When it opened for me it looked like an aerial photograph from about ten thousand feet, I could see nothing that looked like a locomotive, or anything else G ...
G, it is a song yes, Dale Ann Bradley sings it(she has alot of Gospel Blue grass songs.It was the CD I listen to each morning on the way to watch the Lost...
Steve, how close can you get to this engine? is it behind a fence? I think I will have to run down there in a couple weeks to see this one! Roll on, roll on...
It sounds like that long black train the Hellbound Express, I will be the engineer someday with the reverser in the company notch and the throttle pulled all...
I too am a lifelong Bluegrass fan, several of my family members play it, although I can't carry a tune in the proverbial bucket. When I got into Civil War...
Gary, Do these guys have a CD out? The video's were awsome! I cant wait to see this in full when it is finally completed! and being a Northener who has lived...
When I got out of the Army the last time of four times I stayed down South instead of going back to Vermont where the snow is asshole deep on a ten foot Indian...
Well...I'd probably wait until the leaves come off. It's not fenced in and about 200 feet from the main road but the right of way on which it sits was...
First Excursion Trains From Roanoke in 12 Years - The first excursion trains since 1997 will operate out of Roanoke, Virginia, over two Norfolk Southern lines...
G, I have to say I am sorry for falling behind on posting pictures of the work being done on the 1134 and the 663 & 662! I had knee surgery and have been laid...
in the short time the equipment has been moved looks like a lot has been done (compared to the 50 years they have sat). This has been so much needed. Your...
Take care of that new knee, the quacks hate to do their work over again G Life consists of: What you want. What you need. What you deserve. What you end up...
Wizzy: A) I'm really surprised the diesels *rolled* and NS allowed them to be moved over their trackage. Any idea how much work was needed on them to roll? ...
Steve, The diesels actually were moved by "dolly trucks" that Mr.Harris made for this move. There are 4 wheels welded to a frame of a turn table (an had a...
As for the Shay, that belongs to Mr.Harris, it is located on his property up in Goshen. If anyone has some info on it, what kind it is or any numbers it use...
  It's Lima S/N 949.   http://www.shaylocomotives.com/data/lima/sn-949.htm   See the link for all the important info. Another nice save by Will...
Thank you Mike! I have not had a chance to ask Mr.Harris about this one yet! If time is a train rollin' down the track, Every minute is a box car that don't...
I should have known to ask you Gary!LOL! THANK YOU! LOL! If time is a train rollin' down the track, Every minute is a box car that don't come back! Â Â ... ...
Hey, I had time this morning to post a few images in the photo section of this group, of the diesels being unloaded at the 9th street railyard..... If time is...
The engine sat for as long as I can remember in front of the "Old Shay Inn", a restaurant in McClure, Va, about 2 hours north of Bristol, VA. (In the 30's...
I met the lady that ran the "Old Shay Inn" in the early 90's. She was probably in her 60's then. Maybe she simply retired. Whatever the reason, the shay's in...
Hello: I notice that the valve cylinders are more verticle on these engines than they are on the Strasburg 475...in which they seem to slant in at the top. ...
are you talking about the exhaust piping? You have to remember that the 475 is an M, the Lost Engines are M2's, with a bigger boiler, so the exhaust piping may...
While the N&W M2's shared a number of basic specifications with the Class "M", they were in reality very different locomotives. The only parts that I've seen...
The Western Virginia Railroad Preservation Society is donating the funds raised in the Lost Engines Appeal to the Roanoke Chapter, NRHS to help out with the...
I believe that in 1991-1992 it cost Strasburg $975,000 to make 475 a daily driver. The smoke box is a welded one with fake rivets to make it appear "of the...
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