Comments on: Blogger in draft… http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/06/blogger-in-draft/ Header images in 39 flavors! Tue, 6 Jan 2009 23:55:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Sephyroth http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/06/blogger-in-draft/#comment-181 Sephyroth Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:19:00 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/06/blogger-in-draft/#comment-181 From the <a HREF="http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/General+Public/Train+Downloads/Empress/default.htm" REL="nofollow">Canadian Pacific</a> website - <br/><br/>"The resurrected CPR Empress locomotive 2816 re-entered active service in 2001 as a roving ambassador for Canadian Pacific Railway. The CPR Empress is now a significant component of the company's program. CPR's 2816 is a class H1b Hudson-type locomotive built by Montreal Locomotive Works in December 1930. CPR Empress is now the only surviving H1b Hudson and is one of only a handful of preserved and operating CPR steam locomotives in North America."<br/><br/>As far as train rides, I've done a few, all on good ol' Amtrak, except for the two trips I've taken on the Washington Metro. This'll make for a good blog post one time there :) From the Canadian Pacific website -

“The resurrected CPR Empress locomotive 2816 re-entered active service in 2001 as a roving ambassador for Canadian Pacific Railway. The CPR Empress is now a significant component of the company’s program. CPR’s 2816 is a class H1b Hudson-type locomotive built by Montreal Locomotive Works in December 1930. CPR Empress is now the only surviving H1b Hudson and is one of only a handful of preserved and operating CPR steam locomotives in North America.”

As far as train rides, I’ve done a few, all on good ol’ Amtrak, except for the two trips I’ve taken on the Washington Metro. This’ll make for a good blog post one time there :)

]]> By: Radioactive Jam http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/06/blogger-in-draft/#comment-180 Radioactive Jam Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:15:00 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/06/blogger-in-draft/#comment-180 Pretty cool - both the video embedding and its content. And that's not an ordinary, garden-variety locomotive, is it? Looks like a retro/restored engine.<br/><br/>In this part of Florida we see pretty much just Amtrak trains, always gray/silver, seldom dressed up.<br/><br/>Have you taken many train rides over the years? Pretty cool - both the video embedding and its content. And that’s not an ordinary, garden-variety locomotive, is it? Looks like a retro/restored engine.

In this part of Florida we see pretty much just Amtrak trains, always gray/silver, seldom dressed up.

Have you taken many train rides over the years?

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