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Steam & Excursion > Southern (CP) 2839 on Lake PonchatrainDate: 03/27/24 03:50 Southern (CP) 2839 on Lake Ponchatrain Author: gcm Nov 1979
Headed north with a 15 car train almost to Slidell on a New Orleans-Hattiesburg roundtrip. Gary  Date: 03/27/24 06:34 Re: Southern (CP) 2839 on Lake Ponchatrain Author: ClubCar Very nice photo, thanks for sharing with all of us.
John in White Marsh, Maryland Date: 03/27/24 09:26 Re: Southern (CP) 2839 on Lake Ponchatrain Author: refarkas Beautiful moody photo.
Bob Date: 03/27/24 14:25 Re: Southern (CP) 2839 on Lake Ponchatrain Author: DRGWMark Great photo! Was this the trip where 2839 was damaged during the layover in Hattiesburg because an alemite gun was left in the bearing when they tried to move the engine?
For a more fun question, does 2839 hold the record of being the largest steam engine to cross that trestle? Any bigger engines like T&P 610, N&W 611 and 1218 were too heavy. Date: 03/28/24 02:22 Re: Southern (CP) 2839 on Lake Ponchatrain Author: gcm DRGWMark Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Great photo! Was this the trip where 2839 was > damaged during the layover in Hattiesburg because > an alemite gun was left in the bearing when they > tried to move the engine? It was ------ https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?10,5151377,5151378#msg-5151378 Gary  Date: 03/28/24 15:43 Re: Southern (CP) 2839 on Lake Ponchatrain Author: NKP779 Ugh...........
Date: 03/31/24 15:42 Re: Southern (CP) 2839 on Lake Ponchatrain Author: ns1000 gcm Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Nov 1979 > Headed north with a 15 car train almost to Slidell > on a New Orleans-Hattiesburg roundtrip. > > Gary Nice pic!! |