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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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Trains - (ten times better now!!!)
Posted by: Moderator
Date: July 13, 2012 04:30PM

Here's another article from BritishV8 2012:
Visit to the Texas State Railway Maintenance Facility

Larry Shimp has contributed technical notes that I think make the article MUCH more interesting, original, and worthwhile than what I initially wrote. (Thank you Larry!)

My thanks to Artie Clark and Graham Creswick for sharing photos with us.

How would YOU have captioned this one?
http://www.britishv8.org/Articles/Images-V20-1/BV82012-Trains-B.jpg
(My caption refers to one of the traditional folk songs of my people.)

Enjoy!



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Graham Creswick
Chatham, Ontario, Canada
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Re: Trains!
Posted by: ex-tyke
Date: July 13, 2012 11:32PM

One of the other facts for the TSRR is that they have been a part of the Hollywood movie scene, lending trains and rolling stock for movie production.
[www.texasstaterr.com]
Here's a photo of props for a WW2 movie.....

TSRR.jpg


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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Re: Trains - (ten times better now!!!)
Posted by: Moderator
Date: July 14, 2012 01:55AM

Thank you Graham! I've pasted in that photo and a bunch of other additions too.

I don't suppose you got home with a good snapshot of the Riley-modified flathead engine we saw at Hatfield Restorations?
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Graham Creswick
Chatham, Ontario, Canada
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Re: Trains - (ten times better now!!!)
Posted by: ex-tyke
Date: July 14, 2012 08:41AM

Are you talking the Ardun engine?

Arden1.jpg

Arden2.jpg



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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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Re: Trains - (ten times better now!!!)
Posted by: Moderator
Date: July 14, 2012 11:56AM

Wow - that's nice! But that's not the one I was thinking of.

Riley heads were on this little beast:
HatfieldRestorations-HB.jpg


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Dan Masters
Alcoa, Tennessee
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1974 MGBGT Ford 302

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Re: Trains - (ten times better now!!!)
Posted by: danmas
Date: July 14, 2012 12:56PM

Everything you ever wanted to know about steam locomotives, and more. Fascinating reading for the mechanically inclined.

ISBN 978-0-19-86072-3

steam locomotives.jpg


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Carl Floyd
Kingsport, TN
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10/23/2007 11:32PM

Main British Car:
1979 MGB Buick 215

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Re: Trains - (ten times better now!!!)
Posted by: MGBV8
Date: July 14, 2012 01:11PM

Only Riley engine I saw. I think he said only 6 in existence.

Riley Engine OHC 2.jpg
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Dan Masters
Alcoa, Tennessee
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Re: Trains - (ten times better now!!!)
Posted by: danmas
Date: July 19, 2012 06:42PM

According to Rod & Custom magazine, there are only two left - this one and one in Speedy Bill's museum.

This car is featured in the current (October) issue of the magazine.


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