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Found an old photograph of days gone by, when steam engines pulled all mainline trains.
· Date: Tue November 7, 2006 · Views: 4,202 · Filesize: 243.7kb · Dimensions: 800 x 607 ·
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grove den
grove den

Registered: September 2006
Location: Brunssum, the Netherlands
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Wed November 8, 2006 2:32am Rating: 10.00 

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grove den
grove den

Registered: September 2006
Location: Brunssum, the Netherlands
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Wed November 8, 2006 2:36am

realy looks "old", like it is made in the late '40 s
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Brunton
Wyoming native

Registered: January 2006
Location: New Jersey (ugh!)
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Wed November 8, 2006 8:34am Rating: 1.00 



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Brunton
Wyoming native

Registered: January 2006
Location: New Jersey (ugh!)
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Wed November 8, 2006 8:37am

Nothing personal - just doesn't all fit together

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GWT&P
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Registered: May 2006
Location: Longview, Texas
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Fri November 10, 2006 9:37am Rating: 8.00 



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grande man
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Registered: June 2005
Location: Alabama
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Mon November 13, 2006 11:10am Rating: 10.00 

I'm not usually a big fan of digitally enhanced pics, but I really like this one! Great work. You've captured the "old time" look of steam. BTW, love that wig wag!

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GandyDancer
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Registered: May 2006
Location: Colorado USA
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Mon December 4, 2006 9:14pm Rating: 6.00 

I'm with Brunton. A Saint Louis Southwestern locomotive and a saguaro cactus look funny together. The loco must be on loan to the SP. I love the road itself and the wig-wag signal.
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Tue December 5, 2006 9:54am

In the early fifties ST. L. SW steam engines were on lease to SP for eleven months before being renumbered and relettered into SP's roster. Some even made it to San Fransisco in ST. L. SW lettering, pulling commute trains in May 1953...
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