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Commemorating today's wonderful news wrt the East Broad Top!

Early AM #15 getting up steam, c. 1984. Dad posing:

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Ready to whistle-off on that beautiful Summer day:

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Aboard the Orbisonia that day:

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#15 Summer 2010:

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And the Orbisonia that day:

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So looking forward to seeing a polish on these rails again:

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Two pictures of the same engine at two different times. First picture, Southern 604 (Buffalo Creek & Gauley #4) under steam in the early 90's at NC Transportation Museum in Spencer. The second, still at Spencer in December 2008, is the chassis and running gear. The engine was taken apart for a major over haul and was not put back together. It was sold to Durbin & Greenbrier Valley RR in 2015. I can't find anymore information on it's current condition.

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Tom Morris posted:

Two pictures of the same engine at two different times. First picture, Southern 604 (Buffalo Creek & Gauley #4) under steam in the early 90's at NC Transportation Museum in Spencer. The second, still at Spencer in December 2008, is the chassis and running gear. The engine was taken apart for a major over haul and was not put back together. It was sold to Durbin & Greenbrier Valley RR in 2015. I can't find anymore information on it's current condition.

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From what I just searched it looks like it is still in the plans to be restored by the D&GVRR. I had thought I found it elsewhere, but that was the trade off that was renumbered 604 which is on static display at NC, I think they call it 542 in the search(even though it's renumbered 604?) if I read all that right.

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NKP 765 cresting Carson Hill in Ashtabula, Ohio.

This is at milepost 4 on the NS Youngstown Line that runs between Youngstown and Ashtabula, Ohio. Throttle wide open, reverse down in the corner, pop lifted, fireman crowding the fire a bit to make sure that pop stays lifted, and going about 9 mph.

It was quite a battle!

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Last edited by Rich Melvin

Been a while since I last contributed to this thread, happy to see it back. Here is some of my more recent work, in no particular order. Ones that I think could use more explaining have an extra caption under the title.

"Five Cars Through the Field"

"The Bridge With No Name"

"Steam Returns to the Hocking Valley"

"Living History"

"Running Through the Grass"

"Little Engine, Big Bridge"

"How Tomorrow Moves"

"Ain't She Purdy?"

"Not All Is Lost"

For non-steam people, yes this is a real train. This is the vertical stoker housing for Reading 2100 after the steam distribution manifold was removed so repairs could be done by a contractor.

"On The Route of the Virginia Creeper"

This is the former Norfolk & Western's Abingdon Branch, now transformed into a recreational trail that is a popular destination for bikers. Here at Green Cove, a certain photographer made a photo like this one back in 1956, featuring M Class no. 382 rolling into town. The original station still exists, and is the only original on the entire 35-mile journey.

"Good Riddance"

This is industrial-grade reflective tape that once clung to the running board skirting of Reading 2100. This was taken back in March, as we were just beginning the process of removing this stubborn material so the engine can be returned to her as-built appearance. Currently, all of the tape is removed and volunteers are still working on removing the stubborn glue residue left behind.

"Out With the Old"

Should have more to share in a couple weeks hopefully!

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hokie71 - if you would like to know the history of the evolution of railway mail service and what it was like to work in the cars you might want to get a copy of James White's book - A Life Span and Reminiscences of R.M.S (Railway Mail Service)  - he started working as a sorter on a mail car in 1866 (RMS started in 1864) and by the time he retired in 1907 he was the head of RMS.

rplstg8 - here's the same view at twilight - unfortunately those wonderful position lights are history...and they weren't even replaced with Darth Vaders...

Nice shot.  End of an era those signals.  Would have been a nice tip of the hat to history to leave them up across the original PRR mainline.  

But I guess in the end the history is that the standard railroad of the world merged with it's arch-rival and then went bankrupt.

*sigh*

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