Model Trains in the News See what the mainstream media is saying about our great hobby!
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2 Circa 1850s engines found 5 miles of the Jersey Shore
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Scales Modeled: HO ... and growing Lionel O
Cool story, for sure.
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When will they haul the o'l girls up and make them shine???
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Conductor
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The show Deep Sea Detectives that used to be on the History Channel did an episode about these locomotives several years ago. They highlighted various researchers who've been trying to understand some of the unique and previously unknown design features of those locomotives.
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5 minutes no problem.
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This is one of those stories that are so interesting they never really die! I remmember reading about this pair back a long time ago. Must have been a slow day on the news net?
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Locomotives never really die, they wait and watch, until one day they get fired up again.
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Originally Posted by
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Cool story, for sure.
A little on them starting at post number 174 here,
http://www.modeltrainforum.com/showthread.php?t=3808
New Jersey full of surprises.
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It was news to me; thanks!
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Railroad Tycoon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
sjm9911
It was news to me; thanks!
Check it out sjm,
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