Steam & Excursion > 844 video on RFD

I was watching a video that was on RFD TV regarding 844....was surprised to see Ed was the fireman for Steve on the particular trip they are showing.  Did not know that they worked together at all.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/20/16 18:35 by WLE2679.

Ed came on to the program when I departed in 2003.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

Bob3985 Wrote:
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> Ed came on to the program when I departed in 2003.

He has been involved for 13 years already!?
I wonder what the steam program would be like today if he never got involved.
 

Bob3985 Wrote:
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> Ed came on to the program when I departed in 2003.

And I believe he was removed from UP Steam after that, before returning for his second try?

I believe there were other instances where Ed Dickens and Steve Lee worked together.

WLE2679 Wrote:
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> I was watching a video that was on RFD TV
> regarding 844....was surprised to see Ed was the
> fireman for Steve on the particular trip they are
> showing.  Did not know that they worked together
> at all.

That was filmed in 2009 and put out by BA Productions (Donner Rails). It's a great episode until DL opens his mouth

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Spoony81 Wrote:
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> That was filmed in 2009 and put out by BA
> Productions (Donner Rails). It's a great episode
> until DL opens his mouth
>

VERY true, as I recall at the beginning after he talks about being on the main line of the union pacific he has a big fake smile and as soon as he turned his head the other way he changes to a blank face at the snap of the fingers. Just shows how fake he really is.

That sure does say a lot about a person, like when Steve Lee gets interviewed he never loses a step on whatever subject he's talking about, I do love how he narrated Last of the Giants II with the shops, very very informative and very entertaining!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/20/16 22:39 by ProAmtrak.

Roger Mylie came before Ed, then when he retired Ed came to the crew.  

When 3985 ran the Ringling Brothers Circus Train to Denver Steve Lee was the engineer and Ed Dickens was the fireman. As I remember Roger Mylie was on the steam crew before Ed. When Tennessee Pass was shut down Roger transferred from Pueblo to Cheyenne. He applied for the Steam Team when Bob Kreiger left. Roger had some steam experience on the Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Silverton train.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/23/16 09:13 by Grande473.

Grande473 Wrote:
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> When 3985 ran the Ringling Brothers Circus Train
> to Denver Steve Lee was the engineer and Ed
> Dickens was the fireman. As I remember Roger Mylie
> was on the steam crew before Ed. When Tennessee
> Pass was shut down Roger transferred from Pueblo
> to Cheyenne. He applied for the Steam Team when
> Bob Kreiger left. Roger had some steam experience
> on the Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Silverton train.

Thanks for providing more details.

FYI, it's interesting to note that Trains Magazine's "Big Boy Special" issue claimed 3985 hadn't run since 2007, when the "interviewee" was clearly in the fireman's seat in 2010. Severe case of amnesia, which is not suitable for managing the Steam program, or malice of enormous proportions (in HotWater-speak: "liar"). You make the call. :-)

cchan006 Wrote:
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>FYI, it's interesting to note that Trains
> Magazine's "Big Boy Special" issue claimed 3985
> hadn't run since 2007, when the "interviewee" was
> clearly in the fireman's seat in 2010. Severe case
> of amnesia, which is not suitable for managing the
> Steam program, or malice of enormous proportions
> (in HotWater-speak: "liar"). You make the call.

> :-)

3985 was running as late as November, 2010, and was
within a few weeks of running in 2011 when the liar
made up stories about it and parked it.  What bothered
him most was not the condition of the locomotive, but that
it represented the old crew.  Cannot have that!