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Todayit's june!0 comments · 10 views
well today is june may went by pretty slow. i've been trying to think of what to write but i've not been able to come up with anything. but when i do it'll come.
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Wednesdaytoday 73 years ago today0 comments · 18 views
today is a real special day. today is when the norfolk & western would roll out a new steam engine on may 29th 1950 that would become an icon for steam. the n&w employees of roanoke out shopped n&w class j 4-8-4 no. 611 from the n&w roanoke virginia shops. thus began a the career of one of the most highly advanced steam locomotives ever built. for 9 years the 611 and her 13 class j sisters worked hauling the n&w's passenger trains. but by the late 50's she and her sisters couldn't compete with
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Mondayhappy memorial day/follow up0 comments · 23 views
now i just wanted to wish everyone a happy memorial day! as i always post on memorial day a big thank you to all the men and women who serve so that we can enjoy today.
and second i wanted to do a follow up as csx released a video showing the seaboard coast line heritage unit (it was released last friday i was going to share but i was busy). so here's the video for the recent heritage unit from csx.
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1 weekwell i done it again0 comments · 14 views
i just wanted to share that i did win the bid on the 4th thomas tape i was looking for. (the tape was the gallent old engine tape). i thought i wouldn't win it but i did. so that is now 4 of the 5 tapes i said i'd go for. the last one i need is the sing along and stories tape (they keep showing the re-release version for sale but i want to look for the original tape released in 1997). maybe i may get lucky that someone will sell it new like the other 4 tapes i've found so i just will keep
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1 weeka post for today0 comments · 22 views
on the afternoon of may 22nd 2011 the us would witness one of the most violent tornadoes to strike in modern history. today is the 13th anniversary of the joplin tornado.
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