I was on my way home from the bustling town core of Queen Creek when I noticed an abnormally high, more than 1, number of folks gathered along the side of the Union Pacific rail line. I figured something was going on, so I went home, grabbed the bike & camera and headed back to the tracks which butt up against the northeast side of our community. I asked one of the fellas standing there what was going on and he informed me that the last steam locomotive engine, No. 844, was making a grand tour of the western US. It was scheduled to be by any minute. Cool. So I found a lump of dirt to stand on and waited for the iron horse to roll by. When it did, it was flyin' & let loose of the air horn as it passed by me, only 20 feet away!!!
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| Looking SE down the line |
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| Full steam ahead! |
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| On its way through Gilbert, then on to Phoenix for the weekend |
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