Watch out for the herd of Camels-0-4-0 Camelback history

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Re: Watch out for the herd of Camels-0-4-0 Camelback history

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Camelback Boiler.jpg
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Ben Nixon 1171.jpg
Camelback Assembly.jpg
1173 and 1174 soon after construction.jpg
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Re: Watch out for the herd of Camels-0-4-0 Camelback history

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1172 Reading 0-4-0 Camelback.jpg
sketch of 1171 from Jason.jpg
1171.jpg
Ben and Daughter 1171-2.jpg
Camelback assembly Firebox.jpg
Gil's 1173.jpg
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Re: Watch out for the herd of Camels-0-4-0 Camelback history

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NJLS Gil and Ben's Engines.jpg
Gil at NJLS.jpg
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Re: Watch out for the herd of Camels-0-4-0 Camelback history

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Heard of Camels?
Sure, I've heard of Camels!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Tom, Dave, and my friend Jim Ash, tending to or riding the three Camelbacks that made it to the FLLS meet.
"Always stopping my train, and risking my ankles, with American made, New Balance sneakers."
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Re: Watch out for the herd of Camels-0-4-0 Camelback history

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Does anyone know the history of 1147, on sale now on DiscoverLiveSteam?
https://auctions.discoverlivesteam.com/ ... locomotive
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Re: Watch out for the herd of Camels-0-4-0 Camelback history

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thomaskremers wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2019 4:14 pm Does anyone know the history of 1147, on sale now on DiscoverLiveSteam?
https://auctions.discoverlivesteam.com/ ... locomotive
I don’t know the history...but it is a Little Engines 1” scale model. Quite a few were built from the Little Engines design.
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Re: Age of Steam acquires Reading 0-4-0 Camelback

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You who are interested in this loco might appreciate this.

https://www.ageofsteamroundhouse.org/ao ... ires-1187/
Russell Courtenay
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Re: Watch out for the herd of Camels-0-4-0 Camelback history

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very cool. Hopefully they never run out of funding or space...!
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Re: Watch out for the herd of Camels-0-4-0 Camelback history

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Wasn't someone working on a Long Island rr 4-6-0 in PA ?
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