Steam & Excursion > One More Day Of Duel Mallet Operation In Niles Canyon

Sunday, September 8th will be the final day of double headed Niles Canyon Railway steam being operated in
conjunction with 150th anniversary of pounding of the final golden spike at Milepost 33.5 in the Canyon.

Regards, Jim Evans

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Nice.  Looks like a great weekend.        TomE

Oh no. Look at those people risking their lives sitting outside on that open platform. Hope they all survived. 

andersonb109 Wrote:
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> Oh no. Look at those people risking their lives
> sitting outside on that open platform. Hope they
> all survived. 

Looks like a wooden car too.....horrors!

utwazoo Wrote:
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> andersonb109 Wrote:
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> > Oh no. Look at those people risking their lives
> > sitting outside on that open platform. Hope
> they
> > all survived. 
>
> Looks like a wooden car too.....horrors!

Oh look they are about to get a rear pusher too!! :)
Greg

That is Yosemite Valley Railroad observation 330 on the rear. Owner Wes Swift and his wife are two of the people of the rear platform. Wes and friends just finished repainting it (not yet lettered) and the first class section is finished. Wes bought the remains in 1994.

andersonb109 Wrote:
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> Oh no. Look at those people risking their lives
> sitting outside on that open platform. Hope they
> all survived

Can't you just enjoy the images without making a gratuitously sarcastic comment?

I'm not a fan of Amtrak's recently imposed restrictions preventing riders from sitting in the open section of an observation car. However, riding in an observation car on a train moving slowly over a tourist railroad train is very different from riding in the outside section of a car moving at track speed over a Class 1 railroad.