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Steam & Excursion > Stone Mountain Scenic RR, 1963Date: 04/17/17 21:30 Stone Mountain Scenic RR, 1963 Author: MartyBernard Roger Puta took these two slides in the Stone Mountain Georgia State Park on April 13, 1963. The locomotive is the General II. The coaches were ex-CNW commuter coaches. The Wikipedia entry for Stone Mountain is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Mountain
Enjoy, Marty Bernard Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/17/17 21:34 by MartyBernard.   Date: 04/18/17 03:28 Re: Stone Mountain Scenic RR, 1963 Author: andersonb109 Removal of historic symbols by the politically correct crowd results in erasing history. Fortunately, some like Stone Mountain's carving wouldn't make it so easy. If you are so offended by something like that, don't go see it. End of story.
Date: 04/18/17 10:21 Re: Stone Mountain Scenic RR, 1963 Author: elueck She looked so much better as Red River and Gulf RR #104
Date: 04/18/17 13:18 Re: Stone Mountain Scenic RR, 1963 Author: Worthington_S_A elueck Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > She looked so much better as Red River and Gulf RR > #104 Or Louisiana & Eastern #1. Date: 04/18/17 13:32 Re: Stone Mountain Scenic RR, 1963 Author: Earlk ....and it is painted WHITE.
Date: 04/19/17 02:33 Re: Stone Mountain Scenic RR, 1963 Author: Evan_Werkema andersonb109 Wrote:
> Removal of historic symbols by the politically > correct crowd results in erasing history. I agree, that locomotive looks silly without its spot plate. ;^) Date: 04/19/17 06:34 Re: Stone Mountain Scenic RR, 1963 Author: Worthington_S_A Earlk Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > ....and it is painted WHITE. It's actually lime green. Wilbur Kurtz, at the time, seemed to think that the real General was painted as such during the Late Unpleasantness. |