Steam trains in Europe | Giants of the Rails

[Bob Riebe]

An interesting video if you have any interest in trains/
I run it at 1.75-2 x as it shortens it by approx.1/2 hour, and makes it look more like trains at high speed, rather than just getting going out of a station.
In mid film where the  Special Steam Trains section starts , the very first train has two of what were the only dome-cars ever used by Euro trains on TEE, Trans-European Express.
They have been sold to private individuals.

[oldandslow]

I am old enough to remember steam trains. There was one that followed US 87 which was 7 miles west of our farm. it wasn't quite in the class of those shown in the video though. On a damp day you could hear the whistle blow for the crossing due west of where I lived. It was replaced by a diesel before I got into high school but you could hear the horn just like the whistle. Unlike steam trains, diesels have no soul.

I road the Toltec-Cumbres train once. It made me appreciate why cars and busses were invented.