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Steam in Thamaston, CT this weekend

Prototypes
#1

This may be a first for the RR Museum of New England / Naugatuck Valley Railroad. Flagg Coal Co. #75 has been visiting for a little over a week and will be pulling 4 excursions per day starting at 10AM tomorrow through 4PM Monday.

A cool little Dinky :smiley: Looks great pulling those ā€œhugeā€ passenger cars. EDIT Add links: http://www.rmne.org/ http://naugy.blogspot.com/

#2

Jon,
The train ride at the museum sounds pretty cool.
They brought in the Flagg Coal engine for Rail Days at the Spencer Shops one year.
It pulled a caboose train. Unfortunately, the museum lost money so they didnā€™t bring it back the next year.
Ralph

#3

Hello,

I am currently scheduled to be engineer on most of the trips this w/e on saturday and sunday. sundays 4pm trip has some railfan special trips avalible for $35.00 that include some runbys and a shop tour.

some video from last w/e

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwn-LzRAep8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVbHy_BaoFk

this is not part of the public runfor the flagg coal event, but is part of our normal operations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10S-BMjjs1s

#4

Jon,

Great picture! Thanks for sharing. I really like the way those passenger cars tower over that engine.

#5
Al Pomeroy said:
Hello,

I am currently scheduled to be engineer on most of the trips this w/e on saturday and sunday. sundays 4pm trip has some railfan special trips avalible for $35.00 that include some runbys and a shop tour.

some video from last w/e

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwn-LzRAep8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVbHy_BaoFk

this is not part of the public runfor the flagg coal event, but is part of our normal operations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10S-BMjjs1s


Thanks Al -

Iā€™m going to try and get up there. The Railfan trip sounds great. Maybe Iā€™ā€™ see you then.

P.S. - Great videos !

#6
Ric Golding said:
Jon,

Great picture! Thanks for sharing. I really like the way those passenger cars tower over that engine.


Check out Alā€™s last video. That dinky sure works hard pulling three passenger cars up a curving grade.

#7

Interesting how they transport it tooā€¦ http://gramlinglocomotiveworks.com/unloading75.html

#8

Thatā€™s a neat little loco! Would be a good subject to model, too ā€“ perhaps a Bachmann Porter conversion?

#9

Iā€™m sure the small size is what makes the ā€œtraveling locoā€ feasible.
Thanks to Al for posting the videos.
I hope the Flagg Coal engines are on the road for many years to come.
Ralph

#10

I just reserved a seat for the Railfan Special tomorrow. Iā€™ll look for you Al.

#11

Cool video of #75 and another 0-4-0T pulling a huge Berkshire PM 1225 out of a roundhouse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGodLg092UM&feature=related

#12
Jon Radder said:
I just reserved a seat for the Railfan Special tomorrow.
Very cool. I'm sure you'll have some great pictures :) Ralph
#13

Great video, Jon!!! I donā€™t know that Iā€™ve ever seen the little stuff pulling the big guys, yet I know they did it.

#14

Whoa, little #6 slipped a bit just as stack came on screen!

#15

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#16

Nice Jon Thanks for the pics. Looks like Al was happy.

#17

Jon Radder said:
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Excellent :smiley: 800 pictures in one day. Where did you find the time to eat, drink and use the rest room :wink: Ralph

#18
Ralph Berg said:
Excellent :D 800 pictures in one day. Where did you find the time to eat, drink and use the rest room ;) Ralph
I miscounted, it was 6090, not 800, and it wasn't even a full day :D I arrived about 1:30, chased the 2:00 train, rode the railfain special at 4:00 which after 3 run-bys with the steam engine, changed power to a UB-25, then went back down to the shops in the train for a tour. We got back to Thomaston about 7:00. There were several wood/steel boxcars at the station I wanted detail photos of. I took my last shot at about 8:00 PM.
#19

Kewl pix, Jonā€¦:wink:

#20

Jon,

thanks for the nice picā€™s and comments. the loco that took you to the shop is a U23b and is ex P&W nee Conrail and is supposed to be the last U boat built. our New Haven U25-B is located @ our chase yard and is out of service for the forseable future. Good to meet you and thanks for supporting the Railroad Museum Of New England