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John Cole

April 19, 2009 07:40AM

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I might add that there is no longer the knowledge base around that worked on steam locomotives every day. There are certainly exceptions, such as the Cass, C&T, Roaring Camp, and the D&S that have daily, or at least all summer long operations, but they are getting more rare by each passing year.

I recall watching a video about the restoration of the 1218, some of the workers referred to "Pappy", (an 80+ year old man) as "a walking encyclopedia of steam". How many "Pappys" do we have left?

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Steam in general	john creasing	April 18, 2009 07:35PM
Re: Steam in general	Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge Tyler	April 18, 2009 10:40PM
Re: Steam in general	South Park	April 18, 2009 11:43PM
Re: Steam in general	dougvv	April 19, 2009 01:14AM
Re: Steam in general	John Cole	April 19, 2009 07:40AM
Re: Steam in general	Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge Tyler	April 19, 2009 07:58AM
Re: Steam in general	Earl	April 19, 2009 10:44AM
Re: Steam in general	Txhighballer	April 20, 2009 06:32PM
Re: Steam in general	CraigjP	April 20, 2009 06:36PM
Re: Steam in general	Earl	April 20, 2009 06:51PM
Re: Steam in general	Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge Tyler	April 20, 2009 07:25PM
Re: Steam in general	Tower Operator	April 19, 2009 10:16AM
Re: Steam in general	FordCVP71	April 21, 2009 09:50AM
Re: Steam in general	Linn W. Moedinger	April 21, 2009 10:54AM
Re: Steam in general	Nelson Bros Lumber Co.	April 21, 2009 11:39AM
Re: Steam in general	Mike Stillwell	April 21, 2009 11:54AM
Re: Steam in general	Nelson Bros Lumber Co.	April 21, 2009 12:43PM
Re: Steam in general	Tom Shreve	April 21, 2009 03:48PM
Re: Steam in general	FordCVP71	April 21, 2009 04:47PM
Re: Steam in general	GeorgeGaskill	April 22, 2009 11:31AM

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