Here's another article from BritishV8 2012:
<a href="http://www.britishv8.org/Articles/BV82012-TexasStateRailway.htm">
Visit to the Texas State Railway Maintenance Facility</a>
Larry Shimp has contributed technical notes that I think make the article MUCH more interesting, original, and worthwhile than what I initially wrote. (Thank you Larry!)
My thanks to Artie Clark and Graham Creswick for sharing photos with us.
How would YOU have captioned this one?
(http://www.britishv8.org/Articles/Images-V20-1/BV82012-Trains-B.jpg)
(My caption refers to one of the traditional folk songs of my people.)
Enjoy!
One of the other facts for the TSRR is that they have been a part of the Hollywood movie scene, lending trains and rolling stock for movie production.
http://www.texasstaterr.com/press.php#film
Here's a photo of props for a WW2 movie.....
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Thank you Graham! I've pasted in that photo and a bunch of other additions too.
I don't suppose you got home with a good snapshot of the Riley-modified flathead engine we saw at Hatfield Restorations?
Are you talking the Ardun engine?
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Ardun2.jpg
Wow - that's nice! But that's not the one I was thinking of.
Riley heads were on this little beast:
HatfieldRestorations-HB.jpg
Everything you ever wanted to know about steam locomotives, and more. Fascinating reading for the mechanically inclined.
ISBN 978-0-19-86072-3
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Only Riley engine I saw. I think he said only 6 in existence.
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According to Rod & Custom magazine, there are only two left - this one and one in Speedy Bill's museum.
This car is featured in the current (October) issue of the magazine.