tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post6566955718323051679..comments2024-03-28T23:33:45.139-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Because It's FridayComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-46783895433238147432016-06-18T03:04:05.941-04:002016-06-18T03:04:05.941-04:00I'm lucky to live in Salisbury, NC; Spencer, N...I'm lucky to live in Salisbury, NC; Spencer, NC is right next door, and is home to the North Carolina Transportation Museum.. The NCTM is actually the old Southern Railroad Spencer Shops main repair facility between DC and Atlanta. And it's become a major center for the restoration of old railroad locomotives and cars for other Museums. <br /><br />N&W #611 was restored here and will be back this summer.. "Texas", a Civil War era locomotive is currently being restored. It's best known for chasing and catching raiders that captured the locomotive "General" in the "Great Locomotive Chase of 1862..<br /><br />For more about #611 and other exhibits, here's the link:<br /><br />http://www.nctrans.org/Events/611-Summer-of-Steam.aspx<br /><br />- Jack the Cold Warrior<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-12142159282470644272016-06-17T19:41:28.490-04:002016-06-17T19:41:28.490-04:00Stwart, 611's a passenger loco, not a freight ...Stwart, 611's a passenger loco, not a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhgHrDbN4EU" rel="nofollow">freight dog</a>. The string of cars may have been to even out braking. And there is a second water tender behind the main one.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-60417102328494549982016-06-17T18:36:40.535-04:002016-06-17T18:36:40.535-04:00No caboose to complete the picture?No caboose to complete the picture?montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333471337818106739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-60631457398673860142016-06-17T14:03:43.560-04:002016-06-17T14:03:43.560-04:00 pulling a train of 8 light cars....while the dies... pulling a train of 8 light cars....while the diesel pulls a hundred or more of really heavy freight. And where do they water the monsters?<br />Love steam though........Stewart Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830186006689502072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-82934362526532391032016-06-17T12:56:04.296-04:002016-06-17T12:56:04.296-04:00She is really bright and shiny!!! And that steam w...She is really bright and shiny!!! And that steam whistle is music to the ears!!!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com