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 Posted - May 20 2012 : 7:22:04 PM
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A friend of mine ( formerly my wife's, but I stole him, we have much in common, heh heh! ) lives up in PA, and as a second job drives a lunch truck, and services the Pureland Industrial park in Bridgeport, New Jersey. They have a small industrial railroad there, 6.5 miles of track,and apparently you can sign a waiver and get a cab ride in their diesel engines! So my friend had made friends with the supervisor at SMS there, and has gotten us both a ride on Sunday June 10th. I plan to take my video camera and still camera and get some fun footage. Apparently on Sundays they pick up empties on the sidings, and move them all to the yard for pick-up by the major carriers ( CSX , NS, and CP ) that intersect in the Philadelphia area. Pretty neat operation! Can't wait to see it. Anyone else ever visited SMS' Pureland facilities and / or ridden the engine at all? If you're interested, here's the website to visit -
http://www.smsrail.com/locations-pa-nj-sms-rail.html
This should be fun, riding in an engine cab, seeing one in operation from up front, instead of a passenger or tourist car.  
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Posted - May 20 2012 : 8:10:19 PM
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I've been meaning to get down there. They were featured in Trains magazine last year, but I've known about them for some time. They really have a thing for Baldwins. 
See if they'll let you blow the horn.
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Posted - May 21 2012 : 12:27:42 AM
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they also have former united states army 0-6-0 #9 from the new hope & ivyland railroad!! They've been restoring it to operation!!
 she's doing good so far!! She has newly rebuilt drivers, rods, valve gear, and many other appliances.
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http://seyboldlocomotiveworks.weebly.com/
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Edited by - SCVR66 on May 21 2012 12:29:59 AM
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Posted - May 21 2012 : 12:36:42 AM
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 that neat, SCVR66! That'd make a interesting thing to model!!!
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Posted - May 21 2012 : 12:39:54 AM
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I'd killfor one ofthese us army 0-6-0s! anyone wanna make me one?  I'd pay up for it 
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Posted - May 21 2012 : 12:41:09 AM
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| I meant model the loco in the pic as is
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Posted - May 21 2012 : 12:45:30 AM
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Ohh I'd still want one and that'd be cool to see someone model this scene! If I had this scene I'd probably actually try to restore the steamer :p
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Posted - May 21 2012 : 07:55:12 AM
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That is so cool with her sitting on those trucks talgo style. Maybe they're making her into a Garrett? 
Here she is on the NH&I dead line back in 2007.
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Posted - May 21 2012 : 09:43:03 AM
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| See? Even that'd be cool to model right there too Just use a loco that was already canabalized for parts
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Posted - May 21 2012 : 5:48:55 PM
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yeah i love these army 0-6-0s!! i like seeing people model deadline engines or engines that look like they're under restoration!
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