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Tommy

July 03, 2001 09:57PM

I caught the narrow gauge bug by riding behind a Porter 2-6-0 at a park in Panama City, FL. Every summer my family vacationed in "PC" and my dad always took me for a ride on that little narrow gauge park train. As a teenager, I managed to get cab rides in the early afternoons before the crowds came. It was something to spend 3 to 4 hours riding the cab of the former Argent Lumber #1. I did get to drive the locomotive from the back station once, that was something else! I only wish I had had a video camera at that time. Now I live about an hour away from where all three Porters of that park line are "stored". Lots of memories come back each time I pass them!

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How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	william	July 03, 2001 01:37AM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Les Jarrett	July 03, 2001 08:32AM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Kevin Cook	July 03, 2001 09:17AM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Les Jarrett	July 03, 2001 09:32AM
The Little Train	AC Woodward	July 03, 2001 12:26PM
Re: The Little Train	Les Jarrett	July 03, 2001 12:53PM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Jim Burrill	July 03, 2001 09:16AM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Duane Richardson	July 03, 2001 09:55AM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Glenn Butcher	July 03, 2001 10:03AM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Bill Calmes	July 03, 2001 12:13PM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	william	July 03, 2001 12:29PM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Fred T	July 03, 2001 12:33PM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	John West	July 03, 2001 12:40PM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Mike Trent	July 03, 2001 02:44PM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Kevin	July 03, 2001 03:46PM
Re: How I caught the bug!/grandfather to blame	Kevin	July 03, 2001 03:59PM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	DvV	July 03, 2001 03:41PM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Herb Kelsey	July 03, 2001 04:54PM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!! PIC	Carl Hess	July 03, 2001 05:46PM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Chile John	July 03, 2001 06:26PM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Grant Houston	July 03, 2001 09:20PM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Tommy	July 03, 2001 09:57PM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!! PIC	Mike Oestreich	July 03, 2001 10:00PM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Shane Schabow	July 04, 2001 07:18PM
Youth - middle age	DvV	July 04, 2001 08:44PM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!! PIC	Boris Serena	July 04, 2001 01:24AM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!! PIC	Greg Scholl	July 04, 2001 07:21AM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!! PIC	Don Richter	July 04, 2001 11:53AM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Tom Kneib	July 04, 2001 01:20PM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Phil Hackman	July 04, 2001 07:38PM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Earl Knoob	July 04, 2001 10:30PM
Lunkenheimer&std gauge bug PIC	Mike Oestreich	July 05, 2001 10:32AM
Re: How I caught the bug!!!!!!!!	Josh McNeal	July 05, 2001 02:39PM

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