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Last, best chance for railroad steam locomotives Overmod replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by Paul Milenkovic	64	15004
B&O Emerson Water-Tube Firebox Engines M636C replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by L-105	21	6290
UP 4014 in August Lithonia Operator replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by York1	6	3725
Bituminous Coal in Anthracite Loco rixflix replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by RailfanGXY	2	2306
"Late" 4-4-0s? CSSHEGEWISCH replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by Shrike Arghast	67	18314
How would you like to drive this? Overmod replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by 54light15	8	3331
South Africa class 22 2-10-4 Flintlock76 replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by IA and eastern	14	3284
Southern Pacific MT-4 4-8-2 trailing wheel diameter? Shrike Arghast replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by Shrike Arghast	11	3685
Next New Build In The UK M636C replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 8 years ago by kgbw49	180	43300
Railfest 2021? Flintlock76 replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by N Scale Train Boy	1	2671
Deep Firebox Performance vs Shallow Fireboxes daveklepper replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by L-105	5	3359
Mark Twain Zephyr saved Sara T replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 4 years ago by Overmod	28	18810
Pikes Peak Railroad rebuilding samfp1943 replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 4 years ago by Overmod	7	3701
Has there ever been any talk of moving or expanding the Colorado Railroad Museum? Backshop replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by Shrike Arghast	5	2072
Part Identification of PM 1225 Overmod replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by Oregon_Steamer	15	2870
Northern Pacific cab forwards wjstix replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by IA and eastern	10	3385
The Most Suitable (non-mallet) Compound for U.S. Use Sara T replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by ShroomZed	41	10717
Question about Camelback locomotives.. Juniatha replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by Ulrich	179	29868
What are private railroad cars worth? 54light15 replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by 54light15	8	2534
Flying Yankee restoration ‘back on track’ Paul Milenkovic replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 7 years ago by Overmod	61	20647
Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Rwy (photos) MMLDelete replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by mfmalk	10	2826
Australian streamlined Pacific returns to operatiom M636C replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by daveklepper	6	2456
Do you like smoke deflectors? Sara T replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 4 years ago by Lithonia Operator	75	17328
BR 2-8-2 kgbw49 replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by IA and eastern	9	4018
Low axle loadings on the 4-12-2 Union Pacific-type locomotives (9000 series) Paul Milenkovic replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by Paul Milenkovic	31	7530
american four cylinder locomotive Juniatha replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by IA and eastern	12	4917
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Northern Pacific Lignite Fired Steam Locomotives? M636C replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by SD60MAC9500	18	9884
Are "Elephant Ears" on Steam Locos primarily a English/Canada/Euro thing? kgbw49 replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 4 years ago by ATU	45	10110
Setback for WMSR samfp1943 replied to this thread 3 years ago Posted 3 years ago by Lithonia Operator	18	4038