Nostalgia & History > Gettysburg RR 1988

Short video of Gettysburg RR (CPR 4-6-2 #1278) September, 1988

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How did you manage the top of the car view during departure from Gettysburg?  Neat perspective.  Is this the engine that later had a boiler explosion in Aspers PA?

boejoe Wrote:
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> How did you manage the top of the car view during
> departure from Gettysburg?  Neat perspective. 
> Is this the engine that later had a boiler
> explosion in Aspers PA?
​It is the engine that exploded and the engineer suffered severe burns which eventually took his life.  The view is from their homemade double deck car that they built on the railroad and the seats in this car were either school bus seats or transit bus seats.  The car was I believe an old auto carrier so it was a freight car in reality and rode like a freight car.  I rode this train a few times myself.  The line was and still is very scenic but today's owners do not operate any passenger trains.
John in White Marsh, Maryland