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Re: Introduction and steam trains

Subject: Re: Introduction and steam trains
From: "brit warner, m.p.s.e., c.a.s." britwra=
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Date: Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:41 am (PDT)

Hello Tom and Walt,

        Also a fellow Georgian in Atlanta, it would be great to get together
sometime if logistics can ever be worked out. Thanks for the heads up
on the LaFayette air show and rail tip. Perhaps we will all be there
and not know it!

Best regards,

brit

              Brit Warner, MPSE, CAS, AMPS
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On Aug 26, 2006, at 6:22 AM, ortfmic wrote:

> --- In  Walter Knapp <>
> wrote:
>  >
>  > Hi and welcome Tom from a fellow Georgian. I live east of Atlanta,
>  > actually closer to Athens.
>  >
>  > I've been wanting to do some steam train recording, any suggestions
> of
>  > good locatins?
>  >
>  > Walt
>  >
>  Hello Walt,
>
>  There are three locations close to us that offer steam trains
>  (although not year-round because it's expensive to run old steam
>  engines): (1) The Tennessee Valley RR (TVRR) (http://www.tvrail.com/)
>  out of Chattanooga, (2) The Blue Ridge Scenic RR
>  (http://www.brscenic.com/index.cfm), and (3) The Great Smoky Mtn RR
>  (http://www.gsmr.com/).
>
>  The TVRR steam engine is running on Sat 23 Sept 2006 to the LaFayette,
>  GA airport to the airshow that is also going on that day. I attended
>  that event last year and captured some great stuff, both air and rail.
>  If you're interested in isolating the steam engine on that day, I
>  suggest you Google Map the LaFayette, GA airport and look for the
>  train route towards Chattanooga to get away from the airport.
>
>  Regards,
>  Tom
>
>
>






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