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Largest steam locomotive on Earth to run again!
Just an FYI, that engine is a Challenger, a 4-6-6-4. It's sort of a shorter version of a Big Boy. It has a very similar look but not quite as large. 3985, the engine in the photo, has been running off-and-on since the 1980s. Some in RR preservation circles are wondering if maybe 3985 is getting...- p51
- Post #6
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Typewriters
I had a few of my typewriters in my War Correspondent display at the Military Vehicle Preservation Association annual convention in Portland, last week. People marvelled at me actually typing on my Underwood Champion and were blown away when I told them why keyboards still have 'shift' and...- p51
- Post #263
- Forum: The Golden Era
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If I had to pick one girl from the golden era
I was always an Ella Raines fan: Wow... :eusa_clap- p51
- Post #703
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Largest steam locomotive on Earth to run again!
Amazingly, after several months of rumor, the Union Pacific RR has announced that they are indeed getting back a 'Big Boy' 4-8-8-4 locomotive to restore and run. File this under the, “I never thought this would happen,” heading...- p51
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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One more medal for Audie Murphy?
I see what you mean, but what will giving him a state medal do to ensure that? Not much, the way I see it... -
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Forbidden items in my home...
When you're a married guy, pretty much any item your wife dictates is forbidden, is so. That is, unless you're like me and you dig your heels in early in the marriage (having watched several friends give up anything they ever liked in favor of not ticking off their wives) and make it really...- p51
- Post #929
- Forum: Your Vintage Home
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M1943 Officer's Coat (?)
Well, not always. The Ike Jacket is referred to as an M1944, but was in actual use before that year (mostly Brit or tailor made)... -
One more medal for Audie Murphy?
Well, after the Congressional one, his grave sight a point of reverence at Arlington and half of all NCO stuff in the current Army named after the man, I truly doubt anyone's going to forget him who otherwise would on their own. A state medal? Seems seriously anticlimactic to me... -
Negotiated peace in Europe?
Edward, I think you make good points. I have talked with many people who were in the US when the world of the Holocaust got out and while there was an overall state of shock, I have gotten the impression over the years that many Americans viewed it as "someone else's" problem at the time. With a... -
Negotiated peace in Europe?
Folks, I'm not sure why my original question has been so hard for a couple of you to understand... I was refering to a possible negotiated peace wherein the allies weren't aware of the scope of the holocaust, then they learn of it, and my question from there was would they have thrown it out... -
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Negotiated peace in Europe?
Not at all, in fact I was wondering if the West gave up on Russia for any reason to sue for a negotiated peace, what would the West have done once the Russians made the world aware of the holocaust in a way nobody could keep mum about it? I was thinking of this in terms of what any German... -
Negotiated peace in Europe?
I was recently reading about the proposed negotiated peace settlements the Germans tried with the allies. It got me wondering... Say that Wach Am Rhein succeeded and split the allied armies, and American and British citizens went ballistic, forcing Churchill and FDR into a negotiated peace... -
Show us your photography
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- Post #300
- Forum: The Display Case
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Railroad Operating Battalions
Any chance you took photos? I'm sure I'm not the only here who'd love to see them! I've only ever been there once and that was for a WW2 re-enactment in the mid-90s. It killed me to go past that museum twice and not being able to go inside (I was riding with a group all the way from Atlanta)... -
90-year-old woman finds teen sweetheart’s diary in World War II museum
What ticks me off is that it clearly had written in it that if it was ever found, it should be sent to her. But the museum told her to pound sand when she pointed that out to them. That really ticked me and my wife off when we saw this news story on TV the other day! -
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Classic train movies
'White heat' has great train scenes at the start. "Come see the Paradise" also has some great train scenes, too. Many movies have trains around. But the best train movies I can think of off the top of my head are: Emperor of the North (the 'Citizen Kane' of train movies) The Train The...- p51
- Post #31
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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From The Mail: SS Uniforms Cause Stir at Dambusters Event.
You are quite right about that. And yes, I have seen Hitlerjungend kids at several events in the US over the years. As the staff cartoonist for a now-defunct magazine for WW2 re-enactors*, I had to be mindful of that every time I came up with something new. All my cartoons were making fun of... -
From The Mail: SS Uniforms Cause Stir at Dambusters Event.
Actually, there's a huge difference there. The SS was in WW2, like it or not. The Klan, however, didn't even exist until after the US Civil War was over... :eusa_doh: -
From The Mail: SS Uniforms Cause Stir at Dambusters Event.
Not just political, "Godwin's law" is well-supported that you'll see it online all the time as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law But isn't it revisionist as well to say, "We want to show what the uniforms and equipment of WW2 looked like... EXCEPT the ones we don't like." -
From The Mail: SS Uniforms Cause Stir at Dambusters Event.
Actually, there are plenty of veterans (such as myself) in the hobby. In my case, I joined the Army because of the hobby, not the other way around...
