Topic: I drove a BART train (Read 8812 times)

MMMMMM · « **on:** July 02, 2008, 04:10:46 »

It was so fun

DerBandit · « **Reply #1 on:** July 02, 2008, 07:10:06 »

Ok, what is a BART Train?

MMMMMM · « **Reply #2 on:** July 02, 2008, 09:46:57 »

well its a train thats very much like a subway exept it dosnt look like a subway and its in california in the bay area and it like a commuter train brt stands for (Bay Area Rapid Transit)

Nathanael · « **Reply #3 on:** July 02, 2008, 10:48:55 »

How on earth were you allowed to do that?! Do you drive trains for a living?

DerBandit · « **Reply #4 on:** July 02, 2008, 11:43:22 »

Well maybe he drove it in on of the many back seats

Minime · « **Reply #5 on:** July 02, 2008, 13:37:33 »

were you piloting the train or did you just sit in it?

MMMMMM · « **Reply #6 on:** July 02, 2008, 14:32:39 »

NoNoNo i dont drive trains for living i asked the enginer and he let me in! For living i work on the carnival victory as the helmsman

Nathanael · « **Reply #7 on:** July 02, 2008, 14:55:29 »

So you just watched someone else driving the train. Cool. In Ireland you're not aloud to do that anymore.

pauljanaway1 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 02, 2008, 15:17:48 »

i dont think your alowed to do that in most countrys. go to the dlr in london and there is nobody driving

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #9 on:** July 02, 2008, 16:48:55 »

Quote from: pauljanaway1 on July 02, 2008, 15:17:48

i dont think your alowed to do that in most countrys. go to the dlr in london and there is nobody driving

haha i don't know why, but sounds funny to me

pauljanaway1 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 02, 2008, 17:05:35 »

traveling on the dlr is both rocky and just a little scerry as 50mph with no one driving the train dose somthing to you

trains · « **Reply #11 on:** July 02, 2008, 17:30:31 »

I thought you meant you drove a train like I did.

Minime · « **Reply #12 on:** July 02, 2008, 18:25:14 »

Quote from: trains on July 02, 2008, 17:30:31

I thought you meant you drove a train like I did.

How could you drive a train?

pauljanaway1 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 02, 2008, 18:58:31 »

it could be a open day or one of them days out things you can buy

llamalord · « **Reply #14 on:** July 02, 2008, 22:52:45 »

I've really piloted a train before,

I did the whole thing, the real engineer didn't need to do any thing!

It had about 75 passengers on a scenic railroad tour in lower Connecticut valley, It was one of the trains on the Old Colony Newport Line, The loco was an original GE-45 from the early 1900's.

I had so much fun in the cab I didn't sit in my real seat in one of the cars for more than a second.

MMMMMM · « **Reply #15 on:** July 02, 2008, 22:55:08 »

realy cool

Minime · « **Reply #16 on:** July 02, 2008, 23:09:48 »

Hehe sounds fun

MMMMMM · « **Reply #17 on:** July 02, 2008, 23:12:29 »

BART has an electric third rail and it goes fast like 98 miles per hour and it goes under the bay bridge in a tunnel that goes under the water

llamalord · « **Reply #18 on:** July 02, 2008, 23:13:20 »

I was more than fun!!!

MMMMMM · « **Reply #19 on:** July 03, 2008, 03:35:34 »

Thats not the only train i drove i drove 2 others

1.Amtrak California

2.Genesis

trains · « **Reply #20 on:** July 03, 2008, 06:59:30 »

Quote from: Minime on July 02, 2008, 18:25:14

How could you drive a train?

uncle knows someone who works at a railyard and we set up a day I could drive one of CSX's biggest locomotives, the huge ACC4400. I drove a few hundred yards.

IRI5HJ4CK · « **Reply #21 on:** July 03, 2008, 07:48:50 »

Quote from: trains on July 03, 2008, 06:59:30

uncle knows someone who works at a railyard and we set up a day I could drive one of CSX's biggest locomotives, the huge ACC4400. I drove a few hundred yards.

Very nice, i love the old steam trains like the one below, there again i suppose i'm a very traditional person, thats why. I mean i'm Irish, i play the accordion, i love ships (captain pugwash music comes on) and i like anything to do with steam power and mechanisms. I suppose i've been brought up in that environment, so thats why. Anyway, here's that picture:

CaptainMike1 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 03, 2008, 10:22:23 »

This is the one I was on last Friday, more like Jack's sort of train I think!!

Minime · « **Reply #23 on:** July 03, 2008, 14:03:54 »

Those old steamers are much more beutyful, but I would prefer to be on a new one

llamalord · « **Reply #24 on:** July 03, 2008, 14:10:30 »

Every year I go to ride this beautiful "American Baldwin consolidation 2-8-2 steam locomotive"

Next year I get to drive it! It's all been set up.

Can you tell I'm really happy.

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