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Old trains and old trucks!

For those of you near North Carolina, the place to go is Spencer. Southern Railroad had a mantenace shop half way between Washington and Atlanta. The state took over the site and has turned it into a transportation museum. That means old trucks and cars as well as trains. This is a great place with a capital G. Thay have a steamer that the power company used. No fire on this one, they backed it up to the plant and charged it off the boiler. Such a thing I had never heard of. They have locamotive power of all kinds. If you are ever around here you must come and see it.
 
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Thanks, Lapace,
I am close enough to make that a weekend trip. I am sure there are some shops around to keep the wife busy.
I am reading a book right now,
Stealing the General
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It is about a steam locomotive that the federal troops stole just north of Atlanta. They were making a run north trying to get to Gen. Michell who had taken Huntsville. It is a great book and gets into some detail about the trains.
Disney made a movie of it some years ago. The robbery was in 1862 and the train made a tour in 1962. I remember it coming to KIngsport and my dad took me to see it. I was 6 years old and I remember it well.
They talked in the book about the average speed of the trains was 16 MPH and the passengers would joke that they should put the cow catchers on the caboose to keep the cows from overtaking the train and climbing on to bother everyone. During the chase of the General, boththe General and the chasing Texas got up to 60 MPH. In 1862 that was enough to make the guys onboard sick.
Gater
Oh yeah, the General now sits in Kennesaw, Georgia, where the chase began.
 
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THANX for both the pix and the memories guys ! .

Harold Lloyd made a movie about The General in the 1920's....
 
Ooo-ee !

Man , those pix are taking me back to my Yoot !

Switchers in the middle of the street !

A Roundhouse ~ WOW! .

AD's ! 60 - 61's !

" Sweptline " WPC products !

Falcon/Comets !

'58 Caddy !

I could go on for a long , long time .

THANX for the mammaries ~ er I mean memories (yeah , that's it)

:D
 
Finally !

...Someone who understands :)

What he should have in the bed is a buncha milk cans , that'd be the final touch , going to the dairy in the morning , BT , DT . :p
 
Great pics!! thanks for posting. I too like the old trains, new ones are a joy too!! I'm going to teach my grandkids to love em too. My dad worked for the railroad when i was young and every 3 months our whole family got round trip tickets to anywhere they went. Great memories. My grandparents lived half a block from tracks, could hear those switchers all night long....
 
'67 Right?

My third ride was a brand new, dark blue '67 bug. $1,875 out the door. You couldn't put $5 gas in it at $0.29/gal and I split the cost with a buddy driving back and forth to college. My fourth ride was a new tan '74 bug $2,800 out the door. Then came kids and family cars...Put over 100,000 mi on the '67 and just kept the oil changed and the valves adjusted every 3k.
 
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If you ever get out to Utah you can ride the train in the pictures it is a really great trip through the countryside and around Deer Creek Reservoir. They have a couple steam locomotive and a couple diesel switchers. I have ridden it many times and loved it ever since I was a kid.
 
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