Hocking Valley Scenic Railway - Robbery!
As promised here's a report on the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway's "Great Train Robbery Special". Brother Rob & his wife Deb came down from Newark to ride with us. Rob is a major train maniac (in a good way) and is also treasurer of the Ohio Railway Museum in Columbus. And Deb has the cutest train case, even though she was born after "train cases" were the "thing". If you don't know what I'm talking about, you are way too young.
Anyway, the robbery worked out very well for the robbers. We left Nelsonville at 6 p.m., and picked up some passengers who were dressed suspiciously along the way. At the turn-around in Logan, the robbers overpowered the train people (who were armed), then took all of our money (which the HVSR people had conveniently given us). After much clever banter, and picture taking, the train slowed to a stop so the bandits could get off and escape on their beautiful horses.
This was a first time robbery special for HVSR and they pulled it off pretty well. The only downer was the sound system. We had a great singer aboard, but the sound system reduced it to something similar to fingernails across a chalkboard. Fix that, and I'd ride again. I wish we could still hop a train to ride to Columbus, or elsewhere. There's nothing like the rocking of a train.
Here's a picture from the train before we left on our adventure:
Anyway, the robbery worked out very well for the robbers. We left Nelsonville at 6 p.m., and picked up some passengers who were dressed suspiciously along the way. At the turn-around in Logan, the robbers overpowered the train people (who were armed), then took all of our money (which the HVSR people had conveniently given us). After much clever banter, and picture taking, the train slowed to a stop so the bandits could get off and escape on their beautiful horses.
This was a first time robbery special for HVSR and they pulled it off pretty well. The only downer was the sound system. We had a great singer aboard, but the sound system reduced it to something similar to fingernails across a chalkboard. Fix that, and I'd ride again. I wish we could still hop a train to ride to Columbus, or elsewhere. There's nothing like the rocking of a train.
Here's a picture from the train before we left on our adventure:
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2 Comments:
I was one of the robbers and if I get another chance I want to rob that train again. The picture is not the clearest but I am pretty sure that I am the robber on the black horse on the right side of the picture. Gang boss, Steve, is the one nearest the camera. Dances one horse
I was also one of the robbers. We had alot of fun. The robbery didn't go down as planned due to all the rain during the day, but glad you had a good time. Hopefully this year will go better! See you all June 17 and September 23. Same time, same location! My horse and I are the one on the far left of the picture.
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