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| Author: | J3a-614 [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 2:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Chinese Steam, Late Summer 2011 |
Some people will complain about supposedly non-serious "railfanning" with this post, but I came across these two clips from YouTube that were, for me, too moving not to share. They portray coal railroading that to me, suggest a cross between operations on the Virginian Railway (the SYs remind me so strongly of VGN MBs), and the "gob pile" operation of Elk River Coal & Lumber (parent company of the Buffalo Creek & Gauley). For me, additional interest comes in the form of the cars, including large hoppers that look like a type of ballast car we used to us, and the side-dumping cars that were made by Difco--and all of them run on Andrews trucks! Maybe we need to look at those trucks for some of our preserved freight cars. . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQL09QFB4bM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1s6cVlLBJE |
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| Author: | tomgears [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 2:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chinese Steam, Late Summer 2011 |
I have visited China 5 times and have witnessed these scenes in person. I often thought about the parallels between the end of steam in China and what it must have looked like in places like Dundon, West Virginia. |
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| Author: | Trevor Heath [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 8:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chinese Steam, Late Summer 2011 |
Good video....great times eh Tom? |
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| Author: | tomgears [ Sat Feb 23, 2013 11:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chinese Steam, Late Summer 2011 |
Trevor, Some of the best times. It was nice meeting you at the Limestone Railway outside of Beijing. |
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