Don Coatney Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 My good friend James Douglas once again hauled my balloney butt around today. We went to the Western Railway Museum in Suisun City, California. Pizzafrank was supposed to meet us there but did not. Hope everything is well with him and sorry we did not connect. Very interesting and fun Museum. Highlight of the day was I got to actually drive an electric railway trolly. This car runs on 600 DC voltage. What a trip!!! I have watched the electric trolly drivers run the cars while going to and fro work for the past two weeks. Today I got to be in command. The process is easy but it feels strange not offering up direction as the tracks controll that part. Here are a few pictures. View more at the link. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v65/DonCoatney/Road%20trips%202004/SF%201-2007/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jtw3749c Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Know the feeling. I did that for 30 years and on the right hand side of the cab. It was the big engines though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wldavis3 Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Don, I see in some of the photos that both you and the conductor are "holding on for dear life". Hope you didn't try "pouring the coal to it" to see if it would "scratch off", nor try the emergency brake to try to lock up the wheels!!! I'm gonna have to try to get to the "left coast" some day and see if James will haul my sorry butt around a bit. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.Tom Meshingear Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Don forgot to tell you that he took the streetcar racing. It's in the blood and a wide open throttle is hard to resist. Streetcar =1 touring car = zip. We have streetcars out the wazoo here in New Orleans but they won't let me drive. I'm jealous. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normspeed Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 If I remember right, Suisun City is in California's Delta area. 1,000 miles of navigable waterways, contained by levees. Sacramento River, Feather River, and others all flow thru the delta into SF bay. A rich history there including drawbridges galore, and many paddlewheelers, some of which came from the Mississippi Delta and took the long way around to the south. Don is seeing some great areas of CA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodney Bullock Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Those pic's are great Don, I think a news crew should be following Don around and documenting all the fun he has been having. The Conductor was holding on because he was "warned" Don is having big fun while we at home are knee deep in SNOW:eek: what a shock, things were going so well with 65 degree days. I am so cold now I stay in bed all the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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