that's a pretty impressive locomotive... I don't mind those things at all, I saw this one at the Ford Museum when I went to the Detroit Convention last year:

 

 

AT 605 tons it's almost twice as heavy as the Challenger, but there wasn't nearly so many of them built.

 

And do you remember how long the journey took and what stops there were?

[RaymondG]

For some reason the pic won't post...

 

Is there a limit to how many pics we can upload?

 

Anyway, I'll do it this way:

 

[Old]

Do you remember whether it was the one train all the way?

 

As an aside, that's a pretty impressive locomotive... I don't mind those things at all, I saw this one at the Ford Museum when I went to the Detroit Convention last year:

 

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AT 605 tons it's almost twice as heavy as the Challenger, but there wasn't nearly so many of them built.

 

And do you remember how long the journey took and what stops there were?

Three days, Oakland CA to Cleveland, I believe.

Train might have used a Mallet to get across the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Had to change railroads in Chicago.

Ours was an economy run. I remember being passed buy a nice looking orange train, maybe the Daylight Limited, a diesel electric ? Some of the cars had WTs taped to the widows and every one was waving.

I remember sitting for hours on sidings while more important train went past. A lot of military transport.

The Society had two passenger cars for Witnesses only on our train.

I remember being stopped in Ogden UT for some time, Mom left us on the train and got off to get food. Train started to pull out and she was nowhere in sight, turned out she had boarded a car way down the line and was making her way to our car while we were on the roll. Scared us to death.

[RaymondG]

It's great to have memories from before when most here were born, isn't it?

I remember wind-up Minic toy cars and trucks and playing with them under the bed.

[Miss Bea]

Long pants.

See attached picture. This was taken just outside the stadium with a new release. I thought it was the green "Let God be True"  but the cover doesn't look right.

Front row left to right: my sister Lyn Lytle, cousin Charles Maxwell, Me  looking over my shoulder.

Back row left to right" My Mother Maryjean Lytle, my Aunt June Maxwell, my Grandmother Betty Shilton organist for WBBR, Uncle Chuck Maxwell.

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Jerry, that one brought tears!

[Qapla]

I remember taking the train to New York so we could visit Bethel. We had to go to the train depot in Jacksonville to board the train. My daughter and I rode the train for several hours - we brought food with us to eat during the trip. Had to get off the train in Newark, New Jersey and we later took alternate travel in to NYC

 

We had a good time.  Ahhh! The memories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BTW .... that was in 2012

[Tortuga]

BTW .... that was in 2012

 

I hope the next three years go by as quickly as the last three years...

[Dustparticle]

 

For some reason the pic won't post...

 

Is there a limit to how many pics we can upload?

 

Anyway, I'll do it this way:

 

 

 

 I think my grandfather or my great uncle use to run this at the age of 13 or 14 years old. Then he switch to diesel engine without taking exam for it.

[Tortuga]

 I think my grandfather or my great uncle use to run this at the age of 13 or 14 years old. Then he switch to diesel engine without taking exam for it.

 

I had one like that when I was 10 but it was much much smaller...

[Dustparticle]

I had one like that when I was 10 but it was much much smaller...

LOL. And it took my grandpa a couple of days to learn how to drive this one and no time to drive diesel one. I think he was born to drive trains. It was a gift from God.

[Tortuga]

LOL. And it took my grandpa a couple of days to learn how to drive this one and no time to drive diesel one. I think he was born to drive trains. It was a gift from God.

He started training while he was young...