| The Fall Spectacular - October 11-12 Continued | |
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#14 is working hard up the summit at Black's field southbound. |
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M-1 follows the passenger with many happy riders. |
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The full moon hovers over #14's pilot as her fire box is cleaned out. |
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Light from the roundhouse area relfects off #17 and the box car. |
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One of the first trains of the day comes into the yard greeting a group of photographers. |
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This is one of several lathes in the shop. This particular one is proably the oldest piece of equipment on the EBT, dating from the civil war era. |
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M-1 returns from the 12 pm run. |
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We now take a ride aboard M-1. The wall separating the engine and baggage compartments was left out after the replacement of the coupling between the engine and generator. |
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Through M-1's windshield we can see the tail end of the picnic train on the long fill. |
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An artsy-fartsy shot of rail and hoppers. |
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It's time to put #17 away. After pulling forward and switching to the main, #17 is pushed through the yard. |
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At the roundhouse, a large croud gathers to watch #14. |
| October 17 - Jim Gunning Coal Train Charter | |
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#14 begins to slow down, then will reverse and do another runby. |
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The train continues northbound at Enyeart Road. |
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#14 makes plenty of smoke as she heads north on the fill. |
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We now race to Colegate Grove to watch the train being turned. No one else got shots here. #14 speeds along the straight tangent into the grove. |
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#14 takes on water at Rockhill. |
| October 26 - Closing Day | |
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Some of the last fall folliage hangs on some trees as #14 passes by. |
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The 1 pm train reaches Blacklog Creek. |
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Henry is taking down the red, yellow, green flags that surround the station. |
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