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ebtmikado
 Post subject: First Passenger Train in 85 Years!
PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 9:18 am 

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Video of the first passenger train to operate over the newly-reopened Valley Railroad track in the vicinity of Midway Marina in Haddam. Trackwork was completed on July 6, and the first train was July 22. It was the annual Friends of the Valley Railroad Volunteer Appreciation Lunch Train.

Lee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijl14nbYd64&t=53s
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 Post subject: Re: First Passenger Train in 85 Years!
PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 2:14 pm 

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Congrats!
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Joshua K. Blay
 Post subject: Re: First Passenger Train in 85 Years!
PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 9:10 pm 

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Well done! Its been more than twenty years- must get back and ride the Pullmans this time. If I may ask, what is the eventual goal?

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