pic: Lavery's Summer Vacation

[JVN]

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[dodar]

OMG!!! Noooooooooooooo. Dave, train, stairs! :'(





and there's a pole in the background lol

[GGCO]

Whoa. Definitely confirms all the train related conspiracy theories.

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by GGCO

Whoa. Definitely confirms all the train related conspiracy theories.

I, for one, refused to be railroaded down this train of thought so easily! Geeze, one lousy game hint just builds up steam for any old picture to come through and go two pages in a matter of hours.

I got a million of 'em. If you're right, CD will hear them all.

[Karthik]

A picture says a thousand words

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Karthik

A picture says a thousand words

Nice one, Karthik. Did they escape one of the cars?

oooo, I get to use a sarcasm smilie...

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Karthik

A picture says a thousand words

At this time of the season, there is only one response: BAAAAAAAAA-humbug!





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[Chris Fultz]

Originally Posted by dlavery

At this time of the season, there is only one response: BAAAAAAAAA-humbug!





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I didn't expect ewe to say that.

[mrmummert]

Another locomotive....next to dave's picture....seems to be a 2-10-0
decapod type. Hard to tell from such a small picture. Might be one of the former mid western roads (Frisco,IC, MP,
Katy, etc.)Yes I'm a train nut.

[skimoose]

Originally Posted by mrmummert

Another locomotive....next to dave's picture....seems to be a 2-10-0
decapod type. Hard to tell from such a small picture. Might be one of the former mid western roads (Frisco,IC, MP,
Katy, etc.)Yes I'm a train nut.

Pretty Close.

I think the locomotive in the Background is a Frisco 4-8-4 of the 4500 series, number 4501. Bell, hand rails, and headlight match.

The foreground locomotive has to be one of the monster 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy"s of the Union Pacific, number 4018. You can tell by the coupler door and louvers in the nose.

If my locomotive sleuthing is correct, then this picture was taken at the Museum of the American Railroad in Dallas Texas.

Just a wild guess, I'm a narrow gauge train nut. Give me big mountains and small locomotives.

[Bill_B]

Originally Posted by skimoose

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If my locomotive sleuthing is correct, then this picture was taken at the Museum of the American Railroad in Dallas Texas.

Or to quote citysearch.net - approximately 22 mi or 30 minutes north from Red Oak, Texas, location of the Steamboat Willie Memorial Overpass.

A more formal portrait of the 4018 may be seen at http://www.dallasrailwaymuseum.com/collection.html

[Are Jay]

Well... Chris is also trying to push the train... Perhaps there is some sort of game element in which the teams will have to push?

[Bill_B]

Originally Posted by dlavery

At this time of the season, there is only one response: BAAAAAAAAA-humbug!.

This from the guy who's been trying to pull the wool over our eyes for so long?

[Speeder]

Originally Posted by Bill_B

This from the guy who's been trying to pull the wool over our eyes for so long?

Herd that!

[Travis Hoffman]

Hay is the new corn.