One of the first tangible and tasty bits of preparation for the Baltimore steam-in next year has hit the web.

http://www.261.com/index.ihtml

The 261 team is trying to raise $80K to get the big girl in Baldamo for the iron horse fest.

Before anyone one follows this post with a litany of the negatives that have surrounded prior discussions about ANY big steam being at the fest, lets take a 5 second breather and appreciate that somewhere in the wilds of cheese land a few folks are starting to make an effort to go.

I applaud their determination and their advanced planning!

Rob Davis

trains@robertjohndavis.com

Hear! Hear!

K4s1361@hotmail.com

No grousing from me, Rob, except that 261 lives in Minneapolis, which is Land of Lakes...butter land, instead of cheese, no?

http://nctrans.org
Wrinnbo@aol.com

> No grousing from me, Rob, except that 261
> lives in Minneapolis, which is Land of
> Lakes...butter land, instead of cheese, no?
She may currently reside in the LOL, but she is from the Green Bay museum, so she definitely has a cheesehead pedigree.

A Cheesehead

sacarlso@scj.com