February 26, 2010 08:15PM
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I'd forgotten Cass.
I rode several times (and visited the Greenbrier observatory) during the two years Mom and Dad had us in Charleston WV. I think that was 1965-1967. Cass was just to Wittiker (If I recall correctly).
For a 10-12 year old, the open car next to the loco was great - being able to see the soot stained leaves of the trees over the track and the unsymmetrical boiler on the shay was great. There was a hill that could be seen from the train that had a barn and a winding country road. It was about that time I heard John Denver singing about country roads and West Virginia. Not long afterwards, I found both HOn30 (AHM) industrial narrow gauge and the Rio Grande narrow gauge.
When Mom and Dad settled in Dunwoody GA in late 1968 (having moved into the metro Atlanta area in 1967), I was able to use about 75% of an unfinished full basement of a 2300 sq ft house to build my first HOn3 empire with something like 250 route feet of track (some 2/3rds hand laid code 70).
All those wonderful memories and with Southern Steam active. I just wish I'd had a camera and taken photos of Cass and the layout. Plenty of photos of Southern Steam.
Thanks y'all for triggering those memories again.
Doug vV
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