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Steam & Excursion > tired looking Clinchfield 2-8-8-2Date: 11/17/19 06:08 tired looking Clinchfield 2-8-8-2 Author: valmont Not the sharpest image and no photographer name, but the subject won the day ... Clinchfield 2-8-8-2 #208 @ Erwin, TN 7/20/49.
 Date: 11/17/19 08:18 Re: tired looking Clinchfield 2-8-8-2 Author: co614 Talk about rode hard and put away wet !!!!
Ross Rowland Date: 11/17/19 09:09 Re: tired looking Clinchfield 2-8-8-2 Author: tomstp Looks even more dirty than Rio Grande steam did.
Date: 11/17/19 09:10 Re: tired looking Clinchfield 2-8-8-2 Author: PHall Well the stack is capped so it's pretty clear it's out of service.
Date: 11/17/19 10:34 Re: tired looking Clinchfield 2-8-8-2 Author: Keystone1 I remember this very location in Erwin in 1958. There were four 4-6-6-4's there which I photographed. NONE of them were ever saved.
Date: 11/17/19 11:07 Re: tired looking Clinchfield 2-8-8-2 Author: spdaylight Iconic photo only due to it being in B&W . . grime at its best including the plume from the stack . .
Craig mcmrailvideos.com Date: 11/17/19 13:49 Re: tired looking Clinchfield 2-8-8-2 Author: krm152 CRR did worry about esthetics. They just wanted to get the job done.
Thanks for posting a gret view from seventy years ago. ALLEN Date: 11/17/19 16:21 Re: tired looking Clinchfield 2-8-8-2 Author: wcamp1472 Re: spdaylight...above
“including the plume from the > stack . .” WHAT??!! Its clearly a ‘capped’ stack and cold ... the stack cap is square, with bent-down corners... W. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/17/19 17:56 by wcamp1472. Date: 11/18/19 05:07 Re: tired looking Clinchfield 2-8-8-2 Author: grizzledgary I'm thinking "spdaylight" may be making reference to the industry visible to the far right in the image?
Date: 11/18/19 11:46 Re: tired looking Clinchfield 2-8-8-2 Author: wcamp1472 OK...
The smoke from the ( roundhouse?) Power Plant... That makes sense.. W. |