QUOTE: Originally posted by locomutt QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding I found a Dec. 2 item 1947:C&O's new Baldwin steam-turbine #500 begins tour. ( Is this the "Jawn Henry"?) NOPE !! The "Chessie" Steam-Turbine-Electric was another animal.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding I found a Dec. 2 item 1947:C&O's new Baldwin steam-turbine #500 begins tour. ( Is this the "Jawn Henry"?)
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QUOTE: Originally posted by coborn35 Well, murphy, we got 2 of them! They are former C&NW,now painted for Metra and may be repainted. We have already run them a few times and man do they look good!!
QUOTE: Originally posted by MP173 1. 20th Century LImited (NYC) New York - Chicago. 2. Rail Classics? I have a few packed away...they were on pulp paper and it wasnt a very well printed magazine, but had some info. 3. Northwestern Steel. ed
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QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 December 2nd, 1980- Illinois Secretary of State issues certificate of Dissolution for The Pullman Company, chartered Febuary 22, 1867, as Pullman Palace Car. Dec 3 events- 1967, Last run of what could be called the finest passenger train, which was the _________ ? 1974- First issue of __________ magazine put out by Hal Carstens. 1980- Last continuous daily fuel-fired steam operation in the US, at _____________ in Sterling, Illinois, as operation changes to diesels.
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