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RE: (erielack) Erie 4-4-2 (now OT)
Yep, that's the guy.....thanks so much, Henry.
Walt Smith> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:02:19 -0400> From: root_@_bluemoon.net> To: erielack@lists.railfan.net> Subject: RE: (erielack) Erie 4-4-2 (now OT)> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 Walter Smith typed:> > > Many years ago (1971) when I left the EL to move to Fla. & work the> > Auto-Train out of Sanford, one of our brakeman was a native of the area &> > after we got the (big) train out of town, we got in his car & drove to just> > northeast of Orlando (Oviedo I think). At the time, this was a relatively> > undeveloped area and he turned into a dirt road. We drove in for a few> > hundred feet and came to a grade crossing of VERY small track. As we> > approached, the blinkers began to flash & we stopped to permit a 4-4-2 like> > the one in the video to steam out of the palmetto bushes and disappear over> > a trestle on the other side. Nick & I continued to the house where there was> > a water tank, sand tower, siding and small 2-stall enginehouse. About this> > time, the engine put in an appearance and after taking water, we were> > invited to sit in the gons and ride around the property. The little Atlantic> > barked out of the service area and we rode the well-maintaiined track thru> > the piiney woods & palmettos. When we left, I told Nick (my yard conductor)> > that the track was in better shape than the EL mainliine.> > What I'm wondering is if this is the same layout. There can only be SO> > MANY 4-4-2s running around in 1 ft guage. Henry, is this guy near Orlando???> >> > Regards,> >> > Walt Smith> >> > Walt,> > The BCRR is in Ft. Myers. The 4-4-2 is a common wheel arrangement in 7-1/4 and> 7-1/2 gauges thanks to a model produced by "Little Engines." The BCRR has at> least two of them that run there.> > Sound like you met the late John Cassidy, his Possum Flats and Eastern RR> and his Atlantic in Maitland, about 11 miles west of Oviedo. Do the photos at> this link look at all familiar? > > http://forums.railfan.net/?board=LiveSteam;num=1146234796;start=312#312> > John Cassidy was the guy who got Bruce Rayki!
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to the live steam hobby.> After Bruce rode behind John's 1969 Atlantic in 1971, he was hooked! Bruce now> own the Possum Flats and Eastern caboose. > > Small world, huh?> > Henry> > J. Henry Priebe Jr. Blue Moon Internet Corp Network Administrator> www.bluemoon.net Internet Access & Web Hosting> www.railfan.net Railfan Network Services> > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List> http://EL-List.railfan.net/> To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html
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