Streamlined...

Gear driven engines...

Since I can't ride the Olympian Hiawatha I'll have to settle for AMTRAK.

Full stop...

Obviously a posed shot but they did have these in the rolling stock at the time.

I'm skeptical...

Ahead of their time...

Keep your eye on the money rails:



No derailment, train and cars stayed on track. According to vid description, "The crew were shaken, but not stirred."

Must have been a sight to see, a half mile of locomotives....

What the fuck?!

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What did it hit? Chris Christie?

The little engine that could. The two logs that could.

You could crush a photoshop contest by putting beach chair Christy in front of that train.

Best I can find it did a head on with another train, Lippstadt, Germany, 2007. That means the caption should be "but you should see the OTHER guy!"

This is a new one on me...

People like to take vacation away from their normal rut. But what about railroad cars, back and forth on the same tracks, now that's a rut. Cars that accumulate enough vacation days and spare change, take ocean cruises.