But at least you got whistles Jerry! gledford55 <gledford55@...> wrote: Elevation of the railroad at Balsam NC; Maptech software puts RR @ 3371', US highway 23 & 74 @ 3381'. A Google search list

Balsam was the highest standard guage station east of the Mississippi......but then you have the great plains.....a number of stations in eastern Colorado were at the 5,000 foot elevation already and

My wife thinks I'm having an affair with 'Julie', the automated Amtrak ticket agent. She says I call Julie two or three times a year and the next thing you know I go off for a few days on a 'train tri

Eric, I would have been your next door neighbor forty years ago! My family lived in what is now that brick house on the corner of Hamburg Mountain Road and Main Street in Weaverville. I was 6 at the t

Eric, I would have been your next door neighbor forty years ago! My family lived in what is now that brick house on the corner of Hamburg Mountain Road and Main Street in Weaverville. I was 6 at the t

Dreams of steam Locomotive from China evokes U.S. rail history By Jim Warren JWARREN@... Charles Bertram | Staff R.J. Corman employees Greg Feasel, left, and Harley Dalton removed steel

I thought that this article might be of some interest to members of the group. Don Phillips once wrote of a steam-chasing trip he made to China that these locomotives for all the world reminded him of

My wife used to wonder exactly what goes on at 'Train Shows' too........until I took her to one! Now she just thinks I'm having an affair with Julie, the automated Amtrak ticket agent. It works like t

I just read an article on Trainweb about the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad which runs standard gauge excursions out of Alamosa, CO over LaVeta Pass. (A great ride......I did it last summer behind an unde

I can still hear Dale Roberts sniff "she's got a hole in her belly" when the 722 went on display in Asheville. He felt that TVRM would have never let her go if there was a chance of her being made to

I'm not sure if GSMR could use a 2-8-2 at all. It was pretty much accepted during the SR steam excursion days that the 4501 could not be operated on the Murphy Branch any further than Balsam and why b

While you're dreaming, wouldn't it be nice to see #722 in steam again? Whatever color they use is fine. David gledford55 <gledford55@...> wrote: Slept in today, didn't get up till 4:45. Black wi

Hey Jerry, You're up early for a vacation day! Just so long as we don't get a Carolina Blue car. I'd have difficulty riding a train that had a Carolina Blue car on it! (hee, hee) David gledford55 <gle

Jerry, While there is precedent for the train cars being black at Tweetsie, I think this idea is kind of a slippery slope. After you honor ASU then someone will suggest that the red car honor NC State

I think a broom handle counts as random 'stuff'! Tim Smith <tweetsieengineer@...> wrote: Im not sure about that. Most of guys that were there when they did that are dead now, and the ones that w

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Did that have anything to do with the heat coming off the boiler there or just random 'stuff'? David Tim Smith <tweetsieengineer@...> wrote: The first window of #12's cab was taken out during th

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Thanks and Merry Chrsitmas to all from me as well. It was a great Christmas at our house - My daughter received a new train toy which she loves and daddy (me) got a great new book about the Colorado N

"I got to blow the whistle and I didn't get into to trouble." Having once paid handsomely to play engineer for a couple of hours* on a vintage steam locomotive, I will attest that there is a lot to be

I've just joined the ET&WNC Historical Society after three or four years of being 'a fixin' to' and my first copy of the Stemwinder came over the weekend. The photos are first rate as is the writing.

T Thanks everyone for your answers on the Norfolk Southern question. I learned several things that I had not known before........such as Raleigh Union Station was a stub end station that served Seaboa