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Did the mixed run this morning?

Many thanks to the two paying passengers, and especially to the one (believe it of not) paying chaser. When I heard about that, I told the conductor to be careful driving home that he didn't hit a big foot while watching the UFO hovering over his car. Who knows, maybe you will start a trend.

Here is a video from today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgtvRrD5EWo

junior wrote:

I was going to ask, after just watching a video via another site, of the trip, how many people rode versus chased? I'm glad to hear a chaser paid....And I'm pretty sure he is the one whose video I just watched.

Curiosity....What's in the gon?

How many chased, I heard "A lot" but I'll have to see if I can get a better estimation.

The gon is loaded with steel bar stock for a local supplier.

Good videos, both. I understand that Big Jim was the paying chaser, good karma to you Jim.

Author:	Kelly Anderson [ Mon Apr 03, 2017 10:08 am ]
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Author:	Kelly Anderson [ Tue Apr 04, 2017 2:19 pm ]
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Author:	PMC [ Tue Apr 04, 2017 5:06 pm ]
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Man, that is the real deal, it just screams legitimacy, pretty much nowhere else in the English speaking world can you ride a train doing real freight work pulled by steam. PMC in Oregon.

Author:	rem1028 [ Wed Apr 05, 2017 4:43 pm ]
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Did the mixed run this morning?

Author:	bigjim4life [ Wed Apr 05, 2017 5:13 pm ]
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rem1028 wrote: Did the mixed run this morning? Yes it did - two empties went out, and five loads came back (four hoppers and a gondola) - with one coach each way.

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Author:	Hugh Sinn [ Wed Apr 05, 2017 6:47 pm ]
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Picture at the interchange. A great day. Hugh Attachment: IMG_0334 (640x427).jpg [ 239.35 KiB \| Viewed 11687 times ]

Author:	rem1028 [ Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:09 pm ]
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Wonderful!

Author:	Kelly Anderson [ Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:16 pm ]
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Author:	junior [ Thu Apr 06, 2017 12:23 am ]
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Kelly Anderson wrote: Many thanks to the two paying passengers, and especially to the one (believe it of not) paying chaser. When I heard about that, I told the conductor to be careful driving home that he didn't hit a big foot while watching the UFO hovering over his car. Who knows, maybe you will start a trend. Here is a video from today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgtvRrD5EWo I was going to ask, after just watching a video via another site, of the trip, how many people rode versus chased? I'm glad to hear a chaser paid....And I'm pretty sure he is the one whose video I just watched. Curiosity....What's in the gon?

Author:	Bobharbison [ Thu Apr 06, 2017 12:30 am ]
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Had I chased this, I'd certainly have been happy to buy a ticket, and anyone who didn't should be ashamed. $15? You can blow that for Starbucks and a burger. Quite reasonable and well worth supporting.

Author:	Hugh Sinn [ Thu Apr 06, 2017 7:57 am ]
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I was one of the two passengers. My humble video from the other site. Gives a peak of the gon contents. And see 90 slip shoving the load in a reverse movement. This is Railway Preservation in 2017. https://youtu.be/6yh58Msj2DA

Author:	Kelly Anderson [ Thu Apr 06, 2017 8:28 am ]
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Author:	diningcartim [ Thu Apr 06, 2017 8:55 am ]
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Sorry to hear you only got three paying fares for the mixed. I had a business meeting that day or I would have done it. Kelly, please keep up your postings about future mixed trains - I think a lot of us want to ride but have to have the right day to do it.

Author:	jfeldman75 [ Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:53 am ]
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I echo diningcartim's post. I am interested in riding a steam powered mixed sometime this year; I'm off on Wednesdays in my current job but am 2 1/2 hours away, so it's a matter of very challenging logistics (getting a son to daycare and other things). Hopefully I'll get there sometime this summer when one is running. Yesterday's train looked like a trip back in time. Awesome.

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Author:	junior [ Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:24 am ]
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Kelly Anderson wrote: junior wrote: I was going to ask, after just watching a video via another site, of the trip, how many people rode versus chased? I'm glad to hear a chaser paid....And I'm pretty sure he is the one whose video I just watched. Curiosity....What's in the gon? How many chased, I heard "A lot" but I'll have to see if I can get a better estimation. The gon is loaded with steel bar stock for a local supplier. Good videos, both. I understand that Big Jim was the paying chaser, good karma to you Jim. Thanks Kelly for the gon info. You guys move a good mix of commodities. Kudos to your freight marketing department for doing what so many other shortlines fail to do....drum up new business. And props to BigJim.