Man Vs. Machine

Saturday the family and I took a train ride, with 4960 and the old green Pullman passenger cars! It was an awesome day! A big event, where 250 bicyclists raced from Tusayan, back to Williams. against 4960. The whole man vs. machine concept! What an event! 4960 pulled four passenger cars and a cafe car, diesel free. There was even a helicopter tracking and filming the train and then filming the bicyclists riding. It was a historic ride to the canyon! We had a photo op along the way to the canyon, where we were able to get off the train, and take pictures of the steam engine chugging away, and without any people blocking the view. When we arrived at the canyon, we had about an hour to say hello, then back on the train! The man vs machine race started at 1:00, and it was just so exciting! Some of the bicyclists finally got caught up around Red Lake, off of hwy 64, and that's where I took their pictures. It was a beautiful day, with a great steam engine taking us along. Oh by the way...in case the suspense was killing you...the machine won! Team Steam!