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It poured buckets all around us all day long. But amazingly, we managed to stay
dry.
Decided to take Julie to Elbe, Washington to ride the train there. On Thursdays
they run a diesel locomotive. I gather they run a steamer on weekends. The crew
was very gracious. Lots of great historical information from the various workers
at the Mineral Maintenance Yard. Lots of restored equipment and equipment being
restored. Some of the stuff in the "boneyard" was pretty interesting too.
By some lucky chance, we were invited to ride in the locomotive on the return trip.
We were going backwards so not quite the same effect as sitting in the cab in the
PDX-SEA Amtrak but very interesting watching the Engineer working the controls.
They offer a number of discounts, including a generous discount for AAA members....
It's a little over $20 for an adult fare... a very good value, IMHO, considering
what you get.
Many thanks to the folks at the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad for a great day!
The return trip was on a downgrade which required constant, skilled braking
work..... made more difficult since we were traveling backwards. The cab didn't
have a rear view mirror so I'm guessing our Engineer had a pretty stiff neck by
day's end.
There's more pictures of the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad here
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