Re: 493 Headed South this morning

Fritz Klinke Wrote:
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> For a long time as I watched the 493 deteriorate
> in Silverton, I wondered if it would come to life,
> and today, as I heard it creaking softly going
> into the curve of the wye, it seem like the engine
> had started to awaken, and for some reason, it
> felt like the soul had returned to a dead engine.
> I came to know the 493 late in the engine's
> operating life, and I have the photos and some
> movie footage from those days, and now I have to
> make sure I live another 10 years to see it really
> charge forth pulling tonnage upgrade once again.
> Politics and hocus pocus aside, it's the
> celebration of saving the narrow gauge that
> matters.


AMEN!, Fritz



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/04/2016 09:55PM by HAICH OMANDIER.