@Jeff B. Haertlein posted:...We got out into the middle of no where and were stranded, as the engine was cut off and ran light to I think Valpo...we had to wait for a diesel freight train to come and get us and haul us back to the Dearborn Station. The trip made headlines...
Yes, it made headlines, all right. For all the wrong reasons. It was badly planned, stupid antics like this that almost killed the independent steam excursion industry.
You have no idea how much a fiasco like this screws up the regular freight operations on the railroad.
