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Quick, Watson -- the game's afoot! kgbw49 replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by Overmod	7	2118
New York Central Steam Turbine Overmod replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by BEAUSABRE	6	2471
The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland M636C replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by M636C	5	1697
Someone's Going To Be In DEEP Doo-Doo! wjstix replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by Flintlock76	30	5040
The Brave Engineer pennytrains replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by 54light15	4	1611
UP announces donation of Steam Locomotive 3985 to Friends of 261 group. jeffhergert replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by CMStPnP	21	4338
My town got a steam engine!!!!! D.Carleton replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by CMStPnP	12	2148
B&O 2-6-6-2 M636C replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by IA and eastern	7	2273
2102 Suffers Failure, SD50s used in her place Overmod replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by Harrison	27	4546
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	1176
Southern Pacific 982 to return to steam... Overmod replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by txhighballer	24	8756
Nice video of 261 from Oct 1, 2022 excursion. kgbw49 replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by CMStPnP	2	988
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	4902
How they did it in 1950s Germany Overmod replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by 54light15	11	2115
Thomas Was "Bloody Useless" M636C replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by BEAUSABRE	54	5743
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	4783
Lima 1946 2-6-6-6 selector replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by IA and eastern	17	3000
Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 4294's Owner Pneudyne replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by SPer	13	3141
Pulling a Niagara kgbw49 replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by Overmod	4	1399
PRR T1 "Headlinght In Front Grill" Overmod replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by BEAUSABRE	14	2113
Delivering the Big Boys jeffhergert replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by BEAUSABRE	27	4343
New Zealand's Answer to the Shay - The Johnston Overmod replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by BEAUSABRE	6	2495
Preservation- Transportation Museum of New Jersey Flintlock76 replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by samfp1943	13	1448
PRR Class U Overmod replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by BEAUSABRE	3	1008
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	791
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	7033
NKP proposed locomotive IA and eastern replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by IA and eastern	4	1298
Smashing Whyte and His Sytem Overmod replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by BEAUSABRE	3	1803
WP & D&H 4-6-6-4 steam locomotives Leo_Ames replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by IA and eastern	16	3902
Thurmond WV - Railroad Town Gone Bad pennytrains replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by BEAUSABRE	2	1350