Tareq, and Brett made excellent time on their journey to Santa Fe. They had to stop at Flagstaff to drop off a few freight cars.
Tareq: Wanna call the conductor for me?
Brett: Sure. *Picks up the receiver* We're approaching Flagstaff. Tareq's gonna apply the brakes so we can make our first stop, and drop off those boxcars.
Conductor: I copy.
Tareq: *Struggling with the brakes*
Brett: Is something wrong?
Tareq: The brakes aren't responding!
Brett: *Talks to the conductor* We got a problem! Tareq can't apply the brakes!
Conductor: Dammit! The yardmaster said it was working fine!
Tareq: *Looking at the speedometer* We're going too fast.
Brett: Don't tell me we're going to derail!
Tareq: *Looks at the signal* It's yellow, but once we finish going down this hill, we'll be going up another one.
Conductor: Tareq, I've applied the handbrakes on the caboose! Once we start going uphill, I'll jump out and apply the hoof brakes on the freight cars.
Tareq: Okay. I'll have Brett do the same thing with the locomotives.
Brett: *Nods, and heads out on the walkway*
With a .3 percent grade, Brett and the conductor had to run quickly to apply as many hoof brakes as they could.
Conductor: *Moving the brake on a boxcar*
Brett: *Applying the hoof brakes on the RSD-15*
Tareq: *Watching the speed decrease*
As the train slowed down to 3 miles an hour, Brett and the conductor got enough brakes to make the train come to a complete stop.
Conductor: *Looks back at his caboose* We're not rolling backwards. We're okay! *Laughs while dancing on top of a hopper*
Brett: *Runs back to Tareq* We're okay, let's get a maintenance crew out here.
Song: link
Saten Twist is the narrator
Narrator: Brett was very lucky to avoid derailing his freight. Although the accident was not his fault, he was placed back on the Super Chief with me. Despite the decrease of passengers on Equestrian Railroads, The Super Chief got off lucky. It was one of very few passenger trains that made a sufficient profit, not just on the Santa Fe, but throughout the entire country, along with Pennsylneighnia's Broadway Limited. Due to the drastic lack of passengers, Congress decided to create a new railroad called Amtrak, which would improve passenger service. This all began on May 1, 1971. Most railroads were relieved to sell their passenger equipment, and regain lost profits, but the Santa Fe made things more complicated than they should've been.
Manager: *Looking at Amtrak* Here's how this is gonna work. You're going to lease our engines, and you can only use our passenger cars. You cannot use equipment from other railroads to run the Super Chief, no matter how better it is compared to ours. Right. What do you have to say?
Amtrak: Nothing. *Walks out of the office*
Narrator: A few of our employees left to work on Amtrak, including Brett. I stayed, and started driving freight trains with Tareq. Amtrak was not happy with the unreliable equipment they were forced to use. Within a couple of years, they bought new engines to replace the weary F-units, but by 1974, another conflict arrived.
Amtrak: *Walks into the office* What do you want?
Manager: Your level of service is dropping.
Amtrak: Well, maybe if you gave our trains the right of way instead of making them wait in a siding for half an hour, we could stay with the schedule.
Manager: That's no excuse. Your train can't be called the Super Chief anymore.
Amtrak: Whatever. That's a dumb name anyway. *Walks out of the office*
Manager: *Throws a glass at the wall*
Amtrak: *Stops, and turns around*
Manager: We're not playing games pal!
Amtrak: You should know that making a passenger train wait for a freight is against Federal Law!
Manager: GET OUT!
Narrator: Despite the numerous fines given to Santa Fe by the government, our railroad kept making more and more money. We got even more financial success from operating the Joint Line with the Burlington Northern, and the Rio Grande. Jared was with the BN, since the Northern Pacific merged with the Great Northern, The Burlington Route, and the Spokane Portland & Seattle to create BN. We had to put up with Hayden more often since he continued work on the Rio Grande, but he was fired in 1975 for exceeding the speed limit too often with his trains. Back to the Super Chief. Amtrak renamed it The Southwest Limited since Santa Fe wouldn't let them call it the Super Chief.
1980
Saten: *Sees Brett at the station in La Junta* Hey buddy.
