Re: Narrow Gauge in Russia
| July 04, 2012 03:19PM |
I visited this railway in 1992 & had a nice ride with a steam 0-8-0 as power. The crew was doing a brisk business taking builder plates off of Czarist era freight stock & selling them for $10. I don't collect much hardware, but couldn't resist a plate featuring the Czarist eagle from 1898. Few from the group could resist & we caused quite a stir when our baggage was X-rayed at the airport leaving Moscow. Once customs saw what we had their attitude was "Why do you want that junk?" and waved us through.
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Trevor Heath | July 04, 2012 02:58PM |
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Steve Singer | July 04, 2012 03:19PM |
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
The NGDF was started by Don Richter and is currently operated in his memory by Nathan Holmes and others. Others who have contributed to the upkeep of this board are (in no particular order): Charles McCandless, Everett Lueck, Ted Wilton, Cole Adams, James Bane, John Moellmer, Jon Bentz, Linn Moedinger, lloyd lehrer, Rod Jensen, John Craft, Steven Forney, Herb Kelsey, Bill Ramaley, Russ Sperry (El Russo Loco), Josh McNeal, John West, Jim Armstrong, Bob Bergstrom, Greg Scholl, Blake Forbes Doug van Veelen and Mark Fuller.