Did you ever paint up a steam loco for use on a fan trip/
That is what we did in Columbus in the 30's and 40's (excluding the war) for our fan trips. The NYC and C&O let us do what we wanted which was either white or silver stripes, smoke boxes, or drivers. The hard part was after we got back late at night we had to clean up and put black paint back on the loco. This often took until 2 in the morning. Boy did we ever get dirty. No diesel grease though. The Pennsy always said "NO". B & O did not care. Go ride the Silverton. John Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Werre To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:31 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Red N&W locos Although this has nothing to do with the N&W, I'd like to relate my early quest for steam. When I was really young--maybe 4 or so--one of my grandmothers came to visit by train. I wasn't permitted to wonder around town especially down to the tracks, so I didn't see much. But when it was time to leave, my Mom and I took Grandma down to the depot, but apparently the train had come and gone. So we hi-tailed it to a little village about 12 miles away. When we got near town, I think there was a steam engine pulling a very small consist--I thought it was a 'park' sized railroad (being in the distance), but being so young it might have been a misplaced memory. Not many months after that, Grandma passed away. So we traveled to a division point of the Milwaukee to meet up with other relatives for the services. And again, I think I saw another steam engine crossing the highway--but again I'm not certain being I was in the backseat between much larger relatives. Maybe a year later I traveled with relatives into North Dakota and we followed the N. P. Eastbound. There as we rounded a corner, I saw smoke. Unfortunately it was making better time than we were, so I never did get to see an actual steam powered train--just tell tale signs of it. I often tell stories of how disadvantaged I was growing up--well it's true. About that time,(4 or5) I was able to sneak down to the tracks to catch a train or two, but the Milwaukee dieselized by that time and I still got in hot water with Mom. Bob Werre BobWphoto.com > > > In early 1957 I drove with my family to Bluefield WV to see relatives > who were living there at the time; I was in high school and > knew something about railroads, although not nearly so much as I would > learn in later years (and there weren't nearly so many > resources on the prototype back then), and expected to see the last > stronghold of steam > > Jace Kahn > > General Manager > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5747 (20101230) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5747 (20101230) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
