THE WAR OF 1812 COMES ALIVE / PLUS THE OLD IRON HORSE LIVES
       AND LAST A REAL VIEW OF A OLD WEST GHOST TOWN.

WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF WARS OVER THE YEARS  AND ONE WE WILL NEVER FORGET WAS THE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. THE WAR WAS BETWEEN THE NORTH STATES AND THE SOUTH STATES AND THE NORTH WON. HERE I TAKE YOU ON A TOUR OF A REENACTMENT OF ONE OF THE WARS.

FOLLOWING THE 1812 PHOTOS COME THE INTERESTING PICTURES OF THE OLD IRON HORSE TRAIN ENGINE #765 WHICH RAN THE RAILS
WITH IT'S BROTHERS IN THE EARLY 1900'S THRU THE 1950'S.  AT ONE TIME THERE WERE AS MANY AS 500 RUNNING ACROSS THE USA.
TODAY THIS IS ONE OF THE LASTAND WAS COMPLETELY REBUILT FROM FRONT TO BACK.

                                       THE OLD IRON HORSE LIVES ON.

IN THE DAYS OF STEAM ENGINE TRAINS, THERE WAS THE OLD IRON HOURSE MODEL.  IN THIS CASE, THE OLD MODEL 765
WAS TAKEN COMPLETELY APART AND REBUILT INTO A NEW IRON HORSE AND NOW  TAKES PEOPLE ON TOUR  RIDES  WITH IT'S OLD PASSENGER CARS. THIS IS THE LAST OF HISTORY BEFORE DIESEL ENGINES CAME INTO BEING.
BESIDES THE 765 WHICH RAN LONG TRIPS , THERE IS THE 1630 ENGINE WHICH RAN ON CHICAGO TRACKS AND WAS JUST
PUT THRU A COMPLETE REBUILDING AND IS ON SHOW AND RUNNING AGAIN AT THE IL.RAILROAD MUSEUM
HERE YOU WILL SEE ENGINE 765 AND VIDEO AND PHOTOS OF ENGINE 1630 AS THEY ARE TODAY.

                                      GHOST TOWNS ARE STILL ALIVE