That is just plain sick. Yuk. A shay with a pilot is wacky looking to begin with due to the off set boiler and high framing. Pinkish red? That's an engine that will forever live with shame!
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:47 AM Subject: Odious practices continue > Two weeks ago the BBC spent a week at Railtown 1897 in Jamestown, California > filming one of a four part history series, the specific one at Railtown is > about the completion of the Trans-continental RR. Can't figure out why they > didn't go to Promontory - maybe the weather wasn't what they wanted. > > As it turns out, of the three operating steam locomotives at Railtown, the > 1891 Rogers built 4-6-0 (#3) is undergoing major boiler restoration, the 1922 > Baldwin 2-8-0 (#28) is being retubed (it was headed to Baltimore before the > roof disaster and cancelation of the planned festivities there). The only > operating steam locomotive available this month is the 1922 Shay (#2). > > As a result, Brits will soon be regaled with the epic driving of the Golden > Spike and the locomotives will be the shay, with a "cow catcher" attached to > the foot boards and the pilot painted blue to represent one of the > locomotives and faced in the other direction, the pilot is a pinkish-red. > > Is anyone planning on redoing their Catatonic to replicate this scene! > > Dave Connery > >
