A Blast From The Past, Part 4

Here's one more blast from the past, an oldie but goodie that I think will surprise a lot of people.  Having come out in 1998, it too still has its original Protosound system that I will convert to PS2 in the new year and it also has never been in one of my videos.  The locomotives are an A-B-A set of EMD E8's, which were designed for use with fast passenger trains, and it's hauling a set of matching streamlined passenger cars.  This is a model of the Orange Blossom Special which the Seaboard ran from NYC to Miami.  The Pennsy handled the train from NYC to Washington, where it was taken over by the RF&P to Richmond, where it was handed over to the Seaboard for the stretch from Richmond to Miami via Raleigh, Columbia, Savannah, and Jacksonville.  This deluxe train started out in 1925 and was so striking that a song of the same name was written about it.  It last ran in 1953.  In this True HD 1080p video, the seventy-fifth HD video that I've posted, you can see the model E8's hauling the Orange Blossom Special around the track.  I think you will find the colors to be quite striking; imagine standing trackside when this beauty thundered past!  With PS1, you can either run just the leading A-unit or all of them together; when I convert them to PS2, the A-units will be independent locomotives.

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