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| Author: | Bob Yarger [ Tue Feb 04, 2003 4:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Thomas cocooned |
Looks like Thomas missed the boat back to Sodor and is hiding under a blanket at Durango. Also note the cocooned passenger car. http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?2003020208133421644.jpg:bydate::bydate%3A6 ryarger@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Randall Hicks [ Tue Feb 04, 2003 4:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Thomas cocooned |
> Looks like Thomas missed the boat back to > Sodor and is hiding under a blanket at > Durango. Also note the cocooned passenger > car. I believe the HIT men require Thomas to be covered at all times when not actually in use, so that no one can take unauthorized pictures. Gotta protect that franchise. IRM Trolley Bus Roster |
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| Author: | Alan Levy [ Tue Feb 04, 2003 9:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Thomas cocooned |
No, No, No.... I think Sir Topin Hat put Thomas in "time out" for starting brush fires last year.. Alan Levy alanl759@aol.com |
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| Author: | Wowak [ Wed Feb 05, 2003 9:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Thomas cocooned |
I had no idea there was a narrow gauge Thomas. mrwowak@yahoo.com |
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| Author: | Stephen Hussar [ Wed Feb 05, 2003 9:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Thomas cocooned |
> I had no idea there was a narrow gauge > Thomas. There's even a 2-foot gauge Thomas that lives at Edaville. http://home.att.net/~edaville-rr/right_track/02_thomas.jpg SJHussar@aol.com |
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| Author: | Ted Miles [ Wed Feb 05, 2003 1:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Thomas cocooned |
> There's a 2-foot gauge Thomas that > lives at Edaville. I believe that this is an un-powered replica. What are the new form 4 requirements doing to the real steam Thomas ex BEDT? Does he still have tube time to run on? ted_miles@nps.gov |
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| Author: | Kelly [ Wed Feb 05, 2003 2:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Thomas |
> What are the new form 4 requirements doing > to the real steam Thomas ex BEDT? Does he > still have tube time to run on? Thomas was retubed in 1999 with all of the current 1472 day inspection requirements fulfilled, even though the new Part 230 was not yet law. When it did become law, Thomas was one of the first engines grandfathered into the new system, and is now good until 2014. Strasburg Rail Road kelly@strasburgrailroad.com |
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| Author: | Bruce Manwiller [ Wed Feb 05, 2003 5:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Thomas cocooned |
> No, No, No.... > I think Sir Topin Hat put Thomas in > "time out" for starting brush > fires last year.. > Alan Levy Not likely, since, as a dummy unit, Thomas is always towed. bruceman@stargate.net |
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| Author: | Mike Shirk [ Wed Feb 05, 2003 6:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Thomas cocooned |
Maybe he's taking the fall for one of the Mikes. http://www.readingrailroad.org mas2102DELETE@ix.netcom.com |
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| Author: | M. R. Cooltrains [ Thu Feb 06, 2003 12:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Thomases everwhere! |
There are a total of SIX Thomases right now. The Strasburg "real thing", three pushable dummies in standard gauge, one pushable dummy in 3' narrow gauge, and one pushable dummy in 2' narrow gauge. |
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| Author: | Tim O [ Thu Feb 06, 2003 1:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Thomases everwhere! |
> There are a total of SIX Thomases right now. > The Strasburg "real thing", three > pushable dummies in standard gauge, one > pushable dummy in 3' narrow gauge, and one > pushable dummy in 2' narrow gauge. Does the "original" standard guage Thomas the Tank Engine still exist? It was a diesel powered 0-6-0 based in Green Bay ,WI, and appeared at RailFail 1999 in Sacramento. This Thomas first toured at Steamtown NHS in 1997-98, and had to be under a blue tarp in the roundhouse for nearly 6 months. mustang746@earthlink.net |
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| Author: | William W. Gray [ Thu Feb 06, 2003 2:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Thomas cocooned |
> Not likely, since, as a dummy unit, Thomas > is always towed. It usally is a real dummy that starts a Forest Fire. Railroad Passenger Car Alliance lumpy72@msn.com |
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| Author: | M.R.Cooltrains [ Fri Feb 07, 2003 5:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Thomases everwhere! |
I believe history has claimed the "first" Thomas. I think the Green Bay folks "de-Thomasized" that little diesel. From what I heard it was so unreliable (not to mention tiny in stature) that it basically knocked itself out of a job. BTW: It DID tour in 1999 separately with Strasburg's Porter before being retired. |
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| Author: | Bruce Manwiller [ Sun Feb 09, 2003 11:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Thomas cocooned |
> It usually is a real dummy that starts a > Forest Fire. Good point. bruceman@stargate.net |
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