Strasburg Steam Railway (Pennsylvania) 11th Nov. 2007

20th November 2007

Strasburg Steam Railway is in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Along with a very nice station, which has the usual shops and railway parafinalia around it, there is a busy preservation and repair siding as well as a loco shed and sidings.

Steam trips are run a number of times throughout the day, along a seven mile branch that takes you though very pleasant countryside and terminates at Paradise, alongside the Boston to Chicago electrified mainline.

There is a stopping place half way, where passengers are set-down and picked up, in the main season, but always stops there for the driver to give four blasts on the whistle, which are immediately echoed back across the valley. The story is that a Ghost lives on the other side of the valley and responds to the train whistle. It is said that this is proven by the ghost always sending in his bill for the service!

This area is set up for Harvest Festival time, including children's games and rides etc, with a giant 'maize'. which is a real maize field.

This is a very interesting little railway and countryside.

Water Tower at East Strasburg Station 504x756 012WaterTower_StrasburgSteamRlwy_.jpg	Tractor Rides around the site 600x702 030MaizeFestivalAreaFromTrain_d_.jpg	The depot sidings 787x545 020DepotYard_StrasburgSteamRailway_.jpg	The depot sidings 681x454 019_1187ScrapOrPreservation__StrasburgSteamRlwy_.jpg
Strasburg Station Platform 573x691 042StrasburgStationPlatform.jpg	Strasburg Railway Coach 681x454 040StrasburgRailwayCoach.jpg	Strasburg Depot & Sidings 723x498 036StrasburgLocoDepotSdgs.jpg	Strasburg countryside (from train) 681x454 032StrasburgCountrysideFromTrain.jpg
Strasburg countryside (enroute) 681x454 026StrasburgCountrysideFromTrain.jpg	Snow Plough on Strasburg Depot (From train) 713x461 038SnowPloughInDepotSidings.jpg	Run-round loop at Paradise (Boston-Chicago mainline) 675x414 021Run-RoundLoopAtParadise.jpg	Red Caboose Motel (from Train) 681x454 033RedCabooseMotelFromTrain_a_.jpg
Red Caboose Motel (from Train) 681x454 034RedCabooseMotelFromTrain_b_.jpg	Preserved Strasburg Railway Ford 693x492 047PreservedStrasburgRailwayFord_b_.jpg	Preserved Strasburg Railway Ford 569x537 046PreservedStrasburgRailwayFord_a_.jpg	Preservation or Scrapping! (From Train 681x454 037PreservationOrScrapLocosInLocoDepotSdgs.jpg
Passengers On East Strasburg Platform 579x686 044PassengersOnEastStrasburgPlatform.jpg	On Board the 11.30 for Paradise 681x454 017OnBoardOpenCoach_StrasburgSteamRlwy_.jpg	Maize Festival Area 681x454 028MaizeFestivalAreaFromTrain_b_.jpg	Maize Festival Area 681x454 029MaizeFestivalAreaFromTrain_c_.jpg
Maize Festival Area 681x454 027MaizeFestivalAreaFromTrain_a_.jpg	Halloween Display Strasburg Station Platform 504x756 043HalloweenDisplayOnEastStrasburgPlatform.jpg	East Strasburg Station 681x454 052EastStrasburgStation.jpg	Diesel Loco 9331 On Strasburg Depot (From Train) 507x784 039Switcher9331OnStrasburgDepot.jpg
Departing towards Paradise and the maintainance yard. 681x454 018PassingSidings_StrasburgSteamRlwy_.jpg	CP 89 Starts the Run-round at Paradise 513x815 022CP89StartsTheRun-roundAtParadise.jpg	CP 89 Running round at Paradise. Oston-Chicago mainline 681x454 023CP89Runs-roundAtParadise.jpg	CP 89 Running round at Paradise. Boston-Chicago mainline 681x454 024LocoCrewWageToPassengersDuring_the_Run-round.jpg
CP 89 On Train ready for returm trip to Strasburg 495x654 25CP89OnTrainReadyForReturnTripToEastStrasburg.jpg	CP 89 Going for water 699x533 049CP89GoingForWater_b_.jpg	CP 89 Going for water 744x377 048CP89GoingForWater.jpg	CP 89 Going for water 681x454 050CP89GoingForWater_c_.jpg
CP 89 at the Water Tank 741x568 051CP89AtTheWaterTower.jpg	Corn Store 681x454 035CornStore_FromTrain_.jpg	Children's play area 681x454 031MaizeFestivalAreaFromTrain_e_.jpg	Canadian Pacific No. 89. Early morning shunt 681x454 004CP89_d_EarlyMorningShunt_StrasburgSteamRlwy_.jpg
Canadian Pacific No. 89. Early morning shunt 725x448 005CP89_e_EarlyMorningShunt_StrasburgSteamRlwy_.jpg	Canadian Pacific No. 89. Early morning shunt 681x454 003_c_CP89EarlyMorningShunt_StrasburgSteamRlwy_.jpg	Canadian Pacific No. 89. Early morning shunt 681x454 001CP89EarlyMorningShunt_StrasburgSteamRlwy_.jpg	Canadian Pacific No. 89. Early morning shunt 681x454 002CP89_b_EarlyMorningShunt_StrasburgSteamRlwy_.jpg
Canadian Pacific No. 89. at East Strasburg Station. Waiting the 11.30am departure 504x756 010CP89_e_StrasburgSteamRlwy.jpg	Canadian Pacific No. 89. at East Strasburg Station. Waiting the 11.30am departure 681x454 008CP89_c_StrasburgSteamRlwy.jpg	Canadian Pacific No. 89. at East Strasburg Station. Waiting the 11.30am departure 681x454 015CP89_i_StrasburgSteamRlwy.jpg	Canadian Pacific No. 89. at East Strasburg Station. Waiting the 11.30am departure 677x416 014CP89_h_StrasburgSteamRlwy.jpg
Canadian Pacific No. 89. at East Strasburg Station. Waiting the 11.30am departure 681x454 007Strasburg_Steam_Station.jpg	Canadian Pacific No. 89. at East Strasburg Station. Waiting the 11.30am departure 681x454 011CP89_f_StrasburgSteamRlwy.jpg	Canadian Pacific No. 89. at East Strasburg Station. Waiting the 11.30am departure 681x454 009CP89_d_StrasburgSteamRlwy.jpg	Canadian Pacific No. 89. at East Strasburg Station. Waiting the 11.30am departure 681x454 016CP89_j_StrasburgSteamRlwy.jpg
Canadian Pacific No. 89. at East Strasburg Station. Waiting the 11.30am departure 731x502 006CP89_b_StrasburgSteamRlwy.jpg	Canadian Pacific No. 89. at East Strasburg Station. Waiting the 11.30am departure 702x465 006CP89_a_StrasburgSteamRlwy.jpg	Canadian Pacific No. 89. at East Strasburg Station. Waiting the 11.30am departure 688x547 013CP89_g_StrasburgSteamRlwy.jpg	Arriving at East Strasburg Station 504x756 041CP89ArrivesInEastStrasburgStation.jpg
Amish Lady 504x756 045AmishLady_StrasburgSteamRlwy_.jpg