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philip.marshall

April 22, 2015 08:05PM

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The B&O's covered roundhouse in Martinsburg, WV (from which the equipment was taken) is still intact, and it's a really interesting structure.

Moving multiple locomotives over the mountains on wagons drawn by oxen has to be one of the most audacious things ever attempted during the Civil War, and Stonewall Jackson pulled it off. I do kind of wish they had taken some photographs when they were doing it, but of course documenting the event probably wasn't a major concern at the time.

-Philip Marshall

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NG/NNG history	dougvv	April 21, 2015 10:41AM
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Re: NG/NNG history	Fuzzy Money	April 22, 2015 06:09PM
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Re: NG/NNG history	Ed Stabler	April 23, 2015 05:59AM
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter

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