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The General - 1927 silent film

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Michael Moradzadeh said:
Just ran across another one done in the late 1800s by Thomas Edison, filming the Mt Tamalpias Scenic Railway, that may be contributing its 5-7% grade and famous “double bow knot” loops to my layout.

(http://memory.loc.gov/mbrs/lcmp003/m3a33585t.gif)

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/papr:@field(NUMBER+@band(lcmp003+m3a33585))

Mt Tam! The only RR that ever had Climax’s with full blown Cowcatchcers!

#22

Want to read about it again?

Or just watch it?

Or just want to see what Korm, Bruce and Vic had to say about it… 13 years ago, just because we can?

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