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The A1 Locomotive Trust 2022 Convention 54light15 replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by M636C	1	1077
Tapered boilers Overmod replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by Ulrich	6	2017
Trolley Triage BEAUSABRE replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by MidlandMike	2	1329
UP Steam Shop tour, December 19th Posted one year ago by Overmod	0	1013
Quick, Watson -- the game's afoot! kgbw49 replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by Overmod	7	2175
New York Central Steam Turbine Overmod replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by BEAUSABRE	6	2536
The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland M636C replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by M636C	5	1747
Someone's Going To Be In DEEP Doo-Doo! wjstix replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by Flintlock76	30	5122
The Brave Engineer pennytrains replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by 54light15	4	1632
UP announces donation of Steam Locomotive 3985 to Friends of 261 group. jeffhergert replied to this thread one year ago Posted 2 years ago by CMStPnP	21	4381
My town got a steam engine!!!!! D.Carleton replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by CMStPnP	12	2197
B&O 2-6-6-2 M636C replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by IA and eastern	7	2308
2102 Suffers Failure, SD50s used in her place Overmod replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by Harrison	27	4581
Southern Pacific MK-5 #745 Built at SP's Algiers, La. Shops [1921 (?)] samfp1943 replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by samfp1943	3	1199
Southern Pacific 982 to return to steam... Overmod replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by txhighballer	24	9032
Nice video of 261 from Oct 1, 2022 excursion. kgbw49 replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by CMStPnP	2	999
Interesting Finds from the Baldwin and Lima Archives IA and eastern replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by L-105	19	5115
How they did it in 1950s Germany Overmod replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by 54light15	11	2166
Thomas Was "Bloody Useless" M636C replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by BEAUSABRE	54	5791
Rail Fanning and Preservation- Amusement and Theme Parks and Their Trains pennytrains replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by samfp1943	48	4859
Lima 1946 2-6-6-6 selector replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by IA and eastern	17	3047
Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 4294's Owner Pneudyne replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by SPer	13	3211
Pulling a Niagara kgbw49 replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by Overmod	4	1432
PRR T1 "Headlinght In Front Grill" Overmod replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by BEAUSABRE	14	2201
Delivering the Big Boys jeffhergert replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by BEAUSABRE	27	4451
New Zealand's Answer to the Shay - The Johnston Overmod replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by BEAUSABRE	6	2595
Preservation- Transportation Museum of New Jersey Flintlock76 replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by samfp1943	13	1470
PRR Class U Overmod replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by BEAUSABRE	3	1033
Lansdale PA's Philadelphia & Reading Station Now A National Historic Landmark! jdamelio replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by Flintlock76	1	812
Does anyone know what color the Blue Goose actually was? kgbw49 replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by Shrike Arghast	56	7259