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Re: Banana trains
Author: Tom Moungovan
Date: 04-04-2011 - 18:28

John Sweetser Wrote:
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> Will wrote:
>
> >Silk trains
> >Banana trains (ICRR - New Orleans to Chicago)
>
> The person who made the original post wanted to
> know what things have disappeared or are
> disappearing since he started railfanning, which I
> presume was 40 years ago. While banana trains
> could have been around then, it seems practically
> impossible that silk trains were around at that
> time.

In April, 1975, Dave Sell and I were in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala and witnessed a banana extra
leave one evening. It was powered by not one, but two steam locomotives, Krupp built Mikados
174 and 165. They returned early in the A.M. waking us up. Didn't bother us any at all.

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  Re: On a liter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? Yinzer Foamer 04-03-2011 - 15:50
  Re: On a liter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? Visitor 04-03-2011 - 12:00
  Re: On a liter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? BOB R 04-03-2011 - 12:14
  Re: On a liter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? Matt Farnsworth 04-03-2011 - 12:38
  Re: On a liter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? John Sweetser 04-03-2011 - 12:54
  Re: On a liter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? BOB R 04-03-2011 - 13:15
  Re: On a quart(er) note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? Will 04-03-2011 - 14:09
  Re: On a liter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? John Sweetser 04-03-2011 - 17:15
  Re: On a liter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? L.A.Scrafford 04-03-2011 - 19:22
  Re: On a liter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? Erik H. 04-03-2011 - 18:16
  Re: On a liter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? George Andrews 04-03-2011 - 19:33
  Re: On a liter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? Tom 04-03-2011 - 22:21
  Re: On a lighter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? ex-BN 04-04-2011 - 00:42
  Re: On a liter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? Chris Walker 04-04-2011 - 01:01
  Re: On a" lighter" note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? Excellent! More? Smile... Peter D. 04-04-2011 - 07:44
  Re: On a liter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? Will 04-04-2011 - 11:47
  Re: On a liter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? Sam Richards 04-04-2011 - 13:49
  Re: On a liter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? John Sweetser 04-04-2011 - 17:05
  Re: On a liter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? George Andrews 04-04-2011 - 17:21
  Re: Banana trains Tom Moungovan 04-04-2011 - 18:28
  Re: Gone Today fkrock 04-05-2011 - 10:22
  Re: On a liter note/40 years. Whats left the RR property? Will 04-05-2011 - 10:17
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