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> All,
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> I am on the Mississippi river and during an anniversary celebration
> of the first railroad bridge across the river at Davenport, Iowa the
> promoters arranged to have a steam locomotive with passenger cars
> and a River boat for tours. As I sat at home I could hear the
> meeting of the two old-timers over the edge of the bluff. Steam
> whistle from the train and the steam whistle from the boat
> answering. The promoters had tourists ride the boat down river and
> the train back or visa versa. The only place they actually met was
> at the turnaround where I live. I should have been thinking about
> this and been prepared to record.
>
> I only post this because I have memories of both steam trains and
> boats on and next to the river and didn't concern myself with this
> event. I doubt that I will live long enough for it to happen again
> and it is probably something that should have been recorded. So
> when something unusual happens in your back yard, please be better
> prepared than I was.
>
> Gerald White Muscatine, IA
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Gerald,
For your benefit, and as a reminder to others who contributed to an
earlier thread regarding steam trains, this coming Saturday 23 Sept
2006, the Tennessee Valley RR is running their steam locomtive from
Chattanooga, TN to LaFayette, GA. The event is called Rails-to-Wings
and you can see the details at http://www.tvrail.com/.
Tom
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