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Knox and Kane Kinzua Viaduct photos

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Knox and Kane Kinzua Viaduct photos
Posted by Carl Fowler on Saturday, September 16, 2023 3:42 PM

I've begun to share photos from some of the lesser known steam excursion lines. The first highlights a 1990s trip over the Kinzua Viaduct in western Pennsylvania, before it was lost in 2003 to a fluke tornado (and decades of unremediated rust). If interested it is at https://www.facebook.com/carl.fowler.7355 with a posting date of September 16, 2023. Chinese 2-8-2 USRA WW1 designed power--same engine that now runs on the Valley RR in Connecticut.

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Posted by samfp1943 on Saturday, September 16, 2023 10:20 PM

Carl Fowler

Thanks,Carl, for sharing your photos.   THAT is quite the site!  

Unfortunately, Facistbook, and its accompaning  gnomes; preclude my future ability to enjoy it. 

 

 

 


 

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Posted by M636C on Saturday, September 16, 2023 11:42 PM

Carl Fowler

I've begun to share photos from some of the lesser known steam excursion lines. The first highlights a 1990s trip over the Kinzua Viaduct in western Pennsylvania, before it was lost in 2003 to a fluke tornado (and decades of unremediated rust). If interested it is at https://www.facebook.com/carl.fowler.7355 with a posting date of September 16, 2023. Chinese 2-8-2 USRA WW1 designed power--same engine that now runs on the Valley RR in Connecticut.

 

The Chinese SY is much smaller and lighter than any USRA locomtive.

The design originated in light weight Alco export locomotives sold to China shortly after the First World War, and they have features in common with the USRA locomotives. However, they were built in China right up to the 1990s. Many similar locomotives were built in Japan for occupied areas of China during the 1930s, but those in the USA were built new.

Peter

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Posted by Carl Fowler on Sunday, September 17, 2023 10:11 AM

I'd love to upload these to Trains site--but I lack the computer ability to meet the Trains format requirements.

 

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Posted by Carl Fowler on Sunday, September 17, 2023 10:12 AM

I cover the Chinese connection for this engine in the FB post, but thanls for the aditional insights!

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Posted by Overmod on Sunday, September 17, 2023 9:44 PM

Carl Fowler
I'd love to upload these to Trains site--but I lack the computer ability to meet the Trains format requirements.

You can't 'upload' anything to Kalmbach Media's sites: they explicitly made the decision not to host anything.

What they do is allow you to LINK to images you save on one of the Web sites that specialize in image hosting.  Those will provide you with an URL, BBcode, etc. that you can insert in a post.  There are 'stickies' in most of the forums, and a number of past threads you can find through Community Search, with advice on how to do it. 

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Posted by Carl Fowler on Monday, September 18, 2023 1:58 PM

Thanks. Hopefully readers can use the link to the FB posting I put up above.

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Posted by York1 on Monday, September 18, 2023 3:47 PM

Since I don't have a Facebook account, this is what I get when I click on your link:

 

 

I realize I can get a free Facebook account, but I got rid of my account five years ago, and I am happy to be Facebook-free.

York1 John       

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