DE>-> How many people will any U-boat or GP-9 draw trackside when they're
DE>-> as old as some of the "museum pieces" from the steam age that have
DE>-> literally thousands of people standing around the rails with their
DE>-> cameras when those dinosaurs from the steam age come marching through
DE>-> town?
 
DE>depending on where you are located I can think of quite a few,
DE>especially depending on what paint job is on them, for example, say the
DE>Union Pacific suddenly allowed the Portola Museum to do a run down to
DE>Keddie and back using Western Pacific GP7's and U-boats that are in
DE>thier inventory...I think highway 70 would get seriously clogged with
DE>traffic...
 
Every time the former S.P. 4449 steams down from Portland to Sacramento
or beyond, I'll guarantee you that even the Interstate (5, in this case)
is clogged with vehicles intent on watching as much rod action on that
engine as they can, and to hell with anyone else using the road for
whatever purpose.
 
Going back to when the Rail Museum opened in Sacramento, I was at that
time driving tour buses in San Francisco, and happened to catch a trip
with a group going to Sacramento to tour the museum which was then still
under construction. This came up on the very day that U.P.'s pair of
steam engines (the then-8444, and 3985) were due to arrive in Sacramento
for opening ceremonies. Not only were two bus loads of people alongside
the tracks, but some number of those who had driven out in cars were
lining the tracks as the U.P. train steamed in the direction of the
state capitol.
 
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