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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,393 posts) Mon Nov 4, 2019, 01:57 PM Nov 2019

Here's where I was fifty-one years ago Sunday:

November 3 fell on a Sunday in 1968 too.

Copied from Here's where I was fifty years ago Saturday:

I was on a steam excursion that made a round trip from Roanoke, Virginia, to Shenandoah, Virginia, on Sunday, November 3, 1968, and back. The ticket cost me a whopping $11.00.

{Edited: 1968, not 2018. Thanks for pointing that out.}

There was an excursion that ran east from Roanoke and back the day before. I didn't ride that one. I probably should have. Here is a picture of that. You'll have to cut and paste the address.

http://www.railpictures.net/showimage.php?id=395548&key=2535405

Sunday morning started out sunny. This is at the start of the trip. You'll have to cut and paste the address.

http://www.railpictures.net/showimage.php?id=395591&key=2535405

Here it is headed north toward the Shenandoah Valley:

Here's the engine at Cloverdale, Virginia:

Here's the train at Cloverdale, Virginia:

I'm on it somewhere.

Crossing the James River, headed north. Photo by H. Reid.

We got back hours late, but no one minded.

A good time was had by all.

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