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That was special. I grew up in a town where the railroad divided the town and tracks were next to our house on an embankment. My bedroom was second floor, trackside, and I remember hearing the train whistle blow in the middle of the night as a crossing warning and to stop at the station to pick up freight. It was a comforting sound in a way.
As quickly I recall awakening in the night to a different sound of the train whistle replaced by a horn and rugged sounds of a diesel engine.
Several summers we picked up and dropped off my aunt at Beacon, NY, just across the Hudson River from Newburg. She lived in St. Lawrence County on the Canadian Border and took the train, a steam engine the New York Central used on the tracks that followed the Hudson River.
 
That is impressive!!! The detail on everything is incredible. While the video is lengthy, it is definitely worth watching if you like trains/model trains and craftsmanship. It all comes through in the video. Would definitely put this on my list of things I'll never get to but would like to.
 
Love a good massive layout. My favorite is Northlandz in New Jersey.



Though someday I'd like to visit Miniture Wonderland in Germany.
 
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Northlandz is okay. Been there twice, last visit in 2019. It does have sections that appear to be unfinished but that might be because it is a work in progress. Otherwise it is a good attraction.
 
We took a ride on the Sugar Express Sunday from Lake Placid Fla. to Clewiston. Left at 9am got back at 4:30 pm, had a steak lunch put on by the Hendry County Cattlemans association. Had a great time. I have a video of a high speed pass but, it is to large to download.

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sdj said:
We took a ride on the Sugar Express Sunday from Lake Placid Fla. to Clewiston. Left at 9am got back at 4:30 pm, had a steak lunch put on by the Hendry County Cattlemans association. Had a great time. I have a video of a high speed pass but, it is to large to download.

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That is awesome I bet you had so much fun. I took a train in 1998 from our race shop in Denver Colorado to our other race shop in Northern California and it was so much fun. I had a nice cabin, and the prime rib dinner was excellent. The view was amazing especially with all of the snow that was coming down on the mountains.
 
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Nitro Dude said:
That is awesome I bet you had so much fun. I took a train in 1998 from our race shop in Denver Colorado to our other race shop in Northern California and it was so much fun. I had a nice cabin, and the prime rib dinner was excellent. The view was amazing especially with all of the snow that was coming down on the mountains.
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We had a great time. We road in refurbished 1950 -60 rail coaches. I wish I could post the video of the high speed pass, it was cool as ****. They stopped on the way to Clewiston, Fla. and let off the folks that wanted to see it, at a crossing in the middle of the sugar cane field. Then they backed the train up 2 miles and then came back toward us at full gallop, steam whistle blowing to hell and back and the chugga chugga at warp speed, it was exhilarating to say the least.
 
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