[PRCo] Re: steam in pennsylvania

[Herb Brannon]

Well now................for any of you wanting to see a steam locomotive be
advised that Canadian Pacific 1293 will be running on the Cuyahoga Valley
Railroad September 8 & 9, 15 & 16, and 29 & 30. Note that CP1293 is NOT
running on September 22 & 23. Check the Cuyahoga Valley Railroad website
for more information or contact me off The List. This is the link to
CVRR::::Cuyahoga Valley RR <http://cvsr.com>
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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>
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> > Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2012 3:25:21 PM
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: steam in pennsylvania
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > A temperature of 85 back home seems absolutely frigid!   :<)
> >
> > 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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-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park