Steam & Excursion > But where and when

I dug these up.  I know that it is Nickel Plate765 and the place was somewhere in the East of the Rockies.   I see some fall colors but I do not know what year.  Any help is much appreciated.  They were all taken during the same trip I think.

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Hope there is some clue in the pictures.

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Oops - not sure where #1is - thought it was Susquehanna, PA, but now I don't think so.  

#4 is Binghamton, NY.  on the Erie.

I would assume most of the others are somewhere on the EL east or west of Binghamton, NY

Thanks for sharing!!



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/19/17 14:55 by rbenko.

Haruo, when are you going to publish a book of your incredible collection of steam?

The first photo the train is passing the Southern RR station in Knoxville, TN. 

As andersonb109 previously said the first image is Knoxville. According to the book Steam's Camelot by Jim Wrinn the NS ran several excursions out of Knoxville in October 1982. I would say this is one of those and perhaps some of the others are around east Tennessee with those excursions.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/19/17 18:41 by srman.

That last one appears to have Bill Purdie at the throttle.

rbenko Wrote:
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> #4 is Binghamton, NY.  on the Erie.

Nope . . . no concrete overpass (in background) in Bingo.

Ardenwood Wrote:
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> I dug these up.  I know that it is Nickel Plate765 and the place was somewhere in the East
> of the Rockies.   I see some fall colors but I do not know what year.

Agree a couple of these are Knoxville, TN, and the Southern Railway auxiliary tender and cars mean it's 1982, when NS leased 765 to substitute for 2716. The last photo, will Bill Purdie in the cab, is probably Asheville, NC.

765 operated a pair of trips from Knoxville to Asheville, NC on Oct. 9-10.

CPR_4000 Wrote:
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> rbenko Wrote:
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> > #4 is Binghamton, NY.  on the Erie.
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> Nope . . . no concrete overpass (in background) in Bingo.

Agreed - I was fooled by the buildings on the left, which look very similar to the ones in Binghamton.  The bridge in the distance has a resemblence to Chenango Street bridge, but it isn't right either.