dougvv Wrote:
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> The first mainline steam ride I had was with my
> Dad in about 1971. Rode up to Gainesville, GA in
> cars attached to the Southern Crescent. We were
> detached and 630 pulled up back to Peachtree
> Station.
The date is probably September 1970, after the NRHS Convention in Charleston over Labor Day weekend, and shortly before 4501 went to West Virginia to participate in the filming of "Fool's Parade."
In December 630 and 722 doubleheaded to Birmingham, and 630 didn't operate again until 1975.
JAC