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Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois daveklepper replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by daveklepper	4	1605
Historical Loading Gauges of North American Railroads BaltACD replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by L-105	18	5251
4-8-2s replaced by 4-8-4s daveklepper replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by SPer	8	5421
A Passion for Steam Flintlock76 replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by SD70Dude	7	2856
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Who is having summer excursions post COVID post vaccine? Posted one year ago by ronrunner	0	687
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South Africa class 22 2-10-4 Flintlock76 replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by IA and eastern	14	2412
Southern Pacific MT-4 4-8-2 trailing wheel diameter? Shrike Arghast replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by Shrike Arghast	11	2744
Next New Build In The UK M636C replied to this thread one year ago Posted 7 years ago by kgbw49	180	41457
Railfest 2021? Flintlock76 replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by N Scale Train Boy	1	2371
Deep Firebox Performance vs Shallow Fireboxes daveklepper replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by L-105	5	2598
Mark Twain Zephyr saved Sara T replied to this thread one year ago Posted 2 years ago by Overmod	28	18201
Pikes Peak Railroad rebuilding samfp1943 replied to this thread one year ago Posted 2 years ago by Overmod	7	3331
Has there ever been any talk of moving or expanding the Colorado Railroad Museum? Backshop replied to this thread one year ago Posted one year ago by Shrike Arghast	5	1711
Part Identification of PM 1225 Overmod replied to this thread one year ago Posted 2 years ago by Oregon_Steamer	15	2346
Northern Pacific cab forwards wjstix replied to this thread one year ago Posted 2 years ago by IA and eastern	10	2799
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