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- Aug 16, 2015
Trains and Civil War- something for each of you!There's not much time for posting from the road, but I couldn't wait to put up this pic. It's always exciting to find a piece of history in an unexpected location.
This is just a miniature historical recreation, but it was still quite a find. While walking around downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the last thing on earth I expected to hear was a steam whistle! It took only a few minutes to find the source, in the public park on City Island in the middle of the Susquehanna River. It was a reproduction of The General from the great locomotive chase!
This is not a typical city park kiddie train engine that is powered by a lawn mower engine. This is live steam; water boiled by burning LP gas or propane, from pressure tanks hidden in the tender.
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I wonder how many of the locals know the General was owned by a Southern railroad.
We found Harrisburg to be a nicer city than we expected, loaded with friendly people.
Have you been to Strasburg yet? Take a side trip to Steamtown in Scranton....
Enjoy!