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Hume Kading · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2001 8:14 pm

There was absolutely no validity to the post about CSX starting a Steam Heritage Program. I pulled the whole thread to preclude any further misunderstanding.

It was an April Fool's joke, pure and simple. Not a very good one apparently. My apologies to those who didn't understand it was a joke.

And with that, I promise, no more April's Fool's jokes ever on this site, and back to the shops for a major overhaul.....

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Alan · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2001 11:02 pm

I like April fool thing....

-Alan

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Rick · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2001 5:46 am

> I like April fool thing....

They are all too predictable here, variations on a theme. Some railroad replacing all their diesels with steam or starting a defunct steam program. How about some original thinking for next April 1?

rickrailrd@aol.com

Ray Dewley · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2001 9:07 am

A good one was Big Boy 4018. It had a lot of people fooled including myself... for a while, and it wasn't even April!!! Some are probably still waiting. It's an awfully big locomotive to shoot a movie with.

Stephen Hussar · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2001 2:30 pm

CSX already owns "The Greenbriar". It's a luxury
resort in W.Virginia. I think it's obvious where
they stand on any kind of steam program, as long as the boilers keep the suites warm and cozy,
they're quite content.

shootpix@hotmail.com

Steamer · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2001 2:53 pm

> They are all too predictable here,
> variations on a theme. Some railroad
> replacing all their diesels with steam or
> starting a defunct steam program. How about
> some original thinking for next April 1?

I seem to smell the all too familiar odor of a diesel-head.

Dave · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2001 3:46 pm

Hume, this is degenerating rapidly. Should have left well enough alone on the last thread and never started this one.

I am reminded of the british colonel on Monty Python who would step in and stop very sketch because " This is getting silly".....

Dave

lathro19@idt.net

Rick · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2001 6:33 pm

Hmmm. Diesel head? Well I guess I am, and proud of it. I get to hostle diesel around tonight, and am looking forward to it!

But I think its the steam guys who started it, they were hating diesels before there were any diesel guys around to hate steam. And besides, I don't hate steam, I have put a good part of my life toward preserving a steam engine. I just prefer to work with diesels on the railroad.

rickrailrd@aol.com

Hume Kading · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2001 9:19 pm

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Greg Scholl · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2001 10:30 pm

Nice shot Hume. I don't have any N&W stuff on web site gallery so here is one from a tape cover with 2 lovely shots with 1218 in it. One is my favorite spot on the N&W, at Cooper Trestle(I have a killer 611 16 x 20 with a different angle on my wall), and the other is the side-by-side at the NRHS convention in 1987. Cooper shot by Robert Lyndal, and the 611/1218 by either Nils Huxtable or John Craft, I think Nils?
Anyway, enjoy. Seems like ancient history already.
Steamingly,
Greg Scholl
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Hume Kading · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2001 10:57 pm

> Nice shot Hume.

John Craft gave me that image. I don't know for sure who took the picture.

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Greg Scholl · **Posted:** Thu Apr 05, 2001 8:54 am

> John Craft gave me that image. I don't know
> for sure who took the picture.

Probably John's picture then, as he wouldn't send someone else's over the net. I suspect its on the Southern (ex southern sorry)between Birmingham and someplace in Craftland(sorry Alabama)since those are not N&W signals like we have around these Better places for 611 and 1218!
John will throw his 2 cents in I am sure!
GS

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Angie Morefield · **Posted:** Thu Apr 05, 2001 4:34 pm

Me too , Hume.Let's turn this into something poster size, so that all of us who do believe can put this up somewhere we can remind ourselves that it isn't necessarily about steam and it isn't necessarily about diesel. It's about railroading in general and about preserving something precious before we end up losing it. I WANT TO BELIEVE! I do believe, and it's wonderful!

Ladypardus@cs.com

Allan Patterson · **Posted:** Fri Apr 06, 2001 3:35 pm

I'll second the poster idea. I'd buy one...

As one who never saw 1218 in person, it would have been great to see one more season, but hey, there's always video ...

patteac@delanet.com

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