Classic Calendar faux pas?

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OK History Buffs!  When I was very young, We lived in Alexandria, just  
1/5 mile from the crossing of Southern tracks and Atlantic Coast Line  
tracks(CSX,ATL, Seaboard??).  I believe it was spring of 58, but  
possibly '59.  Mid morining.  Mom was cleaning the 2nd floor windows  
and called me to see a STEAM ENGINE coming north into Alexandria.  I  
missed actually seeing the engine, but saw the smoke rising from the  
trees.  As a Steam engine was by that time an unusual event, I was  
wondering If anybody had any idea what engine it was?  It almost HAD  
to be a Norfolk and Western K or J, and pulling one of the Southern  
trains.


Mark Lindsey



On Dec 7, 2007, at 9:05 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:

     I might not have paid any attention to this if I hadn't have read  
it in a review of the N&WHS Calendar's in "Model Railroad News". The  
review noted and gave an example that "the calendar featured historic  
dates in the railroads history alongside national holidays."
     The example given was for Feb.20, "1957: Class K2a 129 pulls the  
last steam powered train 2 from Hagerstown to Roanoke." I raised an  
eyebrow! Could MRN be right about this? Surely MRN made a typo.
     Now, with my interest piqued and being the good "Valley" boy that  
I am, I turned my "Classic Calendar" to February 2008. Scrolling down  
twenty days to when George was born, I find that gadzooks! It does say  
that "...the last steam powered train 2 from Hagerstown to Roanoke"!
     Oh well! What can I say? Only that the Classic Calendar is...
#1
  with me!
Jimmy Lisle
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