ex-VIA FP9 leads some original cars (with help from 2 Amtrak locos) of the Western Pacific's California Zephyr on a return to Reno for a 3 day excursion from Emeryville to Portola and Reno. We ride from Reno to Colfax and back.
Challenger #3985 leads UPRR co. train to Oregon. SP 4449 fireman describes firing an oil burning steam locomotive, and how it differs from a coal-fired engine.
Dutch Van Kirk describes the planning and execution of the B-29 A-bomb raid on Hiroshima, and the fate of the crew of the Enola Gay after the war.
Part 2 of 2.
Ross Rowland is engineer on the old Erie mainline. C&O 614, one of the last US built steam engines covers Hoboken to Port Jervis via Moodna Viaduct in 1996.