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Re: How to display a steam loco
Author: RVJ refugee
Date: 07-15-2021 - 15:24
JMann Wrote:
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> RFJ refugee - I think I know the loco. The
> Visalia Electric 44 tonner? It's not kept in one
> of the car barns? A little over 30 years ago my
> wife and I rented a caboose on the Spring
> wildflower train pulled by the VE 502 that went
> north from RVJ. It was a nice ride. Our group
> had a lot of fun.
>
> One of the things I forgot to point out on the IRM
> equipment barns is that they are laid out so that
> you can view at least one side of them. It's a
> track next to the wall, a wide walkway, two tracks
> next to each other, another wide walkway, then a
> track next to the other wall. It looks like
> X__XX__X. When I was there I think they had 7
> buildings and only the restoration building was
> inaccessible. All of the other ones were open so
> that you could see the equipment.
No, I was referring to Central California Traction #30. The Visalia Electric #502 made the museum a ton of money, but until recently it had to stay outside too. Speaking of the Prairie/Wildflower trains: they don't run anymore (even though they they were massively profitable and gave the museum great public exposure) because the train-haters felt threatened by its success and worked to drive the "train" members away. Well, those people are pretty much dead or nearly so now, so we'll see what the future holds. By the way, glad that you enjoyed your caboose ride, too bad they gave those away to Portola.
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> RFJ refugee - I think I know the loco. The
> Visalia Electric 44 tonner? It's not kept in one
> of the car barns? A little over 30 years ago my
> wife and I rented a caboose on the Spring
> wildflower train pulled by the VE 502 that went
> north from RVJ. It was a nice ride. Our group
> had a lot of fun.
>
> One of the things I forgot to point out on the IRM
> equipment barns is that they are laid out so that
> you can view at least one side of them. It's a
> track next to the wall, a wide walkway, two tracks
> next to each other, another wide walkway, then a
> track next to the other wall. It looks like
> X__XX__X. When I was there I think they had 7
> buildings and only the restoration building was
> inaccessible. All of the other ones were open so
> that you could see the equipment.
No, I was referring to Central California Traction #30. The Visalia Electric #502 made the museum a ton of money, but until recently it had to stay outside too. Speaking of the Prairie/Wildflower trains: they don't run anymore (even though they they were massively profitable and gave the museum great public exposure) because the train-haters felt threatened by its success and worked to drive the "train" members away. Well, those people are pretty much dead or nearly so now, so we'll see what the future holds. By the way, glad that you enjoyed your caboose ride, too bad they gave those away to Portola.
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An Observer | 07-13-2021 - 13:34 |
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RVJ refugee | 07-13-2021 - 15:46 |
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JMann | 07-14-2021 - 08:38 |
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RVJ refugee | 07-14-2021 - 23:24 |
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JMann | 07-15-2021 - 08:26 |
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RVJ refugee | 07-15-2021 - 15:24 |
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OP | 07-13-2021 - 13:35 |
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Rod Roddy | 07-13-2021 - 20:55 |