Brett: Hi Saten.
Saten: We got a new manager. I think things will go more smoothly for your railroad now that we have someone who actually knows who gets the right of way.
Brett: *Hoofbumps Saten* Awesome. Catch ya later.
Narrator: Our new manager gave Amtrak trains the right of way, and with newer diesels, and newer passenger cars, the service got much better.
1984
New Manager: *Sees Amtrak walk into his office* How ya doing buddy?
Amtrak: *Sits down at the desk* Fine.
New Manager: Would you like anything to drink?
Amtrak: No thanks.
New Manager: We see you have new equipment.
Amtrak: Yes sir.
New Manager: It looks nice. Your passengers seem pleased with it.
Amtrak: Thanks.
New Manager: You can call the Southwest Limited the Super Chief again if you'd like.
Amtrak: Hmm. How about the Southwest Chief?
New Manager: Even better. Keep up the good work out there.
Amtrak: Will do. *Walks out of the office*
Narrator: Eleven years later, the Santa Fe and Burlington Northern merged to created Burlington Northern Santa Fe, or BNSF for short. Jared passed away two days after the merger, while I stayed for another year before retiring in December of 1996.
The song fades away as an old Saten Twist walks onto his back patio, and looks at a sunset.
Narrator: As I watch the sunset behind my house in La Junta, I keep thinking about all I went through. From a nerdy pony who wanted to run a railroad that only used steam engines, to having our passenger trains taken over by Amtrak, I would do anything to go back in time, and start all over again.
Song (Start at 1:35): link
The sunset fades to black as the end credits begin
Cast
Saten Twist from Canada24
Greg from SeanTheHedgehog
Tareq from SeanTheHedgehog
Jake from SeanTheHedgehog
Shining Armor as Hayden
STH's Louis Dega as Jared
Amtrak from SeanTheHedgehog
Soundtrack
Brian Bennett - Megapower
Dion & The Belmonts - I Wonder Why
Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away
Kokomo - Asia Minor
Elvis Presley - G. I. Blues
Elvis Presley - Return To Sender
The Silhouettes - Get A Job
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
The End
SeanTheHedgehog & Canada24. Copyright, 2019
Tareq: Wanna call the conductor for me?
Brett: Sure. *Picks up the receiver* We're approaching Flagstaff. Tareq's gonna apply the brakes so we can make our first stop, and drop off those boxcars.
Conductor: I copy.
Tareq: *Struggling with the brakes*
Brett: Is something wrong?
Tareq: The brakes aren't responding!
Brett: *Talks to the conductor* We got a problem! Tareq can't apply the brakes!
Conductor: Dammit! The yardmaster said it was working fine!
Tareq: *Looking at the speedometer* We're going too fast.
Brett: Don't tell me we're going to derail!
Tareq: *Looks at the signal* It's yellow, but once we finish going down this hill, we'll be going up another one.
Conductor: Tareq, I've applied the handbrakes on the caboose! Once we start going uphill, I'll jump out and apply the hoof brakes on the freight cars.
Tareq: Okay. I'll have Brett do the same thing with the locomotives.
Brett: *Nods, and heads out on the walkway*
With a .3 percent grade, Brett and the conductor had to run quickly to apply as many hoof brakes as they could.
Conductor: *Moving the brake on a boxcar*
Brett: *Applying the hoof brakes on the RSD-15*
Tareq: *Watching the speed decrease*
As the train slowed down to 3 miles an hour, Brett and the conductor got enough brakes to make the train come to a complete stop.
Conductor: *Looks back at his caboose* We're not rolling backwards. We're okay! *Laughs while dancing on top of a hopper*
Brett: *Runs back to Tareq* We're okay, let's get a maintenance crew out here.
Song: link
Saten Twist is the narrator
Narrator: Brett was very lucky to avoid derailing his freight. Although the accident was not his fault, he was placed back on the Super Chief with me. Despite the decrease of passengers on Equestrian Railroads, The Super Chief got off lucky. It was one of very few passenger trains that made a sufficient profit, not just on the Santa Fe, but throughout the entire country, along with Pennsylneighnia's Broadway Limited. Due to the drastic lack of passengers, Congress decided to create a new railroad called Amtrak, which would improve passenger service. This all began on May 1, 1971. Most railroads were relieved to sell their passenger equipment, and regain lost profits, but the Santa Fe made things more complicated than they should've been.
