[PRCo] Re: steam in pennsylvania

[Derrick Brashear]

meh. it was in Bellevue last weekend.

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:
> Earlier today, someone asked me if I was going to drive the 700 miles from Chicago to Altoona to see the engine!
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> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
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> Subject: [PRCo] Re: steam in pennsylvania
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> Regarding your suggestion that I go to Harrisburg to see the Nickel Plate Berk on Monday, Derrick,
> after 7850 miles of driving to Los Angeles and back in the last three weeks, my friend, even driving 37 miles to Harrisburg seems like more than I want to do in the immediate future.   The trip was worth it, however.  I did get to ride one of the two newest lines in Salt Lake, all the new mileage in Dallas and the new Exposition line (nee PE's Santa Monica Air Line) in Los Angeles.   Found a lot of new highway miles that I have never been over before, the La Brea Tar Pits Museum in LA, an art museum in Fort Worth, followed the Oregon Trail across Nebraska and Wyoming.   Only problem was the heat.  Highest was in Dallas � two days at 115 and 116 degrees.
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> A temperature of 85 back home seems absolutely frigid!   :<)
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> How is this for a souvenir of the safari � a dirt road across the Nevada desert between Ely and Tonopah to find a meteor crater?  I think the fluid in the thermometer climbed to about 109 that day.   By the way, if you don't get off the main roads, route 6 between those two towns is 186 miles long without so much as a filling station, convenience store, restaurant or even a water puddle �. nothing.   Can you imagine living out there and having to drive up to 93 miles one-way for your groceries?    Makes you glad today's cars and Michelin tires are reliable compared to what we had 50 or 60 years ago.
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Derrick