FW: Single engine

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Yeah... steam locomotives. Big burly impressive ones.

Bob Welsh

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> Just think, guys!

>

> Back in the fifties and earlier you could see single engines all over the

> railroad doing all kinds of jobs . . .

>

> Ed King

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> > Actually on my way bck from Williamson today, around Iaeger I saw a long

> > string of empty hoppers behind a single locomotive heading east. I also

> > saw, in that same general area, a string of three locomotives racing

west

> > without anything, which I assume means they were pushers heading back to

> > stand by for more work....

> >

> > Bob Welsh

> >

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> >> Ray:

> >> You wrote: >Has anyone else seen through freights in the mountains with

> >> one engine?<

> >>

> >> Yes. Quite often while visiting the in-laws in Vicker. I think the

train

> >> is maybe Norfolk train, NS 29G.

> >> Charlie Long

> >> Lynchburg

> >>

> >>

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> >>>-----Original Message-----

> >>>From: Smoot, Ray

> >>>Sent: Mon 9/4/2006 8:12 PM

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> >>>Subject: Single engine

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> >>>

> >>>At 6:15pm I happened to be at Cambria (Christiansburg) as a freight

went

> >>>east. The lone engine was 9622 and was pulling 46 auto racks. It

crested

> >>>the eastbound grade at about 15mph. This is the first time in lots of

> >>>train watching at Christiansburg that I have seen a train (other than

the

> >>>local freight or work trains) with one engine.

> >>>

> >>>Has anyone else seen through freights in the mountains with one engine?

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