Manager: *Looking at Amtrak* Here's how this is gonna work. You're going to lease our engines, and you can only use our passenger cars. You cannot use equipment from other railroads to run the Super Chief, no matter how better it is compared to ours. Right. What do you have to say?
Amtrak: Nothing. *Walks out of the office*
Narrator: A few of our employees left to work on Amtrak, including Brett. I stayed, and started driving freight trains with Tareq. Amtrak was not happy with the unreliable equipment they were forced to use. Within a couple of years, they bought new engines to replace the weary F-units, but by 1974, another conflict arrived.
Amtrak: *Walks into the office* What do you want?
Manager: Your level of service is dropping.
Amtrak: Well, maybe if you gave our trains the right of way instead of making them wait in a siding for half an hour, we could stay with the schedule.
Manager: That's no excuse. Your train can't be called the Super Chief anymore.
Amtrak: Whatever. That's a dumb name anyway. *Walks out of the office*
Manager: *Throws a glass at the wall*
Amtrak: *Stops, and turns around*
Manager: We're not playing games pal!
Amtrak: You should know that making a passenger train wait for a freight is against Federal Law!
Manager: GET OUT!
Narrator: Despite the numerous fines given to Santa Fe by the government, our railroad kept making more and more money. We got even more financial success from operating the Joint Line with the Burlington Northern, and the Rio Grande. Jared was with the BN, since the Northern Pacific merged with the Great Northern, The Burlington Route, and the Spokane Portland & Seattle to create BN. We had to put up with Hayden more often since he continued work on the Rio Grande, but he was fired in 1975 for exceeding the speed limit too often with his trains. Back to the Super Chief. Amtrak renamed it The Southwest Limited since Santa Fe wouldn't let them call it the Super Chief.
1980
Saten: *Sees Brett at the station in La Junta* Hey buddy.
Brett: Hi Saten.
Saten: We got a new manager. I think things will go more smoothly for your railroad now that we have someone who actually knows who gets the right of way.
Brett: *Hoofbumps Saten* Awesome. Catch ya later.
Narrator: Our new manager gave Amtrak trains the right of way, and with newer diesels, and newer passenger cars, the service got much better.
1984
New Manager: *Sees Amtrak walk into his office* How ya doing buddy?
Amtrak: *Sits down at the desk* Fine.
New Manager: Would you like anything to drink?
Amtrak: No thanks.
New Manager: We see you have new equipment.
Amtrak: Yes sir.
New Manager: It looks nice. Your passengers seem pleased with it.
Amtrak: Thanks.
New Manager: You can call the Southwest Limited the Super Chief again if you'd like.
Amtrak: Hmm. How about the Southwest Chief?
New Manager: Even better. Keep up the good work out there.
Amtrak: Will do. *Walks out of the office*
Narrator: Eleven years later, the Santa Fe and Burlington Northern merged to created Burlington Northern Santa Fe, or BNSF for short. Jared passed away two days after the merger, while I stayed for another year before retiring in December of 1996.
The song fades away as an old Saten Twist walks onto his back patio, and looks at a sunset.
Narrator: As I watch the sunset behind my house in La Junta, I keep thinking about all I went through. From a nerdy pony who wanted to run a railroad that only used steam engines, to having our passenger trains taken over by Amtrak, I would do anything to go back in time, and start all over again.
Song (Start at 1:35): link
The sunset fades to black as the end credits begin
Cast
Saten Twist from Canada24
Greg from SeanTheHedgehog
Tareq from SeanTheHedgehog
Jake from SeanTheHedgehog
Shining Armor as Hayden
STH's Louis Dega as Jared
Amtrak from SeanTheHedgehog
Soundtrack
Brian Bennett - Megapower
Dion & The Belmonts - I Wonder Why
Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away
Kokomo - Asia Minor
Elvis Presley - G. I. Blues
Elvis Presley - Return To Sender
The Silhouettes - Get A Job
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
The End
SeanTheHedgehog & Canada24. Copyright, 2019
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