How about this for a new thread...Steam engines you have run, either officially or unofficially.

I once got to move N&W Y6b 2154 from the turntable to the coal dock at Williamson, WV and also backed an IC 2-10-2 out of the roundhouse to the turntable and to the coal chute at Louisville. Both of these under watchful eyes of friendly hostlers.

In the 1970's, I ran ex-Reader 2-6-2 11 regularly on the now-defunct Orange Belt Ry and later at locations in Tampa and MacDill AFB where it was stored.

I also got the opportunity to fire 4501 for awhile on one of the Jacksonville - Valdosta excursions while cutting coal, I gained a lot of appreciation for firemen that day.

In 1995, the Fla Gulf Coast RR Museum leased a 2-6-2 for 4 months and I was a regular engineer on it.

Currently looking for new experiences.

JH

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> How about this for a new thread...Steam
> engines you have run, either officially or
> unofficially.

Well now. . .

Georgetown Loop Shay #14 on my Wedding Day five years ago this weekend!

JiTong Railway 2-10-2 on Jinpeng pass two Octobers ago.

2-6-2 #26 at Allaire State Park about fifteen years ago.

GW 51 (I think [the John Birmingham loco?])about 16 years ago on the GW.

CPR 2317 while I was Car Foreman for Steamtown Foundation 17 years ago.

SR "Repton" 926 ditto above.

Huckleberry #2 23 years ago when I was a fireman there for three summers.

Actually not all that much stick time for as many years as I worked on and around those things!

Steve



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> Pere Marquette 1225. I paid for it and it was worth it, their Engineer for an Hour program.

NYC 0-6-0
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Heres the list of engines ive ran:

Tweetsie RR #12 last time she ran was 6/23/02.

Tweetsie RR #190 ran her today

ET&WNC #2 "RACHEL" ran her in 2000-01 at Doe River Gorge

Six Flaggs Over Georgia #3 "General" ran her in 2001

WDW RR #4 "Roy O Disney" after overhaul at TRR this past April

Graham Co RR #1925, ran her in 99

NCTM/BC&G #604 ran her in 2000

Handy Dandy RR #9, ran this past July

Dollywood #192 ran her last Sept.

All but 3 are 36" Guage engines, that work in Theme parks.


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Middle Fork RR Climax #3 at a trolley museum in CT, (after a number of years of helping to rebuild it).

W.M.C. RR Climax #6 (and Heisler #4 which runs at their special RR events) at Clark's Trading Post in Lincoln,NH when I'm there.

Hiwaii Rwy #5, a 3' gauge 1925 Baldwin 2-4-2 at the CT Antique Machinery Association, Kent,CT. Currently finishing its restoration and will be crewing on it for the Fall Show the last weekend of this month.

If steam traction counts, Russell steam tractor, Buffalo-Springfield steam roller, Lombard steam log hauler, and various large stationary steam engines.

Got to back an EBT mike (#15) off the turntable (all of 25 feet!) one foggy dawn many many moons ago, under the watchful eye of the elderly hostler. A 15" gauge Cagney class D, and several gauge 1 (45mm) locos

If steam traction counts, then I've lost track.... a short list would be two (out of the three still existing) 20th Century traction engines, a couple Russells (a 12 and a 16), a 22HP Aultman & Taylor, a 25HP Huber, a 36 HP Case, 2 Fricks (both 16s), a Port Huron (a 19-65 longfellow), several half scales, a cute little 3 ton roller, Farquhar, Frick and Orr & Sembower portables...etc.

Funny, but I ran most of these engines before I was 20 (over half before I was 16).... Sadly, with the prices spiraling ever upward and the modern liability concerns, the newer crop of owners are (in some ways) even MORE fussy about letting a kid play with their toys. The older guys were just standoffish and grumpy till you could PROVE you actually KNEW something about steam.

New titanics

I have ridden in the cab of many an engine both here and overseas, but have never actually operated one, so you guys are all one-uping me!!


Greg Scholl

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