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Title: Re: Weekend Survey #3 Steam Trains Post by: Magoon on July 23, 2007, 04:54:24 PM Ever ridden?
- Oh, yeah. Location of last ride? - Keystone Branch, between East Ely and Ruth, Nevada (see next question) Date of last ride? - July 3, 2007, as a fireman on Nevada Northern 4-6-0 #40. Chase for photos? - Not so much anymore -- too busy riding/working. Favorite all-time steam engine? -Dang! This ain't easy! Could be anything from Westside & Cherry Valley Shay #7 (now at Roaring Camp) which I fired one sumer long ago; maybe it's SP 0-6-0 #1233 in Woodland, CA, which I helped restore to running condition and ran for a couple of years; and, gee -- the cab rides in the CP #2860 and SP #4449 were pretty nice; of course, there's Nevada Northern #40 and #93; aw, heck -- I'll go for broke and say the SP Cab Forward! Title: Re: Weekend Survey #3 Steam Trains Post by: ebtnut on July 25, 2007, 04:06:54 PM Have ridden in many loco cabs. Run a few, too. Location of last ride-Williams Grove, PA, last Saturday. Got to engineer for an hour on their ex-PRR 0-6-0. Chase for photos: Yeah, if there was something worth chasing. Got pretty barren around here when NS terminated their steam program. Favorite engine--Ma & Pa No. 6. Favorite engine still in existence--probably N&W No. 1218. If you ever saw her run, you'd know. Favorite group of engines--the EBT's stable of narrow gauge Mikes.
Title: Re: Weekend Survey #3 Steam Trains Post by: Matt Bumgarner on July 25, 2007, 04:18:54 PM -Ridden too many times to count
-Last steam ride- Behind WP&Y #190, or ET&WNC #12 at Tweetsie RR, or Rachel thru the Doe River Gorge. -Favorite all-time loco- Tough question- Tie- existing engines ET&WNC #12, SR #4501. Scrapped would be Carolina & North-Western #150 or #167. |