Cab Ride In A 1912 Hiesler Locomotive

[yamahonkawazuki]

thats got to be awesome to operate these old girls

[Chris9017]

I got to run a heisler at Roaring Camp in Felton. Heislers are finky, but very fun locomotives. They are very well built, and engineered.

[IllinoisTrains1]

I have been invited to fire this locomotive in October.

[LenaVideos]

Awsome!

[bnsf261]

@IllinoisTrains1 Which day you coming?

Me and a freind will be firing and running on the 24th.

(If Roger can get the VP's approval)

[IllinoisTrains1]

@bnsf261 That was last year and unfortunatly it fell through. I was asked to go by a club member of my railroad club but we never heard about it again. I don't know what happened but October came and went I never went out there, which sucked because I was really looking forward to it.

[bnsf261]

@IllinoisTrains1 Oh yeah I forgot to look at your date.

Well your chance will come soon enough :)

[Kleman09]

@bnsf261 whom would that be?

[bnsf261]

@Kleman09 Was just Jared and I, but now its you, Jared, and myself. :P

[HighIronofWisconsin]

Looking at Google Street View, I cannot find any public road crossings of this line and it appears to no longer have a connection to the CN Iowa Div. which looks like the only other surviving rail line in Freeport.

[LenaVideos]

Yeah, they don't cross any roads, they honk for the bridges.

[ma7799]

@HighIronofWisconsin

They bought only 1.7 miles of the Milwaukee Road "Southwestern" line between Lamb and Baileyville Roads so they did not need liability insurance.

[MattBNSF1991]

neat stuff!

sounds like fun

[LenaVideos]

It was pretty cool, and I got to talk to a crew member from the MILW 261.

[skyman2002]

Is The Line Being Fixed Up? I See LOTS Of Ties Beside The Tracks.

[LenaVideos]

Not sure.

[GSMR1702]

awesome!!

[LenaVideos]

Thanks.