ken290 wrote: Ken, Boy, I sure hope you feel better now that you've vented! ;-) Seriously, your points are well taken and we all should (and I think are) grateful to the Tweetsie folks for all they

Jerry, I'm afraid that from a marketing point of view, the folks at Tweetsie are right. They have defined their park to seek repeat business from families with kids from five to twelve years old.

Jerry, I think you missed Marketing 101 somewhere along the way. The paint job IS really important to JQPublic. Especially if you are 9 or 10 and it is your birthday trip. A steam engine all decked

Rick Blanchard wrote: Who said anything about a black engine? #12 was painted in the ET & WNC's beautiful green and gold with plenty of brass (even a bit of red). -- Jerry A. Shepardson The

Well, it seems that a great deal of mental effort is going on out there, especially from people who have not seen the engine. As has been said, No. 12 is in the same paint job that she has had

Any idea when we can start doing this. Really looking forward to it. Steve Schulman

Hey, watch it...now you gone to meddlin'... It'll take an awful lot of flaming to get me to change the color of the cover of John's book :^) And I hope you like green, 'cause that's what yer

To: EBT-LIST@... Thought some of you not on the EBT list might br interested in this for a change of pace: I would like to see Comments about this from list members! FROM;

One can appreciate the money spent on restoring number 12 and still lament the circus atmosphere in which she now resides. I for one appreciate the wonderful history of this little railroad and the

Soon, Chris is working on the layout now. The photos are all scanned, the text is finished, the maps are done. Should be ready for the printer in a couple of months or so. Will definately be on

Hi everyone, I was flipping through the new July issue of Trains magazine when I came across a letter to the editor on page 10. The letter is from Ralph Beaumont of Paris, Ont. and highlights his

Malcolm Marion wrote: This came up on the White Pass list a month or two ago. There is no evidence that #10 and/or #14 were scrapped or dumped in Skagway or Whitehorse. Reliable reports are that

Hi all, I've pulled 15 extra copies from my Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette collection and the following issues are for sale as a **GROUP**, not singly. The best offer received by 5/31 gets the

To add more "I wonder:" to the Malcolm's thoughts...........Fran Coffey has told me several times that he in fact stood atop of the 10 in the river. (when he went up there to pick out the 190) By

White pass had only one inside frame 4-6-0. Here is a photo of it: http://narrowmind.railfan.net/early_steam/62_BLW_.JPG It has different axle spacing than #10 and #14. I've emailed a friend in

I researched this topic in the National Archives several years ago. The Archives has the US Army Signal Corps photo repository. They have no photos of the ex-ET&WNC locomotives. If we are to find

Hi Jim, My offer for the Gazettes is $45.00 for the lot. If this is the winning bid and you are going to the ET&WNC convention in Boone, you can save the postage and bring them to me there.

Michael, So far, your bid is the best. I will bring them with me should you "win" them. I'll also bring all of my Stemwinders back to #1 for you to copy. I'll be at Tweetsie Friday and Saturday,

The May/June Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette features an Edward H. Cass plan of ET&WNC gondola 188. BTW, saw a slide last night of ET&WNC 210 taken around 1972 in Elizabethton. It's in the

It's not too late to submit a photo for the book, Curtis, if it's one that John thinks would add to the chapter. You might contact him and check. Regards and see ya in