Happy SWSat!
Great stuff so far everyone.
Melgar- I'd run it. Service it, check for any frayed wiring, put it on the track and hit the throttle. These old beauties were built to run. Just look at how many survive and are still going strong. But it's your railroad so your rules.
This week I thought I'd go a little sideways. I was channel surfing last night watching 5 shows at once (drives my wife nuts), and stumbled across an episode of "Mysteries of the Abandoned". They were featuring an old logging operation up in northern Maine. The Eagle Lake Tramway was build in 1902 to move logs between two lakes, against the flow of the rivers. Very cool idea and amazing engineering for its day. The tram was steam powered and ran on a 6000' cable between the lakes. There are also a couple of abandoned steam loco's in the area too.
Here's a neat video of the history of the tram.
Any my 623 contribution for this week.
Have a great weekend.
Bob
