Seaboard! Now that was a real railroad! Friendly train crews that would wave to folks and toss snacks and drinks down for you as they went by, and that was when they still had cabooses, and the brakeman. I'd always wave at them and they'd wave back. I ran my first locomotive from the guidance of a Seaboard engineer. CSX could only dream of aspiring to be as good a RR as Chessie, & Seaboard were, even if they are merged now, it's just not the same...
Seaboard! Now that was a real railroad! Friendly train crews that would wave to folks and toss snacks and drinks down for you as they went by, and that was when they still had cabooses, and the brakeman. I'd always wave at them and they'd wave back. I ran my first locomotive from the guidance of a Seaboard engineer. CSX could only dream of aspiring to be as good a RR as Chessie, & Seaboard were, even if they are merged now, it's just not the same...
GP9railfan 1 week ago