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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | PM 1225, 1960s |
A 1960s view showing a C&O E7 on a 4-H special train, pulling past the 1225 when it was still on display. The E7 became scrap steel long ago; the 1225 now runs. http://www.chessieshop.com/gallery/show ... l?id=40512 |
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| Author: | Richard Glueck [ Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PM 1225, 1960s |
Healthy trend, in my opinion. |
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| Author: | Hogger1225 [ Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PM 1225, 1960s |
That picture in itself is a rarity. How often did one see C&O E units on a college campus to begin with? Neat pic! |
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| Author: | Aarne H. Frobom [ Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PM 1225, 1960s |
How often? Every football season, until about 1968, I think. Project 1225 founder Steve Reeves saw the last of these trains. The C&O and before them, the Pere Marquette used to operate passenger specials onto the MSU campus over the power-plant spur for various purposes. We've got a print of ROTC cadets shipping out on a troop train in the 1940's on this track behind a PM 2-8-0. The Artrain was parked here in the late 1970's, probably the last movement over this spur except for the one-way trip of the 1225 on its removal in 1980. This whole territory has since been eradicated by new construction. "Seven years of college down the drain." |
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