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Re: [BRHSlist] Railfan trip along the old Burlington to Ottumwa 3/3/01

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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Railfan trip along the old Burlington to Ottumwa 3/3/01
From: hold-on@s...
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 23:25:22 -0800
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Reply-to: hold-on@s...
Mike
If you live in Peoria area you should make a trip to the show. They run both
steam and Electrics and really haul the people.
Wish I was closer to get there again
SJH

atsf3460@a... wrote:

> Whatever, I didn't get out of the car with my yardstick to measure the gauge
> of the rails or try to find a handy three foot section to see how much it
> weighed! I have never been to Old Thresher's days and haven't a clue as to
> what they run there. I thought they perhaps had some German Henschel (?)
> engines and I think some of them were gauged for 2.5'. In any case, the
> rails looked rather substantial in size for narrow gauge operations. It
> certainly looked heavier than anything shown in photos of Durango &
> Silverton, Cumbres, or EBT operations.
>
> Mike Martin / Peoria Heights, IL
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