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Re: Whistling train
Posted By: Howard, on host 68.52.50.84
Date: Thursday, May 3, 2007, at 15:24:55
In Reply To: Re: Whistling train posted by Grishny on Thursday, May 3, 2007, at 13:33:16:

> > OK. That worked, so here is the other picture that goes with the first one.
>
> Howard, look at the link below. It's a painting I did in college, and for some reason I've always thought that the photo I worked from was taken at Dollywood, or at least somewhere in Tennessee. Does the location look familiar to you at all?

Great painting! I can almost hear it.
It's not Dollywood, but a good bet would be the White Pass Railroad in Alaska. There is a tressel there that curves like that. Dollywood has a locomotive that used to run that line. In fact it's the one in my picture. It's a Baldwin 2-8-2, narrow gauge. The WPRR has several engines, steam and diesel. One of them looks like the one in your painting.

I think White Pass is above Skagway, unless I have my Alaskan towns all mixed up. Or you might find information and pictures just by searching White Pass Rail Road.

I'm going back and look at your painting again.
Howard

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