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Trolley Triage BEAUSABRE replied to this thread 4 months ago Posted 4 months ago by MidlandMike	2	807
UP Steam Shop tour, December 19th Posted 4 months ago by Overmod	0	791
Quick, Watson -- the game's afoot! kgbw49 replied to this thread 4 months ago Posted 4 months ago by Overmod	7	1525
New York Central Steam Turbine Overmod replied to this thread 4 months ago Posted 4 months ago by BEAUSABRE	6	1522
The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland M636C replied to this thread 4 months ago Posted 4 months ago by M636C	5	1038
Someone's Going To Be In DEEP Doo-Doo! wjstix replied to this thread 4 months ago Posted 5 months ago by Flintlock76	30	4096
The Brave Engineer pennytrains replied to this thread 4 months ago Posted 4 months ago by 54light15	4	1144
UP announces donation of Steam Locomotive 3985 to Friends of 261 group. jeffhergert replied to this thread 4 months ago Posted 11 months ago by CMStPnP	21	3565
My town got a steam engine!!!!! D.Carleton replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 5 months ago by CMStPnP	12	1613
B&O 2-6-6-2 M636C replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 5 months ago by IA and eastern	7	1588
2102 Suffers Failure, SD50s used in her place Overmod replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 5 months ago by Harrison	27	3871
Southern Pacific MK-5 #745 Built at SP's Algiers, La. Shops [1921 (?)] samfp1943 replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 5 months ago by samfp1943	3	748
Southern Pacific 982 to return to steam... Overmod replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 7 months ago by txhighballer	24	4755
Nice video of 261 from Oct 1, 2022 excursion. kgbw49 replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 5 months ago by CMStPnP	2	702
Interesting Finds from the Baldwin and Lima Archives IA and eastern replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 7 months ago by L-105	19	3583
How they did it in 1950s Germany Overmod replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 5 months ago by 54light15	11	1614
Thomas Was "Bloody Useless" M636C replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 9 months ago by BEAUSABRE	54	4889
Rail Fanning and Preservation- Amusement and Theme Parks and Their Trains pennytrains replied to this thread 5 months ago Posted 6 months ago by samfp1943	48	4029
Lima 1946 2-6-6-6 selector replied to this thread 6 months ago Posted 6 months ago by IA and eastern	17	2277
Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 4294's Owner Pneudyne replied to this thread 6 months ago Posted 6 months ago by SPer	13	2255
Pulling a Niagara kgbw49 replied to this thread 6 months ago Posted 6 months ago by Overmod	4	1039
PRR T1 "Headlinght In Front Grill" Overmod replied to this thread 6 months ago Posted 6 months ago by BEAUSABRE	14	1566
Ride Vintage Elevated and Su7bway Trains in Brooklyn Today Posted 6 months ago by daveklepper	0	251
Delivering the Big Boys jeffhergert replied to this thread 6 months ago Posted 6 months ago by BEAUSABRE	27	3041
New Zealand's Answer to the Shay - The Johnston Overmod replied to this thread 6 months ago Posted 7 months ago by BEAUSABRE	6	1514
Preservation- Transportation Museum of New Jersey Flintlock76 replied to this thread 6 months ago Posted 6 months ago by samfp1943	13	1103
PRR Class U Overmod replied to this thread 6 months ago Posted 6 months ago by BEAUSABRE	3	725
Lansdale PA's Philadelphia & Reading Station Now A National Historic Landmark! jdamelio replied to this thread 7 months ago Posted 7 months ago by Flintlock76	1	522
Does anyone know what color the Blue Goose actually was? kgbw49 replied to this thread 7 months ago Posted 9 months ago by Shrike Arghast	56	4978
NKP proposed locomotive IA and eastern replied to this thread 7 months ago Posted 7 months ago by IA and eastern	4	942