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 Post subject: Re: RMNE to Host Flagg Coal #75
PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:28 am 
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Anyone know whatever happened to that little Porter saddletanker?


E&M #5 is on display in a park in Richburg, SC.

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 Post subject: Re: RMNE to Host Flagg Coal #75
PostPosted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 8:29 am 

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Here are a few of my pics from the Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend at the RMNE....

The rolling roster shot of Flagg Coal #75:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=326921&nseq=1

Coupling with an old Pennsy box in front of the old Plume & Atwood mill building, just north of the station:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=326788&nseq=2

And with a string of vintage freight cars alongside that seemingly endless mill:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=327281&nseq=0

In the afternoon, I rode the Mass. Bay Railroad Enthusiasts (MBRRE) Charter. The train did run-bys at a couple of locations south of Thomaston.

On the approach to Jericho Bridge:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=326679&nseq=4

And at the private crossing in front of the WHYCo. Factory along old Waterbury Road:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=326685&nseq=3

As someone who grew up just a few miles north of Thomaston back in the 60s and 70s, the only traffic that I ever witnessed on the old Naugatuck Line was an occasional local freight pulled by an RS-3. I never thought I'd ever see the day when a steamer would operate on those same rails. The visit of Flagg Coal 75 was a really cool event for me. Thanks so much to the RMNE folks for hosting it!


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