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The Looks of a Big Northern Steam Locomotive like a N&W J611 bring back all kinds of Memories when my father took me as a small kid to the Suburban B&O Train Station in Winton Place, Cincinnati, Ohio.  Some times we would get out of the car and walk across to the north bound track and wait for a NYC or B&O steam freight to pass by.  I use to grab onto my fathers leg and hide because those steam locos vibrated the earth beneath my feet.  Several times, I experienced the N&W J's stopping at the station to pick up passengers.  The station was located between Clifton Avenue and 700 feet to the North was Mitchell Avenue.  When that "J" started moving his passenger train, it was traveling around 40 to 45 miles per hour in just 700 feet when it crossed over Mitchell Avenue.  It would give me goose bumps from the whistle and the sound of that engine.  One unique thing in my owning several J Locomotives by MTH was that MTH took a chance on introducing an Unshrouded J Locomotive and I only bought one of them.  It was not a great seller and the price dropped rather quickly to $600 dollars from $900 dollars.  I wish I had bought several of them as you never see them advertised today.     Sincerely yours   railbear601 

 

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