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Western Pacific F7 No. 918-D and Quincy Railroad 2-6-2T No. 2 meet at Niles, Calif., on March 11, 2012. The Niles Canyon Railway staged this “Quincy Junction” meet as part of a photographers’ day following Winterail.
for his night photography work with the American Freedom Train, as well as his work with Nils Huxtable on the Rio Grande narrow gauge. Following a brief ceremony, Tom Gilder-
sleeve presented his show, “The Last Great Steam Show in America,” which chronicled a couple of visits to the Rio Grande narrow gauge in the early 1960s. Trains were still running between Alamosa and Farmington, and tourist operations like the Durango & Silverton were still far in the future. Tom’s
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BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
FOR SALE: Extensive collection of railroad books, many signed and numbered. Write/email for list of titles. K. Murphy, 69 Westland Ave., Winchester, MA 01890. kmurph80@ya-
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THE LAYOUT by J. David Robbins. A thoughtful and humor- ous new novel about a railfan and the nature of fantasy. Avail- able from major on-line booksellers.
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FOR SALE: 66 different passenger timetables from 56 rail- roads, 1940s to 1960s, plus 26 different Amtracks.
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BACK ISSUES of Locomotive Quarterly Journals available. Please send a self addressed stamped envelope for a com- plete list including subject matter of each book. These are shelf-warn copies, but in almost new condition. Locomotive Quarterly covers the world of steam railroading in its glory days. Heavy coated stock paper with large photos. Steam buff’s dream book. Address: LQ BI, 108 Phil Hardin Rd., New- ton, NJ 07860.
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FOR SALE: Railroad books, Buckles, Art and Memorabilia from the estate of Peter Bellos listed on website
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Original Railroad DVD’s. Steam and diesel. 1980’s to present. Previews and buy online.
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Cass WV, the CALS way or ‘Railroad weekend in the Al- leghenies’. Double headed shays, shay race. Join us this May 4th, 5th and 6th 2012 for our 34 Year of a full weekend of Steam Logging railroading. We use all available authentic log- ging cars for best photo opportunities. Lots of run-bys. We en- sure clean photo lines with limited ridership (so register early). We run a relaxed railfan weekend like no other on the Cass line. A whole weekend of ‘Shay’ railroading for one low price. See our web site for information (
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cass.blogspot.com) or send a note to Poul Pedersen, 6552 Orland St., Falls Church, VA 22043. Email: calsatcass@ya-
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“CANNONBALL” PAUL! America’s Premier Railroad- Themed Musician/Entertainer. See “Cannonball” Paul! On:
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show was a nice look back at an operation seemingly frozen in time. Dick Dorn came through with a wonderful
show called “Southern Pacific Adventures.” A lot of folks may associate Dick Dorn with dramatic photography up on Donner Pass, but this show was all about “the other SP,” particularly the Oregon branch lines, the Modoc Line, the NWP, and a quick tour around Arizona and Nevada. We saw a little bit of everything that is iconic Espee, from Cadillac SD’s to the lone RDC on the NWP,
LISTEN TO SAMPLES from a new CD collection of origina songs about the steam locomotive era at
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RAILROAD TRAVEL AVOCATES OF: Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota: I am trying to start up a “daughte chapter” of National Association of Railroad Passengers, cov ering the three “ota” states.(TOPTAC) “Tri-Otas Passenge Train Advocating Coalition”. Interested? Contact: Merlin Mar lowe, 68680 470th St., Fairfax, MN 55332
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EX-RAIL FAN SELLING ENTIRE COLLECTION. Included wi be Trains Magazine preview issue, bound Trains, books magazines, safety booklets, timetables, calendars, belt buck les, LP’s, audio and video cassettes plus B&O items from the Fair of the Iron Horse. Mike, 1802 Larch Drive, Edgewood, MD 21040
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