I grew up in Rutland. It was the second largest city in Vermont with 16,000 souls. The road from my rural home to town took us over an arched cement/steel bridge that spanned a narrower part of the Rutland yard. This was the one of , if not the largest yard in New England at the time. It was one of . My dad (now deceased) took me many times to a spot on the bridge where we could sit and watch the goats make trains and switching of engines at the round house. We saw trains come from the west & south with produce and such for New England and trains being built to carry apples, marble, granite and timber back. Twice he took me to a narrow, wooded glen where the train from Barrie, laden with granite, would wind around following These were the days of steam, mind you. They were magical dragons belching smoke and steam and making a wonderful racket.
http://users.rcn.com/jimdu4/Shaughnessy.htm The yard and the trains are gone now. A shopping mall has replaced the yard and all the track has been torn up. I miss my dad. Regards, Bob... -------------------------------------------------------- "Life isn't like a box of chocolates . . it's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebekah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I think it looks like great fun. I love trains! > > rg2 > > On 9/10/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> As I said,.poorly, it's a tourist oriented website and attraction. Why >> don't you drop them an e-mail with suggestions? >> >> John Sessoms wrote: >> > I was talking about the web site itself not being friendly to rail >> > enthusiasts. Yeah it's ok for the tourists, but it doesn't tell me what >> > I want to know. >> > >> > Most of the steam railroad web-pages have a link for the real old-timer >> > steam buffs that takes you to a listing of the equipment the railroad >> > is >> > operating, i.e. what kind of steam engines do they have and how many >> > are >> > operating ... >> > >> > Should I travel a thousand miles to get there if they don't have the >> > equipment I'm interested in? What if they don't have anything that's >> > not >> > in the local transportation museum, which is about 950 miles closer? >> > >> > And without a link on the web site to let me see what equipment they >> > have, how am I going to know if they do have something I'm interested >> > in? >> > >> > From: >> > "P. J. Alling" >> > >> >> No, it's a tourist attraction site. It's not that they discourage >> >> visitors, but they're old fashioned, no digital computers in the age >> >> of steam, (but I bet they'd love to have a Babbage Difference Engine >> >> to display). >> >> >> >> John Sessoms wrote: >> >> From: >> >> "P. J. Alling" >> >> >> >> >> >>> The Valley Railroad, in Essex Connecticut. It's a working Steam >> >>> Railway museum. They run a couple of Restored Steam Loco's and have a >> >>> couple of Modern Chinese Steam Loco's, (one of which they run on the >> >>> line as well, the other on display), (to the untrained eye, with most >> >>> of the extra metal work removed they both look like a standard >> >>> American type. This engine is sitting a the end of a line of cars all >> >>> awaiting restoration, and as you can see, occasionally cannibalized >> >>> for parts. >> >>> >> >>> http://www.essexsteamtrain.com/index.html >> >>> >> >> Not a real rail enthusiast site though, because they don't appear to >> >> have any link to the equipment itself. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
