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Let's Build a Steem Locomotive by williegoat
Started on: 08-24-2014 03:32 PM
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Report this Post08-24-2014 03:32 PM Click Here to See the Profile for williegoatClick Here to visit williegoat's HomePageSend a Private Message to williegoatEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
I saw this posted on another forum, and I thought some of you might enjoy it.
"No. 6207: a study in steel"



(edit: I just noticed, I misspelled the title)
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Report this Post08-24-2014 08:15 PM Click Here to See the Profile for MadMarkSend a Private Message to MadMarkEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
Very nice. I can't imagine the din and smoke and heat that would accompany the work they did in those shops. But, they did great work building great machines that carried people and freight over vast miles. Those trains helped to build this nation and we as a nation were connected as never before. The majesty of these trains lives on in countless little towns and villages across our nation where they are preserved and honored as timeless relics from the past.

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Wow!
Thanks for sharing!
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Report this Post08-24-2014 08:31 PM Click Here to See the Profile for IMSA GTSend a Private Message to IMSA GTEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
I absolutely love the old steam trains. Here in California we have Roaring Camp which restores the trains and then takes you on a 1/2 hour to 1 hour ride through the Santa Cruz mountains to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. Its like going back in time with the smell of the coal and sound of the whistles.


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Thanks for sharing, that was amazing to watch
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Report this Post08-24-2014 10:32 PM Click Here to See the Profile for BoondawgSend a Private Message to BoondawgEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
Watched it a couple of times now!
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I took the Bear Mountain/redwoods excursion at Roaring Camp about a decade ago. I'm glad to see they're still running. The V-twin, shaft drive Heisler is my favorite of the old narrow-gauge engines.

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Report this Post08-25-2014 12:00 AM Click Here to See the Profile for litespdSend a Private Message to litespdEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
Thanks for posting the video...I've seen it before, somewhere, but enjoyed seeing it again. I have a soft spot in my heart for steam locomotives...I used to belong to a local chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, and we owned an ex-Army 2-8-0, #1702. I learned to fire that engine, and later I became an engineer on it. It was sold to a tourist line in North Carolina, and after sitting in pieces down there for many years, it's finally undergoing restoration to return it to steam. Here is a picture of it when we had it.

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Super Cool, thanks
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Report this Post08-25-2014 02:08 AM Click Here to See the Profile for Marvin McInnisClick Here to visit Marvin McInnis's HomePageSend a Private Message to Marvin McInnisEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
The main Union Pacific north/south line through Kansas City runs down the valley about 1/2 mile below our house. They occasionally run steam locomotives from their museum/roundhouse in Cheyenne, WY down the line.

U.P. engine 3985, one of the huge, articulated Challenger locomotives (2001):


U.P. engine 844 (2006):

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Originally posted by IMSA GT:

I absolutely love the old steam trains. Here in California we have Roaring Camp which restores the trains and then takes you on a 1/2 hour to 1 hour ride through the Santa Cruz mountains to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. Its like going back in time with the smell of the coal and sound of the whistles.



Been on it at the West Fest a few years back. GREAT time

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