Steam & Excursion > N&W 611 - October 22, 1988

Thirty Four years ago, as of October 22, 2022

A Great Reason to Revisit The Thrill of the Chase !!!

I rarely post any longer due to failing eyesight, but this one remains one of my personal favs and this date is fully embedded in what remains of my mind - LOL !!!



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Talk about PEAK Fall Colors! Nice work!

Steve Mitchell
http://www.yardgoatimages.com

Stunning - well worth posting. Thanks for sharing that AWESOME image - it only gets better with time. N&W 611 was hitting her stride - sweet catch!

Beautiful!

You can bet Mrs. Dottie Lamb was in Traveler's Fare (dining car - third car back) ensuring everyone was having an enjoyable meal and Mr. Herman Lamb was somewhere on the train serving as the ultimate diplomat and head 'cat herder' during photo run-bys.

AdamPhillips Wrote:
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> Beautiful!
>
> You can bet Mrs. Dottie Lamb was in Traveler's
> Fare (dining car - third car back) ensuring
> everyone was having an enjoyable meal and Mr.
> Herman Lamb was somewhere on the train serving as
> the ultimate diplomat and head 'cat herder' during
> photo run-bys.


And where was Adam? Steve was selling cokes in the commissary car!


Mr. Lamb:

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_208786.asp

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_202231.asp

Mrs. Lamb:

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_187463.asp

This should definitely be photo of the day tomorrow.

poffcapt



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if there was ever a reason to invent color photography...........
meanwhile, 611 slumbers away, waiting for another rebirth....

that's a gorgeous photograph! Awesome!
those fall colors are incredible. Thanks
so much for posting this here!

(I, too look forward to the day when the
611 awakes.)

srfreer Wrote:
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> And where was Adam? Steve was selling cokes in the commissary car!

Well...I can't say EXACTLY, but I can narrow it down a little. Pre Commissioning Unit TENNESSEE had done Alpha sea trials 24 August. Shortly thereafter, Bravo trials...where I had an underwater tesitcular torsion. Believe me. YOU DO NOT WANT THIS! After healing from the operation I had to have to maintain my Sub quals, everything was back to normal.

Ah Ha! Now I remember. I was field daying under a Fairbanks Morse 38 ND 8-1/8 diesel getting ready for the major dog and pony show which occurred on 17 December...the commissioning of USS Tennessee SSBN 734. Yep, clean clean clean - scrub a dub dub, clean up the sub - even on Saturday! Wishing the whole time I was bussing tables in Traveler's Fare for Mrs. Lamb, George Bressler, Andy, Tank, and Carl. Those were the days.

Absolutely gorgeous - thank you so much for sharing this fantastic photo. :-)

Even though it was 23 years ago. These are awesome photos. Thanks for sharing and remembering the days of steam with the N & W J611 You deserve the photo of the Day on Trainorders
Mike in Ohio

Incredible picture. . .thanks for providing my new laptop background picture!

Talk about a stunning picture---I say stunning photographer! What an absolutely beautiful shot. Many thanks.

That photo is soooo incredibly amazing, I can't begin to just how amazing! So beautiful! Amazing colors! Yes, you have well earned the spot of picture of the day with this one! You should enter it in a calendar contest if you never have. I'll bet you'd get a spot for sure! That is just so incredible! Well done!

Mariah Rich
Helena, MT

That may be the best Fall photo I have ever seen!

Jim B

Absolutely spectacular.

All I can say is wow. This one is hard to beat.

Pump

What an absolutely incredible photo! That's gotta be one of the nicest fall foliage with a train photos I've ever seen!!!!! I do miss 611! I rode behind her twice, the last time on August 7th, 1993 from Buffalo, NY to Conneaut, OH. I remember the trip like it was yesterday!!!!!

The_Chief_Way Wrote:
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> if there was ever a reason to invent color
> photography...........
> meanwhile, 611 slumbers away, waiting for another
> rebirth....


This is the first time that talk like this has not brought forth a lot of negativity from doubters. I for one, choose to believe that 611 will yet see another life. The J, the absolute pinnacle of steam locomotion belongs at the point of an NS excursion train.

Now that's just INCREDIBLE!!