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Date: 07/06/17 10:29
Southern 2839 runby at Lindsay,Va -- Sept 79
Author: gcm

This was on an excursion from DC to Charlottesville on the C&O.
One of the trips at the great 1979 Capital Limited NRHS Convention out of Washington DC.

Gary


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Date: 07/06/17 13:33
Re: Southern 2839 runby at Lindsay,Va -- Sept 79
Author: refarkas

Thanks for the 2839 photos. She was a beauty.
I really like how good she looks in the runby.
Bob

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Date: 07/06/17 18:25
Re: Southern 2839 runby at Lindsay,Va -- Sept 79
Author: Tominde

When I think of 2839 I think of a deep chuff. Not necessarily the loudest, but one of the deepest. Her career was way too short.

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Date: 07/06/17 21:57
Re: Southern 2839 runby at Lindsay,Va -- Sept 79
Author: krm152

Your photos of the 2839 run-by for the NRHS excursion are most interesting.
Coincidentally, yesterday, I was looking through my slides from the last half of 1979 as I plan to scan then in a few days. I noticed some slides I had taken of 2839 on a Louisville - Danville excursion.
ALLEN

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Date: 07/07/17 02:30
Re: Southern 2839 runby at Lindsay,Va -- Sept 79
Author: gcm

refarkas Wrote:
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> Thanks for the 2839 photos. She was a beauty.
> I really like how good she looks in the runby.
> Bob


I enjoyed the trips chasing and riding behind 2839.
Fast running, few mechanical issues.
I read where the Southern wished it had more power for longer consists but otherwise it was a fine running engine.
Gary

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Date: 07/07/17 02:31
Re: Southern 2839 runby at Lindsay,Va -- Sept 79
Author: gcm

krm152 Wrote:
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> Your photos of the 2839 run-by for the NRHS
> excursion are most interesting.
> Coincidentally, yesterday, I was looking through
> my slides from the last half of 1979 as I plan to
> scan then in a few days. I noticed some slides I
> had taken of 2839 on a Louisville - Danville
> excursion.
> ALLEN

I look forward to viewing those pictures.
Gary

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