Back on October 6, 2011, Historic Transport Preservation, Inc. (Steam Specials) announced a pair of winter photo specials. There was going to be a 40-person charter on the East Broad Top on Thursday, February 9, 2012 -- 6 years ago today-- followed by a Friday night shoot and Saturday plow and/or freight train at Strasburg. The EBT was then going to operate for the public on Sunday, February 12, 2012.
HTP's announcement is still posted online:
Campaign-archive.com - EBT 15, Snowplow on Strasburg February 9-11, 2012
Despite being the first
scheduled winter operation of the EBT in over 30 years, HTP had to cancel because only 27 people were willing to sign up for the EBT and only 22 for Strasburg.
So happy 6th Anniversary of the EBT winter charter that wasn't!
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Chris Webster