re: Pictures from days gone by....

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That’s right. On the banks of the Sipsey. Not exactly sure where this station was located but presumably off the old 82 near the school.

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It's only a few miles from my house

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It was originally built at the Baldwin works in 1925.

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If accurate that is very late for a little 2-6-0 like that.

BY that time locomotives had grown quite a lot in size and lines that only needed smaller power generally used older locomotives from nearer the turn of the century.

Move Over Alphonse Mucha... Here comes LOUIS RHEAD


And he's a fricking AMERICAN











Well, naturalized













LEGAL







ETA: Whoa... Here's how he died:

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LOUIS RHEAD, ARTIST AND ANGLER, DEAD. Exhausted Recently by Long Struggle In Capturing a 30-pound Turtle.

... About two weeks ago Mr. Rhead set out to catch a turtle weighing thirty pounds which had been devastating trout ponds on his place, Seven Oaks. After the turtle was hooked, it put up a fight for more than half an hour. Although Mr. Rhead was successful in the end, he became exhausted. A short time later he suffered from his first attack of heart disease. Yesterday's was his second.

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those frickin turts mayne

Some of you have seen the restored Big Boy in operation.

Here is one in regular service back in the 1940s.

1960

Babes

1964 Texas Track Team

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1964 Texas Track Team

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They could probably shave one second off their 100 time without the wind catchers they are sporting on their heads.