Yesterday I posted a photo from the Henry Ford museum and talked about how determined Ford's people could be when looking for an artifact. That reminded me of the story of a locomotive. The story, as told today, is that Henry really really wanted a particular type of locomotive, known as a "Mason". For some reason, his men just couldn't come up with one .... so they manufactured "one"! {out of pieces from several old locomotives}. The story I've heard is that eventually museum curators realized what had happened, and eventually this franken-locomotive was moved out to the village, where it has faithfully pulled trains for many many years now - so I guess the guys at River Rouge knew what they were doing when they put this thing together. I believe it was still in its "Mason" attire when I first saw it over forty years ago; over the years, the people at the village have changed their interpretation of what this locomotive should look like. Here are photos from 1975, 1999, 2013, and 2016, respectively.

[PancakeFlipper]

Another nice story, thanks for sharing. Cool looking train. I'm hoping to take a 5 hour train ride through the white mountains of NH during fall foliage. I'll have to get a picture of the engine .

[reh321]

Another nice story, thanks for sharing. Cool looking train. I'm hoping to take a 5 hour train ride through the white mountains of NH during fall foliage. I'll have to get a picture of the engine .

Thank you for your comments.

Are you talking about the train that runs out of North Conway?
We rode it several years ago - they were using vintage diesel power.

[PancakeFlipper]

Thank you for your comments.

Are you talking about the train that runs out of North Conway?
We rode it several years ago - they were using vintage diesel power.

Yes. There are a few. I want to do this one. I’m going to try and get an upper dome seat. I know photographing the scenery through the windows aren’t the best, but I’ll enjoy it anyways.
Notch Train Dining Packages | Conway Scenic Railroad
And one day the train that goes up Mount Washington. That’s a steep one.

[reh321]

Yes. There are a few. I want to do this one. I’m going to try and get an upper dome seat. I know photographing the scenery through the windows aren’t the best, but I’ll enjoy it anyways.
Notch Train Dining Packages | Conway Scenic Railroad
And one day the train that goes up Mount Washington. That’s a steep one.

Someday I'll try to find and post photos taken from a dome car. I've ridden in one twice - not perfect images, but no obvious distortion, so only loss is slight reduction in sharpness.

added: last month I posted some photos I took while riding Amtrak
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/12-post-your-photos/371129-travel-raton-pass.html
Photos taken from a dome should be roughly comparable in quality.