Well today's passengers are lucky, they are riding in comfortable coaches and vista domes enjoying the view, while the weather outside is cool, cloudy, and raining (at least in central Texas).
In the first photo, the Lionel #2328 Burlington GP7 from 1955-1956 pulls a short streamlined passenger train out of the yard to take the main.
A 1/2 world away (in my imagination) a double headed Southern Railway 0-4-0 tank engine leads short train of LMS coaches away from the depot and towards its destination in the UK. These 2 Hornby former clockwork engines have been refitted with Marx 4 wheel drive systems to convert them to electric power. They work remarkably well and the little 4 wheel Marx motor is reliable, easy to find, and inexpensive. By mostly total chance, it also happens to fit nearly perfectly in the Hornby tank engine shell.
Best wishes F.E.F. fans.
Don
