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Skipping school for steam!
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GOOD for you. A friend and I skipped school when the old Southern 4501 2-8-2 was making it's runs with the Independent Limited back in 73. I still have a head on shot of the old 4501 at speed taken outside Wheelersbug Ohio on the N&W mainline heading east. <br /> <br />Who would have believed that 32 years later I would find the 4501 in the back shops of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TN behind several dismantled locos, forgotten and taken out of service due to bad main driver bearings. I actually got to sit in the cab at the throttle and thought back to the day I was chasing it across a hot Ohio dirt road when I was about your age. <br /> <br />You chose wisely, and you'll remember it when you're in your 50's too, like I am remembering my train chases. <br /> <br />Regards! Michaelson
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