From: "Ron Burkhard" <ronburk@d...>
Reply-To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Digest Number 1633
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 10:42:08 -0600
I know that Rich Young in the chicago area has quite a number of steam
recordings and All steamed up is one of them, as I have one. Contact me
off
list. I will be out of town, (Tehachipee, Cajon and Kingman Canyon for the
next week or so. Will reply when I get back.
Ron Burkhard
ronburk@d...
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Barber" <clipperw@E...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Digest Number 1633
>
> On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 04:28 PM, Pete Hedgpeth wrote:
>
> > Message: 24
> > Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:22:19 EST
> > From: PSHedgpeth@a...
> > Subject: Re: Question for the (mature) railroaders... :)
> >
> > An example: Anybody have Howard Fogg's ALL STEAMED UP...it was done
> > in
> > about 1958 on the C&S...The engineer was one of the Speas boys,,,don't
> > remember which one...If you've read "Gone Railroadin" authored by one
> > of the
> > Speas boys daughter...there were several...Neal, Clarence and maybe
> > more you
> > know who they are.
> >
> > They were getting ready to leave Longmont and Clarence, I think it
> > was, asked
> > the Conductor..."How much tonnage are we gonna have out here"??
> > Reply...You'll have about 1200 tons....Engineer's reply: "That's too
> > much
> > tonnage"....Conductor's reply after a short pause to
> > refigure....You'll have
> > about exactly 1150 tons....You should be able to handle
> > that...Enginee'rs
> > reply:..."Yeah I think we can pull em".. They did.
> > It's a great recording if you can find it...I think it's available on
> > CD
> > now...I have the record version.
> >
> > Maybe someone else with more maturity than I can further philosophize
> > on the
> > Trainman vs engineman matter which is as old as railroading itself.
> >
> > Pete
>
> Does anyone know where I can purchase the CD version of "All Steamed
> UP". I had the record version years ago, but unfortunately sold. It was
> among the great steam recordings. Before his untimely passing, the late
> Brad Miller was beginning to re-release some of the Mobile Fidelity
> recordings on CD. "Sunday Only and Thundering Skies" (a combination of
> two vinyl records) was one which I have in both forms (CD and record).
> I don't know who has the Mobile Fidelity library now. Any information
> on what's available and who has it would be appreciated.
>
> Bill Barber
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