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Bex Hall > Art Projects > I drove a 310 but it wasn’t to Yuma

I drove a 310 but it wasn’t to Yuma

July 10, 2021

It was actually 10:30 a.m. in N. Judson, Indiana

Guest Engineer on the 310

At the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum, I fulfilled a lifelong wish to drive a train in their Guest Engineer program.

My absolute favorite part of the experience was pulling the cord to make the whistle blow. 😊

39/61 Micron pen sketch and Koi watercolors.

Guest Engineer on the 310
N. Judson, Indiana
Railroad lantern
Hoosier Valley RR Museum
Tourism poster Starke County, Indiana
Look up.
Vintage sign at the HVRM.
Hobo Sign
The 310 coming down the track.

For train enthusiasts: The No. 310 was built in 1947 and is powered by a McIntosh & Seymour 539 series engine rated at 660 horsepower. It was built for the Erie and became Erie Lackawanna No. 310 in 1960. The engine was donated by Silcott Railway and arrived at the museum in 1997. It underwent an extensive overhaul and is currently operational.

The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum is dedicated to preserving the railroad history of North Judson and seeks to keep the town’s railroad heritage alive via display and operation of vintage railroad equipment atop the history rails that bend their way around the museum. You can visit The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum for details.

Filed Under: Art Projects, Miscellany Tagged With: adventures, ICAD

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Bex Hall

Her writing has appeared in various online and print publications, most recently in Kerning, a literary magazine, and in the Stories of Hope Collection in Transplant Living. Her artwork has appeared and sold through the Grayson Gallery. She blogs here about creative life and creates in Studio BE overlooking the Ohio River. Her work in progress is a memoir about the secret life of objects.

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